The family of Canadian race car driver Greg Moore have filed a wrongful death suit against Championship Auto Racing Teams and International Speedway Corporation, a racing website, Speedvision.com, reported Monday.

Moore, from Maple Ridge, B.C., was killed on Oct. 31, 1999 when his car crashed into a wall on the 10th lap during the Marlboro 500. Moore was 24 at the time.

Negligence by both CART and ISC for not paving the infield at the Fontana, Calif., track is cited in the lawsuit.

Asphalt has replaced the grass infield where Moore's tires dug into sod, and an energy-absorbing wall has also been added. But officials deny the changes have to do with the driver's death.

Every year we look at the safety of the track and the facility in general, Bill Miller, president of the California Speedway, told the Vancouver Province at the time.

As you move forward, you're always looking at how the facility is set up.

The suit was filed in San Bernadino County Superior Court last week, but there is no word on the damages being sought or when the case will be heard.

Another wrongful death suit filed by the family of Gonzalo Rodriguez was also reported on the website. Rodriguez was killed during practice for the Shell 300 in September, 1999 at age 27.

He was the first driver to be killed in the CART FedEx Championship Series since rookie Jeff Krosnoff was killed during a race in Toronto in 1996. A corner worker also died in that crash.

Over Labour Day weekend this year at the Vancouver Indy, Moore's number 99 was retired and a video of his life was broadcast on big screens around the circuit before the race began.