Greg Moore

1998: Fifth place in points For the 1998 season, Moore drove a Reynard car with a lighter and smaller Mercedes-Benz engine, and built up his endurance for races in training. Nevertheless, Moore continued driving well, taking another three top-ten finishes in the next three races becoming the drivers' championship leader. The rest of his season included five consecutive retirements, despite his engine lacking traction on road courses. He placed fifth in the drivers' standings with 141 points,

1999: Final season Entering the 1999 season, CART's fanbase and the media considered Moore a favourite to win the title. He spent much of the pre-season testing on road and street courses, telling the New York Daily News his objective for the season was to win as many races as possible and claim the drivers' championship. He led 96 laps in his fifth career win at the season-opening round, the Grand Prix of Miami, from the pole position. He finished in the top ten four more times over the next six races, losing the lead in the points standings after a 12th-place finish at the season's fourth round, the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway. He concluded the season tenth with 97 points in the drivers' championship. He admitted to being interested in NASCAR, and established friendships with drivers such as Jeff Burton, and discussed competing in stock cars with Bobby Labonte. Moore told USA Today: "I think your career can be longer over there. You can be older and still be competitive because of the way the cars are. It's not as physically demanding. It's more a thinking-man's kind of thing." He discussed driving for Cal Wells' PPI Motorsports team, and with Andy Petree Racing. Moore entered into discussions with Forsythe Racing on June 30. In August 1999, Moore signed a $10 million three-year contract to replace Al Unser Jr. at Penske's CART team from 2000 onward alongside Gil de Ferran. According to CART driver Tony Kanaan, Moore planned to spend three to four more years in CART, before entering NASCAR.

In late 1997, Moore drove for AMG-Mercedes in the FIA GT Championship at the season's final two rounds, the Sebring 3 Hours and the Laguna Seca 3 Hours, sharing the No. 12 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR with Alexander Wurz in the GT1 category. Their car finished in seventh place in both races. Moore was one of twelve drivers invited to compete in the four-race International Race of Champions (IROC) stock car racing series in 1999. Driving a Pontiac Firebird, he finished 12th (and last) in the points' standings with three top-ten finishes and earned 25 points. On the morning of the day before the race, he was knocked off his motor scooter by a paddock vehicle in the hospitality area because its driver was blinded by the rising sun. Moore suffered a deep laceration to his right hand that required fifteen stitches, bruising to his right hip, After a six-lap on-track test session, Officials required him to start at the back of the grid because he missed qualifying. on lap 10, Moore was 15th when he lost control of his car midway through turn two, He attempted to regain control but left skid marks on the track as he spun almost down the circuit, and into the infield grass at more than . went sideways into the air for about , The impact, registered at by the vehicle's black box, (The force of the collision was the largest ever recorded by a CART crash data sensor.) Moore's helmet struck the ground multiple times before the car rested upside down after spinning four times. He was the second driver to die from injuries sustained in a crash during a CART race that season: Gonzalo Rodríguez died in a practice accident at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca three races earlier. Makeshift memorials were built at Pitt Meadows Secondary School and his father's car dealership. The Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame had a book of condolence for fans to sign for later delivery to the Moore family. He was cremated on November 2. A private memorial service was held at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church in downtown Vancouver, attended by 1,200 family members and close friends on the following day. On November 4, a second public memorial service took place at Maple Ridge Baptist Church in Moore's home town of Maple Ridge attended by 1,500 mourners.

CART impounded what was left of Moore's car for an investigation into the cause of the accident, and would review footage of the event. In his CART career, he was known as an oval track specialist, Regardless of the blue colour of his team's primary sponsor Player's, Moore wore a pair of red racing gloves to emphasise the pride in his Canadian nationality.

Personality and legacy Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun described Moore as "tall and fair-haired with wire-rimmed glasses" and someone who "possessed a wholesome, innocent bearing and boyish enthusiasm that was infectious." Race car driver Mario Andretti described him as articulate, a meaningful speaker, and considered him "very professional and mature for his age". Moore was cordial with the media, and CART fans and fellow drivers regarded him with affection because of his occasional "wacky and over-the-top sense of humour", particularly with children. established friendships with several drivers and organized social gatherings.

As a mark of respect, CART, Indy Lights and Formula Atlantic retired Moore's car number 99 from the list of those available to drivers in all three series. On September 1, 2000, CART established the Greg Moore Legacy Award to honour "the driver who best typifies Moore's legacy of outstanding talent on track as well as displaying a dynamic personality with fans, media and within the CART community." a driver who idolizes Moore and put a pair of Moore's red racing gloves in his race suit in qualifying for the 2012 Indianapolis 500. Others to list Moore as a role model include Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy competitor Stefan Rzadzinski and sports car driver Scott Hargrove. It supports scholarships for young people to continue their education after graduating from secondary school, provides funding to five health charities and local hospitals, aids in the development of amateur athletes and works against drunk driving. Moore was posthumously awarded the Jack Diamond Award, which honours "an individual who consistently demonstrated a competitive and co-operative spirit, who excelled in sport and who made a positive contribution to the community". In 2007, Moore's stepmother opened a glass case gallery containing his racing artifacts in the BC Sports Hall of Fame. A kart track in Chilliwack, a youth centre in Maple Ridge established in October 2001, and the Emergency Department at the Ridge Meadows Hospital inaugurated eight years later by British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell and the Minister of Health George Abbott are all named after Moore. Turn 2 at Mission Raceway Park is named "Greg Moore Turn", marked by a bronze sign .

Moore was honoured by the organizers of the Molson Indy Vancouver with the words "Courage, Greg Moore No. 99" written in large white block letters across the start/finish line of the Concord Pacific Place temporary street circuit in 2000. The following year, a documentary to complement the book Greg Moore – A Racer's Story, was narrated and hosted by actress Ashley Judd. It was shown twice on The Sports Network in 2001 and had a subsequent release on VHS. Dario Franchitti dedicated his 2002 Molson Indy Vancouver win to Moore, and again after his 2009 IndyCar Series championship victory. A second documentary, A Hero's Drive: The Greg Moore Tribute, was shown on Sportsnet in May 2013.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Podium Poles Point Position 1992 USAC FF2000 Eastern Division Championship n/a 2 1 2 0 36 8th USAC FF2000 Western Division Championship n/a 7 4 5 3 118 1st 1993 Firestone Indy Lights Championship Greg Moore Racing 12 0 1 0 64 9th 1994 Firestone Indy Lights Championship Greg Moore Racing 12 3 6 2 154 3rd 1995 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship Forsythe Racing 12 10 11 7 242 1st 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series Forsythe Racing 16 0 3 0 84 9th 1997 CART PPG World Series Forsythe Racing 17 2 5 0 111 7th FIA GT Championship AMG-Mercedes 2 0 0 0 0 NC 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series Forsythe Racing 19 2 6 4 140 5th 1999 FedEx Championship Series Forsythe Racing 20 1 3 1 97 10th International Race Of Champions CART Series 3 0 0 0 25 12th

American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Small number denotes finishing position)

Indy Lights

CART

International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led. Small number denotes finishing position) International Race of Champions results Year Make 1 2 3 4 Points 1999 Pontiac DAY5 TAL7 MCH9 IND12 12th 25