2000 Australian Super Touring Championship

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', 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.

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./Race	Circuit	Location & State	Date	ST Winner	Team	FT Winner	Team
1/1	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27–28 May 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
1/2	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27–28 May 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
1/3	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27–28 May 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Christian D'Agostin	Christian D'Agostin
2/1	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	17–18 Jun 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	N/A	N/A
2/2	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	17–18 Jun 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	N/A	N/A
3/1	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	8–9 Jul 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
3/2	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	8–9 Jul 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
4/1	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	28–29 Oct 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Jason Domaschenz	APS Racing
4/2	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	28–29 Oct 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
5/1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	11–12 Nov 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Kerry Wade	Kerry Wade
5/2	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	11–12 Nov 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Jason Domaschenz	APS Racing
6/1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	2–3 Dec 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	James Brock	Diamond Valley Speed Shop
6/2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	2–3 Dec 2000	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
7/1	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	27–28 Jan 2001	Jim Cornish	Project Racing	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
7/2	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	27–28 Jan 2001	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Ray Sidebottom	APS Racing
8/1	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	10–11 Feb 2001	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Ray Sidebottom	APS Racing
8/2	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	10–11 Feb 2001	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce 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. 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

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.

Independents Cup

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

Position	Driver	Points
1	David Auger	218
2	Luke Searle	135
3	Jamie Miller	111
4	Allan Letcher	66
5	Jim Cornish	49
6	Michael Downard	33
7	Matthew Fox	32
8	Sam Dale	30
9	Paul Leabeater	24
10	John Saunders	22
11	Anthony Robson	20
12	Brad Stratton	8
13	Carlos Rolfo	6
=	Mike Fitzgerald	6

Teams Championship

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

Position	Team	Points
1	Knight Racing	312
2	Paul Morris Motorsport	144
3	Hi-Tech Motorsport	131
4	McGill Motorsport	112
5	Motorsport Developments	12