2000 Australian Touring Car season


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, two of them endurance races; a five-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series, an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship, 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.
DateSeriesCircuitCity / StateWinnerTeamCarReport
12 FebSCS Round 1Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, VictoriaGarth TanderGarry Rogers MotorsportHolden VT Commodore
9–11 MarHot Wheels V8 Supercar ShowdownAlbert Park street circuitMelbourne, VictoriaMark SkaifeHolden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodorereport
18–19 MarSCS Round 2Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western AustraliaCraig LowndesHolden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodore
26 MarKLS Round 1Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South WalesDean CantoDean Canto RacingFord EL Falcon
8–9 AprSCS Round 3Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South AustraliaGarth TanderGarry Rogers MotorsportHolden VT Commodorereport
30 AprSCS Round 4Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South WalesMark SkaifeHolden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodore
7 MayKLS Round 2Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, VictoriaRyan McLeodJohn Faulkner RacingHolden VS Commodore
21 MaySCS Round 5Hidden Valley RacewayDarwin, Northern TerritoryMark SkaifeHolden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodore
28 MayASTC Round 1Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
10–11 JuneGMC 400 SCS Round 6Canberra Street CircuitCanberra, Australian Capital TerritorySteven RichardsGibson MotorsportHolden VT Commodore
18 JunKLS Round 3Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesDean CantoDean Canto RacingFord EL Falcon
18 JunASTC Round 2Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, QueenslandPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
2 JulSCS Round 7Queensland RacewayIpswich, QueenslandCraig LowndesHolden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodore
9 JulASTC Round 3Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
16 JulSCS Round 8Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, VictoriaJason BargwannaGarry Rogers MotorsportHolden VT Commodore
30 JulSCS Round 9Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesMark SkaifeHolden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodore
6 AugKLS Round 4Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, QueenslandDavid BesnardStone Brothers RacingFord EL Falcon
20 AugSCS Round 10Calder Park RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaSteven RichardsGibson MotorsportHolden VT Commodore
27 AugKLS Round 5Mallala Motor Sport ParkAdelaide, South AustraliaDavid BesnardStone Brothers RacingFord EL Falcon
10 SepQueensland 500 SCS Round 11Queensland RacewayIpswich, QueenslandCraig Lowndes
Mark Skaife		Holden Racing TeamHolden VT Commodorereport
8 OctSCS Round 12Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaPaul RadisichDick Johnson RacingFord AU Falcon
14–15 OctFAI V8 Supercar ChallengeSurfers Paradise street circuitSurfers Paradise, QueenslandPaul RadisichDick Johnson RacingFord AU Falconreport
29 OctASTC Round 4Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South WalesPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
12 NovASTC Round 5Mallala Motor Sport ParkAdelaide, South AustraliaPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
19 NovFAI Bathurst 1000 SCS Round 13Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South WalesGarth Tander
Jason Bargwanna		Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden VT Commodorereport
3 DecASTC Round 6Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, TasmaniaPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
28 JanASTC Round 7Wakefield ParkGoulburn, New South WalesOwen KellyPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i
11 FebASTC Round 8Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesPaul MorrisPaul Morris MotorsportBMW 320i

Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown

This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Australian Grand Prix.
DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2Race 3
Australia

FAI V8 Supercar Challenge

This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Honda Indy 300.
DriverNo.TeamCarTop TenRace 1Race 2Race 3Points
New Zealand