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 [ edit ]
The 2000 Australian touring car season consisted of 28 events.
Date
Series
Circuit
City / State
Winner
Team
Car
Report
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
Shell Championship Series [ edit ]
Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown [ edit ]
This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Australian Grand Prix .
Konica V8 Lites Series [ edit ]
Australian Super Touring Championship [ edit ]
FAI V8 Supercar Challenge [ edit ]
This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Honda Indy 300 .[ 1]
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.