2000 Grand Prix of Mosport

Mosport International Raceway

The 2000 globemegawheels.com Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car race held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 4 to the 6, 2000. It was the sixth round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season and the 15th IMSA / Professional SportsCar Racing sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race

The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish for their second successive American Le Mans Series win of the season. The race was one of the closest races in sportscar racing history with the second place BMW V12 LMR driven by Jörg Müller and JJ Lehto for BMW Schnitzer Motorsport only 0.149 seconds behind at the finish.[1] The #43 BMW V12 LMR driven by Jean-Marc Gounon and Bill Auberlen finished third.[2]

The race victory in the GTS class was equally as close with the Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R of Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger beating the local favorite Ron Fellows and his teammate Andy Pilgrim in the Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R by 0.29 seconds.[3]

The GT class victory went Alex Job Racing drivers Randy Pobst and Bruno Lambert in the Porsche 911 GT3-R.

After two sunny days for practice and qualifying, the race was held under cool rainy conditions which led to five caution periods over 23 laps. The race was broadcast across North America on NBC Sports with Allen Bestwick and Bill Adam calling the race.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP 77 Germany Audi Sport North America Italy Rinaldo Capello
United Kingdom Allan McNish		 Audi R8 M 94
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2 LMP 42 Germany BMW Motorsport
Germany Schnitzer Motorsport		 Germany Jörg Müller
Finland JJ Lehto		 BMW V12 LMR M 94
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
3 LMP 43 Germany BMW Motorsport
Germany Schnitzer Motorsport		 France Jean-Marc Gounon
United States Bill Auberlen		 BMW V12 LMR M 93
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
4 GTS 91 France Viper Team Oreca Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger		 Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0L V10
5 GTS 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Andy Pilgrim
Canada Ron Fellows		 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 91
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
6 GTS 92 France Viper Team Oreca United States David Donohue
United States Tommy Archer		 Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0 L V10
7
DNF		 LMP 36 United States Johansson-Matthews Racing Sweden Stefan Johansson
United Kingdom Guy Smith		 Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 90
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
8 LMP 2 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Johnny O'Connell
Japan Hiroki Katou		 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 89
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
9 GT 23 United States Alex Job Racing United States Randy Pobst
Belgium Bruno Lambert		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 89
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10 GT 7 United States Prototype Technology Group United States Boris Said
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck		 BMW M3 Y 88
BMW 3.2 L I6
11 GT 51 United States Dick Barbour Racing Germany Sascha Maassen
France Bob Wollek		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12 GT 21 United States MCR/Aspen Knolls United States Shane Lewis
United States Cort Wagner		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13 GT 10 United States Prototype Technology Group United States Brian Cunningham
United States Peter Cunningham		 BMW M3 Y 87
BMW 3.2 L I6
14 GTS 08 United States Roock Motorsport North America United States Zak Brown
United States Vic Rice		 Porsche 911 GT2 Y 87
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT 22 United States Alex Job Racing United States Mike Fitzgerald
United States Robert Nagel		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16 GT 70 Australia Skea Racing International United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
United States David Murry		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17
DNF		 LMP 78 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro		 Audi R8 M 85
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
18 GT 71 Australia Skea Racing International United States Grady Willingham
United States Doc Bundy		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 38
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 GT 67 United States The Racer's Group United States Robert Orcutt
United States Jennifer Tumminelli		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20
DNF		 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Philip Collin		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 77
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 GT 69 Canada Kyser Racing Canada Greg Doff
Canada Kye Wankum
Canada Rudy Bartling		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 67
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22 GT 52 Germany Seikel Motorsport Canada Tony Burgess
Italy Stefano Buttiero		 Porsche 911 GT3-R D 45
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23
DNF		 LMP 1 United States Panoz Motor Sports Australia David Brabham
Denmark Jan Magnussen		 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 40
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
24
DNF		 LMP 24 United States Johansson-Matthews Racing United States Jim Matthews
United States Mark Simo		 Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 18
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
25
DNF		 GT 5 United States Dick Barbour Racing Germany Dirk Müller
Germany Lucas Luhr		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 13
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26
DNF		 GT 6 United States Prototype Technology Group United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Brian Simo		 BMW M3 Y 11
BMW 3.2  I6
DNS LMP 0 Italy Team Rafanelli SRL Italy Mimmo Schiattarella
Belgium Didier de Radiguès		 Lola B2K/10 M -
Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10
DNS LMP 8 United States Phil Creighton Motorsports United States Scott Schubot
Canada Claude Bourbonnais		 Lola B2K/10 G -
Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8
DNS GTS 73 Canada Multimatic Motorsports
Canada Doncaster Racing		 Canada David Lacey
Canada Greg Willkins		 Porsche 911 GT2 P -
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6

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Statistics

References

  1. ↑ Watkins, Gary (August 10, 2000). "Drench Canadian - ALMS Round 6". Autosport (London: Haymarket Media Group). pp. 60–61.
  2. ↑ Baser, Ken (August 31, 2000). "Edged - Audi and BMW battle a slick track to a photo finish". On Track (Charlotte, North Carolina: Street & Smith's Sports Publication). pp. 58–63.
  3. ↑ Watkins, Gary (September 2000). "Down To The Wire - Mosport Report". Le Mans Series & Sportscar Racer (Indianapolis, Indiana: Haymarket Media Group). pp. 36–41.
  4. ↑ "Official Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2000.
  5. ↑ "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes.

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