2000 V8 Supercar season | |
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The 2000 Shell Championship Series was an Australian motor racing series open to V8 Supercars. The championship, which was the second Shell Championship Series, began on 11 February at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 19 November at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 rounds. Titles were awarded for drivers, teams and manufacturers by the series organisers AVESCO (Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company), and the winning driver, Mark Skaife, was also awarded the Australian Touring Car Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the 41st time that this title had been awarded.
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The following drivers and teams competed in the 2000 Shell Championship Series.
Team | Make | Model | Car # | Drivers | Endurance Event Drivers |
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Holden Racing Team | VT Commodore | 1 | Craig Lowndes | Nathan Pretty Jason Plato** Yvan Muller** |
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2 | Mark Skaife | ||||
15 | Todd Kelly | ||||
Lansvale Racing Team | VS Commodore | 3 | Trevor Ashby | Geoff Full Phillip Scifleet |
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23 | Steve Reed | ||||
Stone Brothers Racing | AU Falcon | 4 | Craig Baird | Simon Wills | |
9 | Tony Longhurst | David Besnard | |||
Glenn Seton Racing | AU Falcon | 5 | Glenn Seton | Neal Bates Dean Canto* Wayne Gardner** |
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6 | Neil Crompton | ||||
Gibson Motor Sport | VT Commodore | 7 | Steven Richards | Darren Hossack Terry Finnigan* John Cleland David Parsons** |
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12 | Greg Murphy | ||||
13 | Rodney Forbes | ||||
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Perkins Engineering | VT Commodore | 8 | Russell Ingall | Luke Youlden Christian Murchison |
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11 | Larry Perkins | ||||
Larkham Motor Sport | AU Falcon | 10 | Mark Larkham | Geoff Brabham* Alain Menu** |
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Imrie Motor Sport | VS Commodore VT Commodore |
14 | Mike Imrie Greg Ritter |
Daniel Miller Anthony Robson* Rodney Crick** |
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McDougall Motorsport | VT Commodore | 16 | Dugal McDougall | Andrew Miedecke | |
Shell Helix Racing | AU Falcon | 17 | Steven Johnson | Cameron McLean Dick Johnson* Jason Bright** |
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18 | Paul Radisich | ||||
Eastern Creek Kart Racing | EL Falcon | 20 | Gary Holt | Garry Willmington | |
Brad Jones Racing | AU Falcon | 21 | Brad Jones | Tomas Mezera | |
Colourscan Motorsport | AU Falcon | 22 | Danny Osborne Matthew Coleman Brett Peters Rick Bates |
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Romano Racing | VS Commodore | 24 | Paul Romano | James Brock* David Parsons** |
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Terry Wyhoon Racing | VS Commodore | 25 | James Brock** Terry Wyhoon** |
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M3 Motorsport | VT Commodore | 26 | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
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Paul Morris Motorsport | VS Commodore VT Commodore |
29 | Paul Morris | Kevin Schwantz* Matt Neal** |
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VS Commodore | 67 | Owen Kelly** Aaron McGill** |
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Harris Racing | AU Falcon | 30 | Craig Harris** Stephen Voight** |
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Steven Ellery Racing | AU Falcon | 31 | Steven Ellery | Paul Stokell | |
Tomas Mezera Motorsport | VT Commodore | 32 | Tomas Mezera | ||
Garry Rogers Motorsport | VT Commodore | 34 | Garth Tander | Greg Ritter Tim Leahey |
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35 | Jason Bargwanna | ||||
Schembri Motorsport | EL Falcon | 36 | Neil Schembri** Gary Quartly** |
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Scotty Taylor Racing | VS Commodore | 37 | Bill Attard** Roger Hurd** |
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South Pacific Motor Sport | VS Commodore | 38 | Peter Field** Shane Howison** |
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Challenge Motorsport | VT Commodore | 39 | Chris Smerdon Peter Gazzard |
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Greenfield Mowers Racing | AU Falcon | 40 | Cameron McLean | ||
Sieders Racing Team | EL Falcon | 42 | Bill Sieders** Luke Sieders** |
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56 | Rob Russell** Steve Coulter** |
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Paul Weel Racing | AU Falcon | 43 | Paul Weel | Greg Crick | |
Mal Rose Racing | VS Commodore | 44 | Mal Rose** Christian D'Agostin** |
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Dean Canto Racing | EL Falcon AU Falcon |
45 | Dean Canto | Ian Moncrieff** | |
John Faulkner Racing | VT Commodore | 46 | John Faulkner | Adam Macrow | |
VS Commodore | 96 | Ryan McLeod** Wayne Wakefield** |
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Daily Planet Racing | VS Commodore | 47 | John Trimbole | ||
Clive Wiseman Racing | VS Commodore VT Commodore |
50 | Michael Donaher Tyler Mecklem |
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VS Commodore | 150 | Dean Lindstrom** Melinda Price** |
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Rod Nash Racing | VT Commodore | 54 | Cameron McConville | Geoff Brabham** Paul Dumbrell** |
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55 | Rod Nash | ||||
Trevor Crittenden Motorsport | VS Commodore | 57 | Chris Butler** Miles Pope** |
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Power Racing | EL Falcon | 59 | Layton Crambrook** Gary Baxter** |
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EL Falcon AU Falcon |
500 | Alan Heath | Terry Finnigan** | ||
Halliday Motor Sport | EL Falcon | 61 | Ross Halliday Adam Wallis |
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James Rosenberg Racing | VT Commodore | 66 | Mark Poole | ||
Paul Little Racing John Sidney Racing |
AU Falcon | 75 | Anthony Tratt | Alan Jones | |
Matthew White Racing | VS Commodore | 76 | Matthew White | Terry Wyhoon* Steve Owen** |
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V8 Racing | VS Commodore | 77 | Richard Mork** Steve Williams** |
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Cadillac Productions | EL Falcon | 79 | Mike Conway | ||
Rod Salmon | AU Falcon | 87 | Rod Salmon Damien White |
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Graphic Skills Racing | VS Commodore | 97 | Wayne Wakefield | Ryan McLeod* Shane Beikoff** Tim Sipp** |
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Motorsport Engineering Services | VT Commodore | 99 | Derek van Zelm Christian D'Agostin |
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PAE Motorsport | AU Falcon | 600 | John Bowe |
Jim Richards | |
Team Kiwi Racing | VT Commodore | 777 | Jason Richards** Angus Fogg** |
* = Drove in the OzEmail Queensland 500 only
** = Drove in the FAI 1000 only
The 2000 Shell Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds.
Points were awarded for the first 20 places in each race as follows:[1]
Round | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th [1] |
Sprint rounds | 40 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Phillip Island | 60 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Adelaide, Part 1 | 80 | 72 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Adelaide, Part 2 | 160 | 144 | 136 | 128 | 120 | 112 | 104 | 96 | 88 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
Canberra, Races 1 & 2 | 60 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Canberra, Race 3 | 120 | 108 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
Queensland 500 (per driver) | 160 | 144 | 136 | 128 | 120 | 112 | 104 | 96 | 88 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
Bathurst (per driver) | 240 | 216 | 204 | 192 | 180 | 168 | 156 | 144 | 132 | 120 | 108 | 96 | 84 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 6 [1] |
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The title was awarded to the team of the winning driver in the championship.[2]
The title was presented to the manufacturer with the most number of round wins in the championship.[2]
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