2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge explained

The 2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge was the third round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom, on 13 May 2000.

This event was the first American Le Mans Series race held outside of North America. It served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series by gauging the willingness of European teams from the FIA Sportscar Championship and FIA GT Championship to participate in a series identical to the American Le Mans Series. This event also shared the weekend at Silverstone with an FIA GT round, with some GT teams running both events.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jörg Müller JJ Lehto	BMW V12 LMR		98
1	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jörg Müller JJ Lehto	BMW S70 6.0 L V12		98
2	LMP	1	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S		98
2	LMP	1	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8		98
3	LMP	77	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R8R		98
3	LMP	77	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8		98
4	LMP	78	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8R		97
4	LMP	78	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8		97
5 DNF	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katou	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S		97
5 DNF	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katou	Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8		97
6	LMP	31	Motorola DAMS	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP		97
6	LMP	31	Motorola DAMS	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8		97
7	LMP	16	Pescarolo Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C52		94
7	LMP	16	Pescarolo Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico	Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6		94
8	GTS	91	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Dodge Viper GTS-R		91
8	GTS	91	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Dodge 8.0 L V10		91
9	GTS	92	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Tommy Archer	Dodge Viper GTS-R		90
9	GTS	92	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Tommy Archer	Dodge 8.0 L V10		90
10	LMP	17	SMG	Philippe Gache Gary Formato	Courage C60		88
10	LMP	17	SMG	Philippe Gache Gary Formato	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10		88
11	GTS	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2		88
11	GTS	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6		88
12	LMP	0	Team Rafanelli SRL	Mimmo Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès	Lola B2K/10		88
12	LMP	0	Team Rafanelli SRL	Mimmo Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès	Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10		88
13	GT	51	Dick Barbour Racing	Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R		87
13	GT	51	Dick Barbour Racing	Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		87
14	GTS	33	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT2		87
14	GTS	33	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6		87
15	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 GT3-R		87
15	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		87
16	GT	21	MCR/Aspen Knolls	Shane Lewis Cort Wagner	Porsche 911 GT3-R		86
16	GT	21	MCR/Aspen Knolls	Shane Lewis Cort Wagner	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		86
17	GTS	44	BVB Motorsport	Geoff Lister Max Beaverbroock	Porsche 911 GT2		86
17	GTS	44	BVB Motorsport	Geoff Lister Max Beaverbroock	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6		86
18	GT	5	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-R		86
18	GT	5	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		86
19	GTS	61	Chamberlain Motorsport	Walter Brun Toni Seiler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		86
19	GTS	61	Chamberlain Motorsport	Walter Brun Toni Seiler	Chrysler 8.0 L V10		86
20	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Mike Fitzgerald Robert Nagel	Porsche 911 GT3-R		86
20	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Mike Fitzgerald Robert Nagel	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		86
21	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport North America	Zak Brown Vic Rice Hubert Haupt	Porsche 911 GT2		86
21	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport North America	Zak Brown Vic Rice Hubert Haupt	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6		86
22	GT	6	Prototype Technology Group	Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3		85
22	GT	6	Prototype Technology Group	Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 3.2 L I6		85
23	GTS	62	Chamberlain Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Michael Culver	Chrysler Viper GTS-R		85
23	GTS	62	Chamberlain Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Michael Culver	Chrysler 8.0 L V10		85
24	GT	70	Skea Racing Kingston	Johnny Mowlem David Murry	Porsche 911 GT3-R		85
24	GT	70	Skea Racing Kingston	Johnny Mowlem David Murry	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		85
25	GT	41	LR Organisation	Christophe Bouchut Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT3-R		84
25	GT	41	LR Organisation	Christophe Bouchut Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		84
26	LMP	20	Kremer Racing	Christian Vann Christian Gläsel	Lola B98/K2000		84
26	LMP	20	Kremer Racing	Christian Vann Christian Gläsel	Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8		84
27	GT	07	RWS Red Bull Motorsport	Dieter Quester Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-R		84
27	GT	07	RWS Red Bull Motorsport	Dieter Quester Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		84
28 DNF	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson	BMW M3		82
28 DNF	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson	BMW 3.2 L I6		82
29	GT	68	Seikel Motorsport	Michel Neugarten Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-R		82
29	GT	68	Seikel Motorsport	Michel Neugarten Tony Burgess	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		82
30	GT	69	Kyser Racing	Kye Wankum Greg Doff	Porsche 911 GT3-R		74
30	GT	69	Kyser Racing	Kye Wankum Greg Doff	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		74
31 DNF	GT	71	Skea Racing Kingston	Rohan Skea Doc Bundy	Porsche 911 GT3-R		62
31 DNF	GT	71	Skea Racing Kingston	Rohan Skea Doc Bundy	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		62
32 DNF	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen	BMW V12 LMR		56
32 DNF	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen	BMW S70 6.0 L V12		56
33 DNF	LMP	32	Motorola DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Marc Goossens	Cadillac Northstar LMP		39
33 DNF	LMP	32	Motorola DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Marc Goossens	Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8		39
34 DNF	LMP	36	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith	Reynard 2KQ-LM		32
34 DNF	LMP	36	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10		32
35 DNF	LMP	02	Pole Team	Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo	Riley & Scott Mk III		22
35 DNF	LMP	02	Pole Team	Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10		22
DNS	LMP	24	Team Ascari	Klaas Zwart Max Wilson	Ascari A410		-
DNS	LMP	24	Team Ascari	Klaas Zwart Max Wilson	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10		-

Statistics

Pole Position - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:37.030
Fastest Lap - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:39.748
Distance - 503.744 km
Average Speed - 172.607 km/h

References

Web site: Official Results . . PDF . 2000 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051016112035/http://www.imsaracing.net/archives/2000silverstone.pdf . 2005-10-16 .
Web site: American Le Mans Series 2000 . World Sports Racing Prototypes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081005044003/http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms2000.html . 2008-10-05 .