2000 Australian Super Touring Championship Explained

The 2000 Australian Super Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Super Touring Cars. It was the eighth running of an Australian series for Super Touring Cars and the sixth to be contested under the Australian Super Touring Championship name. The series, which was promoted as the '2000 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship',[1] began on 28 May 2000 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on 11 February 2001 at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds.

Future Touring Cars

With Super Touring competitor numbers dropping after the withdrawal of the factory supported Audi and Volvo teams, the grids for the 2000 championship were bolstered with cars from the Future Touring Car category. This category, which catered for V8 powered cars that had competed previously in AUSCAR racing, made its debut in a support event to the 1999 Bathurst 500. While the Future Touring Cars and the Super Touring Cars raced together in the same events, drivers competed for two separate titles with separate points scoring for each category.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 Australian Super Touring Championship.

TeamManufacturerCar modelNoDriver
SUPER TOURING
Paul Morris MotorsportBMW320i1
318i73
Aaron McGill MotorsportNissanPrimera2
FordMondeo7
12
MPD RacingBMW318i3
Anthony RobsonBMW318i5
Christian D'AgostinBMW320i08
TC MotorsportPeugeot40613
405 Mi1622
Project RacingHondaAccord14 Jim Cornish
Knight RacingFordMondeo19
68
88 Peter Hills
M-F RacingPeugeot405 Mi1621
Novacastrian MotorsportBMW320i30
Gun RacingAlfa Romeo155 TS45
John Henderson RacingOpelVectra56
Hi-Tech MotorsportNissanPrimera69
Motorsport DevelopmentsToyotaCarina77
99
Phoenix MotorsportToyotaCamry95
Redline MotorsportHyundaiLantra97
FUTURE TOURING
SVO MotorsportFordEL Falcon6 Michael Webb
Greg EastMitsubishiMagna Chevrolet7
Bruce Williams MotorsportHoldenVS Commodore8
Kerry WadeFordEL Falcon09
111
Peter HaywardHoldenVS Commodore10
Garry HoltHoldenVS Commodore10
Goanna Racing TeamFordEF Falcon13
Amin ChahdaFordEF Falcon18
Diamond Valley Speed ShopHoldenVT Commodore22
VS Commodore24
Pretty MotorsportHoldenVS Commodore32
Christian D'AgostinHoldenVS Commodore37
Brett YouldenHoldenVS Commodore54
APS RacingHoldenVT Commodore84
VS Commodore85

Race Calendar

The 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over an eight-round series. Three races were held at the first round and two races were held at all subsequent rounds. The Future Touring cars competed at seven of the eight rounds, with no entries being received for Round 2 at Lakeside International Raceway.

Rd./RaceCircuitLocation & StateDateST WinnerTeamFT WinnerTeam
1/1Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales27–28 May 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
1/2Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales27–28 May 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
1/3Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales27–28 May 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportChristian D'AgostinChristian D'Agostin
2/1Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland17–18 Jun 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportN/AN/A
2/2Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland17–18 Jun 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportN/AN/A
3/1Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales8–9 Jul 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
3/2Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales8–9 Jul 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
4/1Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South Wales28–29 Oct 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportJason DomaschenzAPS Racing
4/2Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South Wales28–29 Oct 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
5/1Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia11–12 Nov 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportKerry WadeKerry Wade
5/2Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia11–12 Nov 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportJason DomaschenzAPS Racing
6/1Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, Tasmania2–3 Dec 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportJames BrockDiamond Valley Speed Shop
6/2Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, Tasmania2–3 Dec 2000Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
7/1Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South Wales27–28 Jan 2001Jim CornishProject RacingTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport
7/2Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South Wales27–28 Jan 2001Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportRay SidebottomAPS Racing
8/1Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales10–11 Feb 2001Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportRay SidebottomAPS Racing
8/2Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales10–11 Feb 2001Paul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportTim ShawBruce Williams Motorsport

Points system

Points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten race positions in each race.[2] A bonus point was allocated for the fastest lap time set in each qualifying session, with the first three rounds including a separate qualifying session for each race and the remaining rounds each featuring only a single qualifying session.

