2000 Shell Championship Series

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 was also awarded the Australian Touring Car Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the 41st time that this title had been awarded.

The Drivers Championship was won by Mark Skaife, the Champion Team of the Year title was awarded to the Holden Racing Team and Champion Manufacturer award went to Holden.

Calendar

The 2000 Shell Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds.

Rd. Event
Circuit 		City / State Date Map
1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 February
2 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 17–19 March
3 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Adelaide Street Circuit 		Adelaide, South Australia 6–9 April
4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 28–30 April
5 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 19–21 May
6 GMC 400
Canberra Street Circuit 		Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 9–11 June
7 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 30 June – 2 July
8 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 14–16 July
9 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 28–30 July
10 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 18–20 August
11 OzEmail Queensland 500
Queensland Raceway 		Ipswich, Queensland 8–10 September
12 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 6–8 October
13 FAI 1000
Mount Panorama Circuit 		Bathurst, New South Wales 16–19 November

Teams and drivers

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

Permanent entries
Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Drivers Events Co-Drivers Events
Ford Falcon EL Paul Little Racing 75 Australia Anthony Tratt 1 —
Power Racing 500 Australia Alan Heath 3–5 —
Falcon AU Stone Brothers Racing 4 New Zealand Craig Baird All New Zealand Simon Wills 11, 13
9 Australia Tony Longhurst All Australia David Besnard 11, 13
Glenn Seton Racing 5 Australia Glenn Seton 1–11, 13 Australia Neil Crompton 11, 13
6 Australia Neil Crompton 1–10, 12 —
Australia Neal Bates 11, 13 Australia Dean Canto 11
Australia Wayne Gardner 13
Larkham Motorsport 10 Australia Mark Larkham All Australia Geoff Brabham 11
Switzerland Alain Menu 13
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Dick Johnson 11
Australia Cameron McLean 13
18 New Zealand Paul Radisich All 11
Australia Jason Bright 13
Brad Jones Racing 21 Australia Brad Jones All Australia Tomas Mezera 11, 13
Colourscan Racing 22 Australia Daniel Osborne 1 —
Australia Matthew Coleman 2–4
Australia Brett Peters 7
Australia Rick Bates 8–13 Australia Brett Peters 11, 13
Steven Ellery Racing 31 Australia Steven Ellery All Australia Paul Stokell 11, 13
Cameron McLean Racing 40 Australia Cameron McLean 1–10 —
Paul Weel Racing 43 Australia Paul Weel All Australia Greg Crick 11, 13
Paul Little Racing 75 Australia Anthony Tratt 2–13 Australia Alan Jones 11, 13
Power Racing 500 Australia Alan Heath 7–8, 10, 13 Australia Terry Finnigan 13
PAE Motorsport 600 Australia John Bowe All Australia Jim Richards 11, 13
Holden Commodore VS Lansvale Smash Repairs 3 Australia Trevor Ashby All Australia Steve Reed 11, 13
23 Australia Steve Reed 1–10, 12 —
Australia Geoff Full 11, 13 Australia Phillip Scifleet 11, 13
Romano Racing 24 Australia Paul Romano 1–5, 7–13 Australia James Brock 11
Australia David "Skippy" Parsons 13
Paul Morris Motorsport 29 Australia Paul Morris 1–11 United States Kevin Schwantz 11
Clive Wiseman Racing 50 Australia Mick Donaher 1–6, 10 —
Australia Tyler Mecklem 8
Commodore VT Holden Racing Team 1 Australia Craig Lowndes All Australia Mark Skaife 11, 13
2 Australia Mark Skaife 1–10, 12 —
Australia Todd Kelly 11 Australia Nathan Pretty 11
United Kingdom Jason Plato 13 France Yvan Muller 13
Gibson Motorsport 7 New Zealand Steven Richards All New Zealand Greg Murphy 11, 13
12 New Zealand Greg Murphy 1–10, 12 —
Australia Darren Hossack 11, 13 Australia Terry Finnigan 11
