2000 Shell Championship Series

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The 2000 Shell Championship Series was an Australian motor racing series open to V8 Supercars. The championship, which was the second Shell Championship Series, began on 11 February at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 19 November at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 rounds. Titles were awarded for drivers, teams and manufacturers by the series organisers AVESCO (Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company), and the winning driver, Mark Skaife, was also awarded the Australian Touring Car Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the 41st time that this title had been awarded.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2000 Shell Championship Series.

Team	Make	Vehicle	Drivers	Events	Endurance Event Drivers
Holden Racing Team	Holden VT Commodore	1	Craig Lowndes	All	Nathan Pretty Jason Plato** Yvan Muller**
		2	Mark Skaife	All
		15	Todd Kelly	All
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VS Commodore	3	Trevor Ashby	All	Geoff Full Phillip Scifleet
		23	Steve Reed	All
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	4	Craig Baird	All	Simon Wills
		9	Tony Longhurst	All	David Besnard
Glenn Seton Racing	Ford AU Falcon	5	Glenn Seton	1-11, 13	Neal Bates Dean Canto* Wayne Gardner**
		6	Neil Crompton	All
Gibson Motor Sport	Holden VT Commodore	7	Steven Richards	All	Darren Hossack Terry Finnigan* John Cleland David Parsons**
		12	Greg Murphy	All
		13	Rodney Forbes	All
		28
Perkins Engineering	Holden VT Commodore	8	Russell Ingall	All	Luke Youlden Christian Murchison
		11	Larry Perkins	All
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford AU Falcon	10	Mark Larkham	All	Geoff Brabham* Alain Menu**
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	14	Mike Imrie	5, 7, 10, 12	Daniel Miller Anthony Robson* Rodney Crick**
			Greg Ritter	4
McDougall Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	16	Dugal McDougall	All	Andrew Miedecke
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	All	Cameron McLean Dick Johnson* Jason Bright**
		18	Paul Radisich	All
Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Ford EL Falcon	20	Garry Holt	3	Garry Willmington
Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon	21	Brad Jones	All	Tomas Mezera
Colourscan Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	22	Danny Osborne	1
			Matthew Coleman	2-3
			Brett Peters	7, 11, 13
			Rick Bates	8-13
Romano Racing	Holden VS Commodore	24	Paul Romano	1-5, 7-13	James Brock* David Parsons**
Terry Wyhoon Racing	Holden VS Commodore	25	n/a		James Brock** Terry Wyhoon**
M3 Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	26	Peter Doulman	1-5, 9, 11, 13
			John Cotter	7-8, 11, 13
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	29	Paul Morris	All	Kevin Schwantz* Matt Neal**
	Holden VS Commodore	67	n/a		Owen Kelly** Aaron McGill**
Harris Racing	Ford AU Falcon	30	n/a		Craig Harris** Stephen Voight**
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	31	Steven Ellery	All	Paul Stokell
Tomas Mezera Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	32	Tomas Mezera	1-4, 6-8, 12
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	34	Garth Tander	All	Greg Ritter Tim Leahey
		35	Jason Bargwanna	All
Schembri Motorsport	Ford EL Falcon	36	n/a		Neil Schembri** Gary Quartly**
Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden VS Commodore	37	n/a		Bill Attard** Roger Hurd**
South Pacific Motor Sport	Holden VS Commodore	38	n/a		Peter Field** Shane Howison**
Challenge Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	39	Chris Smerdon	3-5, 8
Greenfield Mowers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	40	Cameron McLean	1-10
Sieders Racing Team	Ford EL Falcon	42	n/a		Bill Sieders** Luke Sieders**
		56	n/a		Rob Russell** Steve Coulter**
Paul Weel Racing	Ford AU Falcon	43	Paul Weel	All	Greg Crick
Mal Rose Racing	Holden VS Commodore	44	n/a		Mal Rose** Christian D'Agostin**
Dean Canto Racing	Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon	45	Dean Canto	3, 13	Ian Moncrieff**
John Faulkner Racing	Holden VT Commodore	46	John Faulkner	All	Adam Macrow
	Holden VS Commodore	96	n/a		Ryan McLeod** Wayne Wakefield**
Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	50	Mick Donaher	1-6, 9-13
	Holden VS Commodore	150	n/a		Dean Lindstrom** Melinda Price**
Rod Nash Racing	Holden VT Commodore	54	Cameron McConville	All	Geoff Brabham** Paul Dumbrell**
		55	Rod Nash	8-13
Trevor Crittenden Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	57	n/a		Chris Butler** Miles Pope**
Power Racing	Ford EL Falcon	59	n/a		Layton Crambrook** Gary Baxter**
	Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon	500	Alan Heath	3-5, 7-8, 10, 13	Terry Finnigan**
Halliday Motor Sport	Ford EL Falcon	61	n/a		Ross Halliday Adam Wallis
James Rosenberg Racing	Holden VT Commodore	66	Mark Poole	2-6
Paul Little Racing John Sidney Racing	Ford AU Falcon	75	Anthony Tratt	All	Alan Jones
Matthew White Racing	Holden VS Commodore	76	Matthew White	11-13	Terry Wyhoon* Steve Owen**
V8 Racing	Holden VS Commodore	77	n/a		Richard Mork** Steve Williams**
Cadillac Productions	Ford EL Falcon	79	Mike Conway	1
Rod Salmon	Ford AU Falcon	87	Rod Salmon	1, 11-13
			Damien White	11-13
Graphic Skills Racing	Holden VS Commodore	97	Wayne Wakefield	3	Ryan McLeod* Shane Beikoff** Tim Sipp**
Motorsport Engineering Services	Holden VT Commodore	99	Christian D'Agostin	11, 13
PAE Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	600	John Bowe	All	Jim Richards
Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VT Commodore	777	n/a		Jason Richards** Angus Fogg**

