Indy Race Weekend 2000

INDY Weekend is always a great chance to get out and meet the stars, both on and off the track. This year, the parties started early as tributes to the late Greg Moore starting pouring in. Lots of North Shore locals were rubbing elbows with the celebs. There was the Thursday night gala evening at Gotham's restaurant, the Friday night Driver's Party at the Keg Ceasars, and the Dave Rutledge post-race party at the West Vancouver Keg. On race day, it was up to the exclusive skysuites where we all got the chance to hang out with Wayne Gretzky himself.


Bruce Allen is still a big name in music circles, having handled the careers of Bryan Adams and Anne Murray.	BIG Local actor Richard Dean Anderson (centre right), bought Greg Moore's racing helmet for $57,000 at the gala auction. Later he and race driver Jimmy Vasser (left), Greg's father Ric Moore (centre left) and driver Dario Franchitti spoke with me about the moment.	North Van's Darryl Weinbren (centre), seen here with Gregor Mowatt and Stefanie Gretsinger, is president of Maxxium Canada. They supplied the champagne for the Gotham's event.	Michael Buble (right) is Vancouver's answer to Frank Sinatra. His band included North Van businessman and drummer Gary Mussatto.	You can always count on David Aisenstat (of Gotham/Keg fame) to throw a good party and impress the crowds.

Craftsman Collision owner Bill Hatswell and partner Jan Fierro live in West Vancouver and are the epitome of elegance.	West Vancouver race driver Dave Rutledge (from left) joined friends Buffy Stuart, Mike Murphy and his wife Anne for some socializing.	Congratulation to former North Shore resident Jody Vance (left), seen here with her mom Sonja Bean, for being one of the first women sportscasters on CTV Sportsnet.	Hanging out at the driver's party was Molson's VP Tony Milina (left), and firefighter Johnny "Jua" Clemente, who both live on the North Shore.	VTV's Sonja Noordahl-Currie (left) and Global TV's Jennifer Mather had some fun at the driver's party.

Georgia Pacific's Shawn Perger, son Connor (front) and his friend Preston Calvert (back) all watched Sunday's race together at the track.	West Vancouver's Steve Agopian (right), of Lugaro Jewellers, joined Ferrari and motor car dealer Brian Jessel (centre) and friend Bob O'Hanian.	big Wayne Gretzky was only too happy to autograph an original LeRoy Neiman portrait of himself for Colin Ferguson, of Diamonds Direct. Colin, his wife Julie and Gretzky were the starting announcers for the race.	North Van's own Bobbi Smith (right), seen here with mom Karen, was fabulous when she sang the national anthems at the start of the race.

Because the larger photos take up so much memory, I have not posted them here. If you want a copy of one of these larger photos, please feel free to email me at cbarr@westvancouver.com

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