2000 Australian Touring Car season explained
The 2000 Australian Touring Car season was the 41st year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 2000, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 25 touring car race meetings held during 2000; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2000 Shell Championship Series (SCS), two of them endurance races; a five-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series (KLS), an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC), which spilled several weeks into 2001; and V8 Supercar support programme events at the 2000 Australian Grand Prix and 2000 Honda Indy 300.
Results and standings
Race calendar
The 2000 Australian touring car season consisted of 28 events.
| Date | Series | Circuit | City / State | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
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| 12 Feb | SCS Round 1 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 9–11 Mar | Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown | Albert Park street circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 18–19 Mar | SCS Round 2 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 26 Mar | KLS Round 1 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Dean Canto Racing | Ford EL Falcon | |
| 8–9 Apr | SCS Round 3 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 30 Apr | SCS Round 4 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 7 May | KLS Round 2 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Ryan McLeod | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 21 May | SCS Round 5 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 28 May | ASTC Round 1 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 10–11 June | GMC 400 SCS Round 6 | Canberra Street Circuit | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Steven Richards | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 18 Jun | KLS Round 3 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Dean Canto Racing | Ford EL Falcon | |
| ASTC Round 2 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 2 Jul | SCS Round 7 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 9 Jul | ASTC Round 3 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 16 Jul | SCS Round 8 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Jason Bargwanna | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 30 Jul | SCS Round 9 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 6 Aug | KLS Round 4 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | David Besnard | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | |
| 20 Aug | SCS Round 10 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Steven Richards | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 27 Aug | KLS Round 5 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | David Besnard | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | |
| 10 Sep | Queensland 500 SCS Round 11 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 8 Oct | SCS Round 12 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Paul Radisich | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | |
| 14–15 Oct | FAI V8 Supercar Challenge | Surfers Paradise street circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Paul Radisich | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | report |
| 29 Oct | ASTC Round 4 | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 12 Nov | ASTC Round 5 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 19 Nov | FAI Bathurst 1000 SCS Round 13 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Garth Tander
Jason Bargwanna | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 3 Dec | ASTC Round 6 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 28 Jan | ASTC Round 7 | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Owen Kelly | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 11 Feb | ASTC Round 8 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
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Shell Championship Series
See main article: 2000 Shell Championship Series.
Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown
This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Australian Grand Prix.
Konica V8 Lites Series
See main article: 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series.
Australian Super Touring Championship
See main article: 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship.
FAI V8 Supercar Challenge
This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Honda Indy 300.[1]
References
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gold Coast 15 October 2000 2000 Honda Indy 300 Support Categories . National Software . 15 October 2000 . 2008-12-29 .