Australia David "Truckie" Parsons 13
Perkins Engineering 8 Australia Russell Ingall 1–10, 12 —
Australia Luke Youlden 11, 13 Singapore Christian Murchison 11, 13
11 Australia Larry Perkins All Australia Russell Ingall 11, 13
Bob Forbes Racing (GM) 13 Australia Rodney Forbes 1–7 —
28 8–13 United Kingdom John Cleland 11, 13
Imrie Motorsport 14 Australia Greg Ritter 4 —
Australia Mike Imrie 5, 7, 10, 12
Australia Daniel Miller 11 Australia Anthony Robson 11
Australia Rodney Crick 13 Australia Peter Gazzard 13
Holden Young Lions (HRT) 15 Australia Todd Kelly 1, 3–4, 6, 8–10, 13 Australia Nathan Pretty 13
McDougall Motorsport 16 Australia Dugal McDougall All Australia Andrew Miedecke 11, 13
Doulman Automotive 26 Australia Peter Doulman 1–5, 9, 11, 13 Australia John Cotter 11, 13
Australia John Cotter 7–8 —
Paul Morris Motorsport 29 Australia Paul Morris 12–13 United Kingdom Matt Neal 13
Tomas Mezera Motorsport 32 Australia Tomas Mezera 1–4, 6–8, 12 —
Garry Rogers Motorsport 34 Australia Garth Tander All Australia Jason Bargwanna 11, 13
35 Australia Jason Bargwanna 1–10, 12 —
Australia Greg Ritter 11, 13 Australia Tim Leahey 11, 13
John Faulkner Racing 46 New Zealand John Faulkner All Australia Adam Macrow 11, 13
Clive Wiseman Racing 50 Australia Mick Donaher 9, 11–13 Australia Tyler Mecklem 11, 13
Rod Nash Racing 54 Australia Cameron McConville 1–10, 12–13 Australia Geoff Brabham 13
55 Australia Rod Nash 8–13 Australia Cameron McConville 11
Australia Paul Dumbrell 13
Part-time entries
Ford Falcon EL Emerzidis Motorsport 20 Australia Garry Holt 3, 11, 13 Australia Garry Willmington 11, 13
Schembri Motorsport 36 Australia Neil Schembri 13 Australia Gary Quartly 13
Sieders Racing Team 42 Australia Bill Sieders 13 Australia Luke Sieders 13
56 Australia Robert Russell 13 Australia Steve Coulter 13
Dean Canto Racing 45 Australia Dean Canto 3 —
John Scotcher Motorsport 59 Australia Layton Crambrook 13 Australia Gary Baxter 13
Halliday Motorsport 61 Australia Ross Halliday 11, 13 Australia Adam Wallis 11, 13
Cadillac Productions 79 Australia Mike Conway 1 —
Falcon AU Harris Racing 59 Australia Craig Harris 13 Australia Stephen Voight 13
Dean Canto Racing 45 Australia Dean Canto 13 Australia Ian Moncrieff 13
Rod Salmon Racing 87 Australia Rod Salmon 1, 11–13 Australia Damien White 11, 13
Holden Commodore VS Terry Wyhoon Racing 25 Australia Terry Wyhoon 13 Australia James Brock 13
Alan Taylor Racing 37 Australia Bill Attard 13 Australia Roger Hurd 13
South Pacific Motor Racing 38 Australia Peter Field 13 Australia Shane Howison 13
Mal Rose Racing 44 Australia Mal Rose 13 Australia Christian D'Agostin 13
Trevor Crittenden Motorsport 57 New Zealand Chris Butler 13 New Zealand Miles Pope 13
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Australia Owen Kelly 13 Australia Aaron McGill 13
MW Motorsport 76 Australia Matthew White 11–13 Australia Terry Wyhoon 11
Australia Steve Owen 13
V8 Racing 77 Australia Richard Mork 13 Australia Steve Williams 13
John Faulkner Racing 96 Australia Ryan McLeod 13 Australia Wayne Wakefield 13
Graphic Skills Racing 97 Australia Wayne Wakefield 3, 11 Australia Ryan McLeod 11
Australia Tim Sipp 13 Australia Shane Beikoff 13
Clive Wiseman Racing 150 Australia Melinda Price 13 Australia Dean Lindstrom 13
Commodore VT Challenge Motorsport 39 Australia Chris Smerdon 3–5, 8 —
Australia Peter Gazzard 7
James Rosenberg Racing 66 Australia Mark Poole 2–6 —
Motorsport Engineering Services 99 Australia Derek van Zelm 11–12 Australia Christian D'Agostin 11
Team Kiwi Racing 777 New Zealand Jason Richards 13 New Zealand Angus Fogg 13

Driver changes

Team changes

  • Stone Brothers Racing expanded to a two car team.
  • John Faulkner Racing scaled down to a one car team.
  • Rod Nash Racing expanded to a two car team.

Results and standings

The Holden Commodore VT in which Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna won the 2000 Bathurst 1000 (pictured in 2018).

