Moore's colours race on in Toronto.

The tragic accident that claimed the life of Greg Moore at the season ending Marlboro 500 at Fontana last November cast a shadow over what had been a tremendous season of racing. With this year producing even better racing, the man whose CART career was burgeoning when fate struck its deciding blow, was remebered by his many friends.

On Sunday in Toronto, Paul Tracy carried his late friend's helmet colours to an emotional third place after a dramatic race which saw the early season championship leader climbed from 12th on the grid to third in the final reckoning.

What made the result even more special for Tracy was that the helmet, which accompanied Greg in his impressive, yet all too short, Champ Car career was auctioned off for a whopping $45,000 Canadian dollars. All the proceeds from the auction were donated to the newly set-up Greg Moore Foundation, the family charity set-up in the wake of Greg's death.

"I want to thank Ric Moore [father of Greg] and Greg's family," said a relieved Tracy after the race. "I love to race here as a Canadian but wearing the helmet colours of my friend Greg gave me extra motivation."

The Toronto Molson Indy was a significant race for all sorts of reasons with Michael Andretti claiming a record sixth victory at the circuit and all three Canadians in the race finishing in the top seven. Moore's old team-mate in the Player's Forsythe team Patrick Carpentier finished seventh to keep his slim championship hopes alive while Moore's replacement in the Player's team, Alex Tagliani drove a storming race from 19th to fifth on what was a very special day for Canadian Motorsport.