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Lexmark Indy 300 Track: Surfer's Paradise Location: Queensland, Australia Tickets: 011-61-7-5588-6800 (International) or 1-300-303-103 (Australia) Type: 2.795-mile street circuit (12-turn flat layout) Race Length: 1:45 Date: Sunday, October 21, 2007 Time: 2:00pm Australian Time TV: ESPN2, 6:00pm Eastern Lap Record Will Power (2007) - 1:30.054 (111.733 mph). Race Record Cristiano da Matta (2001) - 1:51:47.260 (97.511 mph) -- using average speed. Past Race Winners Year Driver Laps Miles Time Speed 1991 John Andretti 65 181.545 2:12:54.820 81.953 1992 Emerson Fittipaldi 65 181.675 2:20:33.00 77.561 1993 Nigel Mansell 65 181.675 1:52:02.886 97.284 1994 Michael Andretti 55 153.725 1:44:58.169 80.994 1995 Paul Tracy 65 182.26 1:58:26.054 92.335 1996 Jimmy Vasser 65 181.61 2:00:46.856 90.218 1997 Scott Pruett 57 159.315 2:01:04.678 78.948 1998 Alex Zanardi 62 173.29 2:01:51.170 85.328 1999 Dario Franchitti 65 181.675 1:58:40.726 91.849 2000 Adrian Fernandez 59 164.905 2:01:14.605 81.607 2001 Cristiano da Matta 65 181.675 1:51:47.260 97.511 2002 Mario Dominguez 40 111.8 2:00:06.524 55.849 2003 Ryan Hunter-Reay 47 131.365 1:49:02.803 72.280 2004 Bruno Junqueira 57 159.315 1:46:45.941 89.532 2005 Sebastien Bourdais 57 159.315 1:39:26.671 96.123 2006 Nelson Philippe 59 164.905 1:50:50.985 89.259 2007 Sebastien Bourdais 61 170.495 1:45:49.318 96.669

The Track The Sights Australia Happenings 1991: John Andretti wins his first, and only, CART race. 1993: Mansell wins in his first career CART start. Mansell and Emerson Fittipaldi both awarded one point for leading the most laps. 1994: Race delayed 78 minutes due to rain, then multicar crash on start and need to add fuel in pits. Race eventually halted 10 laps short of scheduled distance due to darkness. 1997: Race red flagged after wreck on first lap. A complete restart was run. 2000: Race stopped 6 laps short due to two hour limit. Oriol Servia penalized amount of points for rough driving. 2002: Race red flagged after multi car pileup at start. Race restarted 2 hours later under yellow. After only 6 laps of green flag running, the remainder of race run under yellow due to rain. Race stopped after 40 laps. 2003: Race red flagged on 14th lap due to heavy rain and hail. Race restarted 39 minutes later. Race shortened to 47 laps. 2006: Nelson Philippe wins his first race. 2007: Sebastien Bourdais becomes first repeat winner.

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