Results summary

Round Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report
1 R1 Phillip Island Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Garth Tander
(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)
R2 New Zealand Craig Baird
2 R1 Perth Australia Mark Skaife Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Craig Lowndes
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
R2 Australia Craig Lowndes
R3 Australia Craig Lowndes
3 R1 Adelaide Australia Garth Tander Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Garth Tander[a]
(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Mark Skaife
4 R1 Eastern Creek Australia Mark Skaife Australia Mark Skaife Australia Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
R2 New Zealand Paul Radisich
R3 Australia Russell Ingall
5 R1 Darwin Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Mark Skaife Australia Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
R2 Australia Mark Skaife
R3 Australia Garth Tander
6 R1 Canberra Australia Garth Tander New Zealand Greg Murphy New Zealand Steven Richards
(Gibson Motorsport, Holden)
R2 Australia Todd Kelly
R3 Australia Craig Lowndes
7 R1 Ipswich 1 Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Craig Lowndes
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
R2 Australia Craig Lowndes
R3 Australia Craig Lowndes
8 R1 Winton Australia Glenn Seton Australia Garth Tander Australia Jason Bargwanna
(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)
R2 Australia Glenn Seton
R3 Australia Jason Bargwanna
9 R1 Oran Park Australia Mark Skaife Australia Mark Skaife Australia Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
R2 Australia Russell Ingall
R3 Australia Mark Skaife
10 R1 Calder Park Australia Craig Lowndes New Zealand Paul Radisich New Zealand Steven Richards
(Gibson Motorsport, Holden)
R2 Australia Mark Larkham
R3 New Zealand Steven Richards
11 Ipswich 2 Australia Garth Tander Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
12 R1 Sandown Australia Craig Lowndes New Zealand Paul Radisich New Zealand Paul Radisich
(Dick Johnson Racing, Ford)
R2 Australia Steven Ellery
R3 New Zealand Paul Radisich
13 Bathurst Australia Wayne Gardner Australia Garth Tander
Australia Jason Bargwanna
(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden) 		report

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the following basis:[1]

Points format Position
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Point system 1 30 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
Point system 2 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Point system 3 45 41 39 37 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5
Point system 4 60 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3 1
Point system 5 80 72 68 64 60 56 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 14 12 8 4 2
Point system 6 120 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 3
Point system 7 160 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 72 64 56 48 40 32 24 16 8 4
Point system 8 240 216 204 192 180 168 156 144 132 120 108 96 84 72 60 48 36 24 12 6
  • Point system 1: Used for Oran Park, Calder Park and Sandown, race 2.
  • Point system 2: Used for Barbagallo, Eastern Creek, Hidden Valley, Queensland (first visit) and Winton.
  • Point system 3: Used for Oran Park, Calder Park and Sandown, races 1 and 3.
  • Point system 4: Used for Phillip Island and Canberra races 1 and 2.
  • Point system 5: Used for Adelaide race 1.
  • Point system 6: Used for Canberra race 3.
  • Point system 7: Used for Adelaide race 2 and the Queensland 500.
  • Point system 8: Used for the Bathurst 1000.

