Greg Moore

Gregory William Moore (New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, April 22, 1975-Fontana, California, United States, October 31, 1999) better known as Greg Moore, was a Canadian racing driver. In his four years in CART, he earned five wins and 17 podium finishes in 72 starts with the Forsythe team.

Sports career

In 1993 and 1994, Moore contested the Indy Lights with his own team, finishing ninth in his debut year, and third in 1994 with three wins and six podium finishes. He was the 1995 Indy Lights season champion with ten wins in twelve races, now as a Forsythe driver.

Forsythe hired Moore to race in the CART series in 1996. With three podium finishes, he finished ninth in the championship.

In 1997, the Canadian won his first two CART races in Milwaukee and Detroit. He also finished second in three races, though a string of DNFs in the second half of the season dropped him to seventh overall.

In 1998, Moore won again at Rio de Janeiro and the Michigan 500. With a total of six podium finishes, he finished fifth in the championship.

In his fourth year as a CART driver for Forsythe, the Canadian took a victory at Homestead in the 1999 season opener, and scored two more podium finishes. That same year, he contested the four dates of the International Race of Champions.

Death

On October 31, 1999, Moore was racing at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It was the final test of the CART, the Marlboro 500, and on the tenth lap, Moore's car lost control at Turn 2 and went off the track at 354 km/h, lifting into the air after the suspension failed. of his vehicle hit an access road to the runway, and consequently crashed into a wall at more than 260 km/h on the side of the pilot's cabin, causing damage to the anti-roll bar. After the first impact, and with the car completely disintegrated, the cabin with Moore inside and unconscious continued to roll over and hit the ground. Finally, it came to a stop face down and completely mangled, with Moore inside it. Moore received fatal head and internal injuries and was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center. Shortly after the impact, Greg Moore died.

The track was accommodated and the race continued, without announcing Moore's death, as the committee decided it could be detrimental to the drivers, causing distraction and a higher number of accidents. His death occurred a month after the fatal crash of Gonzalo Rodríguez on the Laguna Seca date of the CART.

His remains rest in Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery in Coquitlam.

Results

CART

Year	Equipment	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Position	Points
1996	Forsythe	MIA 7	RIO Ret	SUR 3	LBH Ret	NAZ 2	MIC Ret	MIL 5	DET 20	BY Ret	CLE 3	TOR 4	MIC 17	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	VAN Ret	LAG 6					9th	84
1997	Forsythe	MIA 4	SUR 2	LBH Ret	NAZ 16	RIO 2	GAT 13	MIL 1	DET 1	BY 5	CLE Ret	TOR Ret	MIC Ret	MDO 2	ROA Ret	VAN Ret	LAG Ret	FON Ret				7th	111
1998	Forsythe	MIA 2	MOT 4	LBH 6	NAZ 3	RIO 1	GAT 3	MIL 13	DET 5	BY Ret	CLE Ret	TOR 11	MIC 1	MDO Ret	ROA Ret	VAN Ret	LAG Ret	HOU Ret	SUR 8	FON 2		5o	141
1999	Forsythe	MIA 1	MOT 4	LBH 8	NAZ 12	RIO 8	GAT 6	MIL 2	BY 13	CLE Ret	ROA 4	TOR Ret	MIC Ret	DET 3	MDO 11	CHI Ret	VAN Ret	LAG Ret	HOU 16	SUR Ret	FON Ret	10th	97

• Negrita indica pole position.

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