* = Drove in the OzEmail Queensland 500 only

** = Drove in the FAI 1000 only

Calendar

The 2000 Shell Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds.

Rd.	Event Circuit	City / State	Date	Format	Winner	Team	Report
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	11 - 13 Feb	Two races	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	17 - 19 Mar	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Holden Racing Team
3	Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	6 - 9 Apr	Two races	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report
4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28 - 30 Apr	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team
5	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	19–21 May	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team
6	GMC 400 Canberra Street Circuit	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	9–11 June	Three races	Steven Richards	K-Mart Racing
7	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	30 Jun - 2 Jul	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Holden Racing Team
8	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	14 - 16 Jul	Three races	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport
9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28 - 30 Jul	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team
10	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18 - 20 Aug	Three races	Steven Richards	K-Mart Racing
11	OzEmail Queensland 500 Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	8 - 10 Sep	Single two driver race	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Report
12	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	6 - 8 Oct	Three races	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing
13	FAI 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	16 - 19 Nov	Single two driver race	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report

Points system

Points were awarded for the first 20 places in each race as follows:^[1]

Round	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th [1]
Sprint rounds	40	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Phillip Island	60	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	1
Adelaide, Part 1	80	72	68	64	60	56	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	14	12	8	4	2
Adelaide, Part 2	160	144	136	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	72	64	56	48	40	32	24	16	8	4
Canberra, Races 1 & 2	60	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	1
Canberra, Race 3	120	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30	24	18	12	6	3
Queensland 500 (per driver)	160	144	136	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	72	64	56	48	40	32	24	16	8	4
Bathurst (per driver)	240	216	204	192	180	168	156	144	132	120	108	96	84	72	60	48	36	24	12	6 [1]

