Greg Moore (racing driver)

Greg Moore ( born April 22, 1975 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, † October 31, 1999 in Fontana, California ) was a Canadian race car driver.

His racing career began in 1986 with karts, he won the North American Enduro Kart Championship in 1989 and 1990. 1991, he was the best rookie in Formula Ford in 1600. The following year he won the USAC Formula 2000 West title.

In 1993 he drove in the CART Indy Lights series. After he won three races in 1994, he presented in 1995 with ten wins in twelve races on a record and became a master in this series.

At the age of 20 years, he rose as the youngest driver in 1996 Forsythe Racing in the parent Champ Car series and became an instant ninth position overall, which is the fourth best placement of a newcomer to this day Alex Zanardi's second place in 1996, and Nigel Mansell (1993) and Juan Pablo Montoya (1999), who each won the championship in its first year. Moore celebrated his first victory in June 1997 in Milwaukee, which a week later the second followed, this time in Detroit. By then 22 years, 1 month and 10 days he became the youngest driver ever to win a race of this series. He finished the season in seventh overall and improved in 1998 to rank fifth

In 1999 he won the first race of the season at Homestead, however, had in the following events problems with the Mercedes engine. During the season, he signed a contract, according to which he wanted to drive for Penske in 2000.

In the last race of 1999, the 500 - mile race at the California Speedway in Fontana, he lost in the ninth round control of his vehicle and flew at 350 km / h in one of the concrete walls in the interior of the oval, where he fatal to head injuries drew upon. At the same place three laps before Richie Hearn was an accident, but was uninjured. Unlike Hearn Moore's vehicle was excavated by a bump located in the gräsernen outlet zone. Result, the vehicle overturned in the sideways movement and hit the cockpit opening ahead, into a boundary wall. Due to the accident, the run-off area was paved and the bumps away. The day before his death, he had suffered an injury to his right hand in the paddock, but decided after a special training for a start in the race. His race number 99 was retired by the leaders of the Champ Car series in recognition of his talent and his person; competing in the IndyCar Series, the number has since been used only once: 2003 in Indianapolis, calculated for a Driven by Richie Hearn car.

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