Molson Indy Montreal

Coordinates: 45°30′2.08″N 73°31′20.86″W / 45.5005778°N 73.5224611°W / 45.5005778; -73.5224611
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Molson Indy Montreal
Champ Car
VenueCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
First race1984
Last race2006
Distance181.503 mi
Laps67 laps
Previous namesMolson Indy 300 (1984–1986)
Molson Indy Montreal (2002–2005)
Grand Prix of Montreal (2006)
Most wins (driver)no repeat winners
Most wins (team)Newman/Haas Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)Lola (6)

The Molson Indy Montreal was an annual

Champ Car World Series
calendar.

History

Originally known as the Molson Indy 300, it was first held at Sanair Super Speedway, an oval track, from 1984 through 1986. The Champ Car series revived the race in 2002, and it was held in late August each year until 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a permanent road course most famous as the home of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix.

In 2006, the name of the race was changed to the Grand Prix of Montreal after its sale by Molson Sports & Entertainment. This mirrored the name change of the

Molson Grand Prix of Toronto
after its sale by Molson.

Future prospects

After the 2006 race, the future of the Grand Prix of Montreal became shrouded in doubt. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is allowed to be used for one race weekend outside of the Canadian Grand Prix, and it was heavily speculated that from 2007 onwards, Canadian Grand Prix promoter Normand Legault (who promotes all races at CGV) would replace the Grand Prix of Montreal with a

Busch Series race.[1] Champ Car announced in September 2006 that it would indeed not be returning to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and would be replacing the event with one at Circuit Mont-Tremblant (2007 Mont-Tremblant Champ Car Grand Prix, previously held 1968–1970). Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve replaced the race with the NASCAR NAPA Auto Parts 200
race.

Race Winners

Sanair (1984–1986)

Season Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team Report Ref
1984
 United States Danny Sullivan Lola Cosworth Doug Shierson Racing report [2]
1985
 United States Johnny Rutherford March Cosworth Alex Morales Autosports report [3]
1986
 United States Bobby Rahal March Cosworth Truesports report [4]

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (2002–2006)

Season Winning Driver Chassis Engine Team Report Ref
2002 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Lola Honda
Team Green
 report [5]
2003 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Lola
Ford-Cosworth
Team Rahal
 report [6]
2004 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Lola
Ford-Cosworth
 Newman/Haas Racing report [7]
2005
Oriol Servia
 Lola
Ford-Cosworth
 Newman/Haas Racing report [8]
2006 France Sébastien Bourdais Lola
Ford-Cosworth
 Newman/Haas Racing
report
 		[9]

Formula Atlantic winners

These races were held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Season Winning Driver
1978
Jeff Wood
1979 United States Howdy Holmes
1980
Jacques Villeneuve
1981 United States Kevin Cogan
1982 United States Tim Coconis
1983 Brazil Roberto Moreno
1986 Canada Scott Goodyear
1988 United States Scott Harrington
1989 Canada Scott Goodyear
1990 United States Jocko Cunningham
1991 United States Jimmy Vasser
1992
Chris Smith
1993 Canada Jacques Villeneuve
1994 United States Richie Hearn
1995
 Canada David Empringham
1996
 Canada Patrick Carpentier
1997
 Canada Bertrand Godin
1998
 Canada Lee Bentham
1999
 Canada Alex Tagliani
2000
 Canada David Rutledge
2001
 Canada David Rutledge
2002
 United States Rocky Moran Jr.
2003
 United States A. J. Allmendinger
2004
 United States Jon Fogarty
2005
 Canada Antoine Bessette
2006
 United States Graham Rahal

Attendance

Year Race day Weekend
2002 64,000 172,000 [10]
2003 58,000 148,000 [11]
2004 53,320 133,726 [12]
2005 36,204 93,755 [13]
2006 110,030 [14]

See also

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "1984 Molson Indy". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "1985 Molson Indy 300". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "1986 Molson Indy Montreal". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "2002 Molson Indy Montreal". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "2003 Molson Indy Montreal". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "2004 Molson Indy Montreal". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "2005 Molson Indy Montreal". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "2006 Molson Grand Prix of Montreal". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  10. ISBN 1-903135-17-6
    .
  11. ISBN 1-903135-33-8
    .
  12. ISBN 1-903135-33-8
    .
  13. ISBN 1-905334-05-2
    .
  14. ^ "NASCAR confirms Montreal event". cbc.ca. October 2, 2006. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

External links

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