Results

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Pts 1 Mark Skaife 0 102 106 160 112 116 168 108 46 117 101 160 106 168 1570 2 Garth Tander 0 108 102 212 54 108 0 92 80 106 101 144 86 240 1433 3 Craig Lowndes 15 60 120 80 74 36 171 120 68 68 96 160 104 168 1310 4 Paul Radisich 0 87 88 148 72 8 120 58 90 34 110 112 117 216 1260 5 Glenn Seton 0 90 18 176 92 100 162 76 84 101 46 104 84 1133 6 Greg Murphy 10 0 60 168 45 76 84 66 74 98 27 136 32 204 1108 7 Jason Bargwanna 0 0 56 188 12 10 75 44 102 67 61 144 55 240 1054 8 Steven Richards 0 57 22 88 56 0 189 34 21 42 110 136 34 204 993 9 Russell Ingall 0 0 98 112 102 48 72 80 50 63 46 128 46 108 953 10 Tony Longhurst 10 36 66 124 80 56 75 66 36 84 80 96 77 Ret 866 11 Steven Johnson 0 36 68 152 10 46 99 60 56 39 31 Ret 42 192 831 12 Neil Crompton 0 48 0 64 72 48 171 24 60 40 41 104 73 84 829 13 Larry Perkins 20 46 24 72 18 34 129 54 Ret 64 66 128 29 108 752 14 Mark Larkham 0 75 82 56 19 96 36 94 24 21 100 Ret 91 24 718 15 Craig Baird 0 93 28 68 46 64 Ret 22 52 25 7 80 61 156 702 16 John Bowe 0 24 0 160 84 4 63 30 48 36 36 120 74 Ret 679 17 Todd Kelly 0 48 36 12 159 44 65 31 Ret 180 575 18 John Faulkner 0 48 18 88 20 78 27 Ret 0 73 17 64 27 Ret 460 19 Paul Morris 0 24 64 44 40 14 61 6 34 33 26 Ret 13 96 455 20 Cameron McLean 0 12 22 8 0 1 30 0 44 Ret 11 112 192 432 21 Steve Ellery 0 21 20 Ret 14 54 0 10 40 24 59 56 108 Ret 406 22 Paul Weel 0 39 44 0 14 8 51 38 18 28 27 Ret 64 72 403 23 Dugal McDougall 0 30 20 8 0 42 72 8 0 0 7 Ret 0 144 331 24 Brad Jones 0 18 8 Ret 54 50 87 12 0 57 0 Ret 11 Ret 297 25 Simon Wills 0 80 156 236 26 Jason Bright 0 216 216 27 Cameron McConville 0 6 1 24 24 Ret 18 10 14 5 35 40 24 Ret 201 28 Rodney Forbes 0 39 0 Ret 9 6 0 0 44 28 9 48 0 Ret 183 29 Nathan Pretty 0 Ret 180 180 30 Andrew Miedecke 0 Ret 144 144 31 Truckie Parsons 0 132 132 Darren Hossack 0 132 33 Jim Richards 0 120 Ret 120 Yvan Muller 0 120 Jason Plato 0 120 36 Steve Reed 0 0 3 16 0 8 36 0 11 12 23 Ret 7 Ret 116 37 Trevor Ashby 0 0 0 20 0 14 48 11 0 14 0 Ret 0 Ret 107 38 Mark Poole 0 5 Ret 2 6 90 103 39 Rick Bates 0 0 0 0 16 24 60 100 40 David Besnard 0 96 Ret 96 Matt Neal 0 96 42 Greg Ritter 0 0 88 Ret 88 Tim Leahey 0 88 Ret 44 Brett Peters 0 5 16 60 81 45 Mick Donaher 0 0 0 6 12 1 Ret 11 5 0 42 Ret 77 46 Matthew White 0 72 0 72 Terry Wyhoon 0 72 Ret Greg Crick 0 Ret 72 49 Adam Macrow 0 64 Ret 64 50 Paul Stokell 0 56 Ret 56 51 John Cleland 0 48 Ret 48 Jason Richards 0 48 Angus Fogg 0 48 54 Rod Nash 0 0 DNS 0 40 0 Ret 40 55 Rod Salmon 0 0 Ret 36 36 Damien White 0 Ret Ret 36 Tomas Mezera 0 0 6 16 0 2 0 DNS Ret 12 Ret 58 Geoff Full 0 32 Ret 32 Phillip Scifleet 0 32 Ret 60 Peter Doulman 0 0 DNS 4 0 Ret 0 24 Ret 28 61 John Cotter 0 0 0 24 Ret 24 Alain Menu 0 24 63 Anthony Tratt 0 0 0 0 Ret 12 1 1 8 0 0 Ret 0 Ret 22 64 Shane Beikoff 0 12 12 Tim Sipp 0 12 66 Garry Holt 0 Ret 8 Ret 8 Garry Willmington 0 8 Ret 68 Dean Lindstrom 0 6 6 Melinda Price 0 6 70 Chris Smerdon 0 0 0 4 0 4 Daniel Miller 0 4 Anthony Robson 0 4 73 Paul Romano 0 1 0 Ret 0 0 0 1 DNS DNS 0 0 Ret 2 74 Alan Heath 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 DNS 1 - Danny Osborne 0 0 0 Matthew Coleman 0 DNS 0 Wayne Wakefield 0 0 0 Ret Dean Canto 0 0 Ret Ret Mike Imrie 0 0 Ret 0 Ret Layton Crambrook 0 0 Gary Baxter 0 0 Neil Schembri 0 0 Gary Quartly 0 0 Steve Owen 0 0 Peter Field 0 0 Shane Howison 0 0 Mike Conway 0 Ret Neal Bates 0 Ret Ret Geoff Brabham 0 Ret Ret Alan Jones 0 Ret Ret Dick Johnson 0 Ret Christian Murchison 0 Ret Ret Terry Finnigan 0 Ret DNS Skippy Parsons 0 Ret Wayne Gardner 0 Ret Craig Harris 0 Ret Pos Driver Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Champion Team of the Year

• Holden Racing Team ^[2]

The title was awarded to the team of the winning driver in the championship.^[2]

Champion Manufacturer

• Holden ^[2]

The title was presented to the manufacturer with the most number of round wins in the championship.^[2]

See also

• 2000 Australian Touring Car season
• 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series

References

1. Scoring Points, 2000 Shell Championship Series TV Guide, Chevron Publishing Group, page 45
2. Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Media Guide, page 149

Further reading

• Jason Parker, 2000 Review, Mark of a Champion, Motor Racing Australia, Dec 2000/Jan 2001, pages 24–34

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 2000 Racing Results Archive
• 2000 V8 Supercar Awards