Saturday, October 31, 2009

Remembering Greg

It was 10 years ago today that Canadian racecar driver, Greg Moore, died.

"Greg Moore (April 22, 1975 - October 31, 1999) was a racecar driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART World Series, where he had great success with several wins in both series and a championship in the 1995 Indy Lights series. However, his promising career and his life came to an end on October 31, 1999, when he was fatally injured in a violent crash on the 10th lap of the CART season finale, the Marlboro 500, in Fontana, California. The 1999 season started off very well for Greg, with a win at Homestead, his 5th career and final win in the CART series. He led the championship for the first few races, but an uncompetitive Mercedes engine, and poor results ensured that again he would not win the championship. As 1999 was the final year of his contract with Player's-Forsythe racing, Greg began to look at his options for the coming seasons. In the summer of 1999, Greg announced he had signed a contract to race in 2000 for one of the powerhouse teams, Penske Racing."

I'm pretty sure Greg would of made it to Formula One, where he would of no doubt won a world championship.
Gone too soon, but not forgotten.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia

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