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',Loaded Guns, 2000 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship, Official Program, Round 5, Mallala, 11–12 November 2000, pages 6- 8 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. TeamManufacturerCar modelNoDriver SUPER TOURING Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 1 Paul Morris 318i 73 Owen Kelly Aaron McGill Motorsport Nissan Primera 2 Aaron McGill Ford Mondeo 7 Allan Letcher 12 Sam Dale MPD Racing BMW 318i 3 Mike Downard Anthony Robson BMW 318i 5 Anthony Robson Christian D'Agostin BMW 320i 08 John Saunders TC Motorsport Peugeot 406 13 Tony Newman Dwayne Bewley Mark Zonneveld 405 Mi16 22 Carlos Rolfo Project Racing Honda Accord 14 Jim Cornish Knight Racing Ford Mondeo 19 Alan Gurr 68 Mark Zonneveld 88 Peter Hills M-F Racing Peugeot 405 Mi16 21 Mike Fitzgerald Novacastrian Motorsport BMW 320i 30 Luke Searle Gun Racing Alfa Romeo 155 TS 45 David Auger John Henderson Racing Opel Vectra 56 John Henderson Hi-Tech Motorsport Nissan Primera 69 Matthew Fox Kiel Johnston Alan Gurr Motorsport Developments Toyota Carina 77 Malcolm Rea 99 Brad Stratton Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry 95 Jamie Miller Redline Motorsport Hyundai Lantra 97 Paul Leabeater FUTURE TOURING SVO Motorsport Ford EL Falcon 6 Michael Webb Greg East Mitsubishi Magna Chevrolet 7 Greg East Bruce Williams Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 8 Tim Shaw Kerry Wade Ford EL Falcon 09 Andrew Gillespie 111 Kerry Wade Peter Hayward Holden VS Commodore 10 Peter Hayward Garry Holt Holden VS Commodore 10 Garry Holt Goanna Racing Team Ford EF Falcon 13 Peter Wright Amin Chahda Ford EF Falcon 18 Amin Chahda Diamond Valley Speed Shop Holden VT Commodore 22 James Brock VS Commodore 24 James Brock Pretty Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 32 Mark Papendell Christian D'Agostin Holden VS Commodore 37 Christian D'Agostin Brett Youlden Holden VS Commodore 54 Brett Youlden APS Racing Holden VT Commodore 84 Ray Sidebottom VS Commodore 85 Ray Sidebottom Jason Domaschenz
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./RaceCircuitLocation & StateDateST WinnerTeamFT WinnerTeam 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.How Points Are Scored, Official Program, Round 5, Mallala, 11–12 November 2000, page 8 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 Pos Driver ORA 1 ORA 2 ORA 3 LAK 1 LAK 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 WAK 1 WAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 SYM 1 SYM 2 WAK 1 WAK 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 PtsTOCA Points Archive Retrieved on 28 July 2001 – Site no longer active2000 Australian Super Touring Retrieved on 17 December 2010 SUPER TOURING 1 Paul Morris 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Ret 1st 1st 1st 255 2 John Henderson 2nd 6th Ret 2nd DNS 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th DNS 2nd 3rd 146 3 David Auger 4th 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 4th 7th 5th 8th 4th 5th 5th 5th 7th 3rd Ret 5th 113 4 Peter Hills 3rd DSQ 2nd Ret DNS 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 11th 10th 4th 9th 4th 4th 109 5 Alan Gurr Ret 12th 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 6th 5th 4th 3rd Ret 87 6 Luke Searle 5th Ret Ret 7th 4th Ret 5th 7th 7th Ret 6th 7th 4th 2nd Ret 5th Ret 67 7 Owen Kelly 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 9th 2nd 63 8 Jamie Miller 6th Ret 5th Ret DNS 6th 5th 4th 8th 6th 5th Ret 6th 51 9 Allan Letcher 7th 3rd 7th 6th 7th 10th 11th 31 10 Jim Cornish 4th 5th Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 6th 1st Ret Ret DNS 30 = Aaron McGill Ret 4th 6th 9th Ret 6th Ret Ret Ret 6th 14th 12th Ret DNS DNS 11th Ret 30 12 Mark Zonneveld Ret 7th 6th 7th Ret DNS Ret 12th 17 13 Mike Downard 13th 5th 10th 10th 8th 14 14 Sam Dale 14th 9th 9th 7th Ret DNS 13 15 Dwayne Bewley 14th 4th 10 16 Matthew Fox 13th 17th 13th 13th 9 17 Paul Leabeater 11th 11th 14th 11th Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 8 = Tony Newman Ret Ret Ret Ret 4th 8 19 John Saunders 11th 11th 7 20 Anthony Robson Ret Ret Ret 13th 8th 6 21 Brad Stratton Ret 6th 5 22 Carlos Rolfo Ret Ret Ret 8th Ret 3 23 Mike Fitzgerald Ret 13th Ret 2 FUTURE TOURING 1 Tim Shaw 8th 7th 9th 7th 9th 8th 15th 9th 10th 10th 9th 8th 6th DSQ 7th 184 2 Jason Domaschenz 8th 10th 9th 10th 8th 8th 8th 11th Ret DNS 103 3 James Brock Ret 10th 12th Ret DNS Ret 14th 10th 12th 7th 12th Ret DNS 8th 9th 85 4 Ray Sidebottom 12th Ret Ret 11th 13th Ret DNS Ret DNS 10th 4th 6th 8th 78 5 Kerry Wade 11th 13th Ret 11th 7th 9th Ret DNS 7th 10th 75 6 Christian D'Agostin 9th DSQ 8th 9th 12th 10th 12th 67 7 Michael Webb 10th 8th 11th 11th 8th 50 8 Andrew Gillespie 12th 16th 12th Ret 10th 11th 30 9 Mark Papendell 12th 10th 16 10 Garry Holt 12th 14th 12 NC Peter Hayward 14th 9th 13th 0 NC Peter Wright 15th Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver ORA 1 ORA 2 ORA 3 LAK 1 LAK 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 WAK 1 WAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 SYM 1 SYM 2 WAK 1 WAK 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 Pts
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.Garry O'Brien, Morris makes half tonne, Auto Action, 16–22 February 2001, pages 24-25
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
See also 2000 Australian Touring Car season
References
External links 2000 Racing Results Archive 2000 Entry List and image of the Paul Morris BMW at www.supertouringregister.com