Results

Drivers Championship

PosDriverORA 1ORA 2ORA 3LAK 1LAK 2ORA 1ORA 2WAK 1WAK 2MAL 1MAL 2SYM 1SYM 2WAK 1WAK 2ORA 1ORA 2Pts[3] [4]
SUPER TOURING
1Paul Morris1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1stRet1st1st1st255
2John Henderson2nd6thRet2ndDNS2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd5thDNS2nd3rd146
3David Auger4th2nd3rd5th3rd4th7th5th8th4th5th5th5th7th3rdRet5th113
4Peter Hills3rdDSQ2ndRetDNS5th6th3rd3rd3rd2nd11th10th4th9th4th4th109
5Alan GurrRet12th4th3rd2nd3rd3rd4th6th5th4th3rd Ret87
6Luke Searle5thRetRet7th4thRet5th7th7thRet6th7th4th2ndRet5thRet67
7Owen Kelly2nd2nd3rd2nd9th2nd63
8Jamie Miller6thRet5thRetDNS6th5th4th8th6th5thRet6th51
9Allan Letcher7th3rd7th6th7th10th11th31
10Jim Cornish4th5thRetRetRetDNSRet6th1stRetRetDNS30
=Aaron McGillRet4th6th9thRet6thRetRetRet6th14th12thRetDNSDNS11thRet30
12Mark ZonneveldRet7th6th7thRetDNSRet12th17
13Mike Downard13th5th10th10th8th14
14Sam Dale14th9th9th7thRetDNS13
15Dwayne Bewley14th4th10
16Matthew Fox13th17th13th13th9
17Paul Leabeater11th11th14th11thRetRetRetRetDNS8
=Tony NewmanRetRetRetRet4th8
19John Saunders11th11th7
20Anthony RobsonRetRetRet13th8th6
21Brad StrattonRet6th5
22Carlos RolfoRetRetRet8thRet3
23Mike FitzgeraldRet13thRet2
FUTURE TOURING
1Tim Shaw8th7th9th7th9th8th15th9th10th10th9th8th6thDSQ7th184
2Jason Domaschenz8th10th9th10th8th8th8th11thRetDNS103
3James BrockRet10th12thRetDNSRet14th10th12th7th12thRetDNS8th9th85
4Ray Sidebottom12thRetRet11th13thRetDNSRetDNS10th4th6th8th78
5Kerry Wade11th13thRet11th7th9thRetDNS7th10th75
6Christian D'Agostin9thDSQ8th9th12th10th12th67
7Michael Webb10th8th11th11th8th50
8Andrew Gillespie12th16th12thRet10th11th30
9Mark Papendell12th10th16
10Garry Holt12th14th12
NCPeter Hayward14th9th13th0
NCPeter Wright15thRetRet0
PosDriverORA 1ORA 2ORA 3LAK 1LAK 2ORA 1ORA 2WAK 1WAK 2MAL 1MAL 2SYM 1SYM 2WAK 1WAK 2ORA 1ORA 2Pts

Note: Alan Gurr retained third place in Race 1 of the final round despite losing his championship points as a consequence of his involvement in an on-track incident with Jamie Miller's Toyota.[5]

Independents Cup

A separate award was reserved for Super Touring drivers who were classified as "Independents".

PositionDriverPoints
1David Auger218
2Luke Searle135
3Jamie Miller111
4Allan Letcher66
5Jim Cornish49
6Michael Downard33
7Matthew Fox32
8Sam Dale30
9Paul Leabeater24
10John Saunders22
11Anthony Robson20
12Brad Stratton8
13Carlos Rolfo6
=Mike Fitzgerald6

Teams Championship

Multi-car Super Touring teams also competed for a Teams Championship.

PositionTeamPoints
1Knight Racing312
2Paul Morris Motorsport144
3Hi-Tech Motorsport131
4McGill Motorsport112
5Motorsport Developments12

See also

References

  1. Loaded Guns, 2000 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship, Official Program, Round 5, Mallala, 11–12 November 2000, pages 6- 8
  2. How Points Are Scored, Official Program, Round 5, Mallala, 11–12 November 2000, page 8
  3. http://www.toca.com.au/points/points2000-1.htm TOCA Points Archive
  4. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2000/astc.html#round1 2000 Australian Super Touring
  5. Garry O'Brien, Morris makes half tonne, Auto Action, 16–22 February 2001, pages 24-25

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