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver No. 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 2 0 102 106 160 112 116 168 108 46 117 101 160 106 168 1570
2 Garth Tander 34 0 108 102 212 54 108 0 92 80 106 101 144 86 240 1433
3 Craig Lowndes 1 15 60 120 80 74 36 171 120 68 68 96 160 104 168 1310
4 Paul Radisich 18 0 87 88 148 72 8 120 58 90 34 110 112 117 216 1260
5 Glenn Seton 5 0 90 18 176 92 100 162 76 84 101 46 104 84 1133
6 Greg Murphy 12 10 0 60 168 45 76 84 66 74 98 27 136 32 204 1108
7 Jason Bargwanna 35 0 0 56 188 12 10 75 44 102 67 61 144 55 240 1054
8 Steven Richards 7 0 57 22 88 56 0 189 34 21 42 110 136 34 204 993
9 Russell Ingall 8 0 0 98 112 102 48 72 80 50 63 46 128 46 108 953
10 Tony Longhurst 9 10 36 66 124 80 56 75 66 36 84 80 96 77 Ret 866
11 Steven Johnson 17 0 36 68 152 10 46 99 60 56 39 31 Ret 42 192 831
12 Neil Crompton 6 0 48 0 64 72 48 171 24 60 40 41 104 73 84 829
13 Larry Perkins 11 20 46 24 72 18 34 129 54 Ret 64 66 128 29 108 752
14 Mark Larkham 10 0 75 82 56 19 96 36 94 24 21 100 Ret 91 24 718
15 Craig Baird 4 0 93 28 68 46 64 Ret 22 52 25 7 80 61 156 702
16 John Bowe 600 0 24 0 160 84 4 63 30 48 36 36 120 74 Ret 679
17 Todd Kelly 15 0 48 36 12 159 44 65 31 Ret 180 575
18 John Faulkner 46 0 48 18 88 20 78 27 Ret 0 73 17 64 27 Ret 460
19 Paul Morris 29 0 24 64 44 40 14 61 6 34 33 26 Ret 13 96 455
20 Cameron McLean 40 0 12 22 8 0 1 30 0 44 Ret 11 112 192 432
21 Steve Ellery 31 0 21 20 Ret 14 54 0 10 40 24 59 56 108 Ret 406
22 Paul Weel 43 0 39 44 0 14 8 51 38 18 28 27 Ret 64 72 403
23 Dugal McDougall 16 0 30 20 8 0 42 72 8 0 0 7 Ret 0 144 331
24 Brad Jones 21 0 18 8 Ret 54 50 87 12 0 57 0 Ret 11 Ret 297
25 Simon Wills 4 0 80 156 236
26 Jason Bright 18 0 216 216
27 Cameron McConville 54 0 6 1 24 24 Ret 18 10 14 5 35 40 24 Ret 201
28 Rodney Forbes 13/28 0 39 0 Ret 9 6 0 0 44 28 9 48 0 Ret 183
29 Nathan Pretty 2/15 0 Ret 180 180
30 Andrew Miedecke 16 0 Ret 144 144
31 David "Truckie" Parsons 12 0 132 132
Darren Hossack 12 0 Ret 132
33 Jim Richards 600 0 120 Ret 120
Yvan Muller 2 0 120
Jason Plato 2 0 120
36 Steve Reed 23 0 0 3 16 0 8 36 0 11 12 23 Ret 7 Ret 116
37 Trevor Ashby 3 0 0 0 20 0 14 48 11 0 14 0 Ret 0 Ret 107
38 Mark Poole 66 0 5 Ret 2 6 90 103
39 Rick Bates 22 0 0 0 0 16 24 60 100
40 David Besnard 9 0 96 Ret 96
Matt Neal 29 0 96
42 Greg Ritter 35 0 0 88 Ret 88
Tim Leahey 35 0 88 Ret
44 Brett Peters 22 0 5 16 60 81
45 Mick Donaher 50 0 0 0 6 12 1 Ret 11 5 0 42 Ret 77
46 Matthew White 76 0 72 0 72
Terry Wyhoon 25/76 0 72 Ret
Greg Crick 43 0 Ret 72
49 Adam Macrow 46 0 64 Ret 64
50 Paul Stokell 31 0 56 Ret 56
51 John Cleland 28 0 48 Ret 48
Jason Richards 777 0 48
Angus Fogg 777 0 48
54 Rod Nash 55 0 0 DNS 0 40 0 Ret 40
55 Rod Salmon 87 0 0 Ret 36 36
Damien White 87 0 Ret Ret 36
Tomas Mezera 32 0 0 6 16 0 2 0 DNS Ret 12 Ret
58 Geoff Full 23 0 32 Ret 32
Phillip Scifleet 23 0 32 Ret
60 Peter Doulman 26 0 0 DNS 4 0 Ret 0 24 Ret 28
61 John Cotter 26 0 0 0 24 Ret 24
Alain Menu 10 0 24
63 Anthony Tratt 75 0 0 0 0 Ret 12 1 1 8 0 0 Ret 0 Ret 22
64 Shane Beikoff 38 0 12 12
Tim Sipp 97 0 12
66 Garry Holt 20 0 Ret 8 Ret 8
Garry Willmington 20 0 8 Ret
68 Dean Lindstrom 150 0 6 6
Melinda Price 150 0 6
70 Chris Smerdon 39 0 0 0 4 0 4
Daniel Miller 14 0 4
Anthony Robson 14 0 4
73 Paul Romano 24 0 1 0 Ret 0 0 0 1 DNS DNS 0 0 Ret 2
74 Alan Heath 500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 DNS 1
– Danny Osborne 22 0 0 0
Matthew Coleman 22 0 DNS 0
Wayne Wakefield 97 0 0 0 Ret
Dean Canto 45 0 0 Ret Ret
Mike Imrie 14 0 0 Ret 0 Ret
Layton Crambrook 59 0 0
Gary Baxter 59 0 0
Neil Schembri 36 0 0
Gary Quartly 36 0 0
Steve Owen 76 0 0
Peter Field 38 0 0
Shane Howison 38 0 0
Mike Conway 79 0 Ret
Neal Bates 6 0 Ret Ret
Geoff Brabham 10 0 Ret Ret
Alan Jones 75 0 Ret Ret
Dick Johnson 17 0 Ret
Christian Murchison 10 0 Ret Ret
Terry Finnigan 12 0 Ret DNS
David "Skippy" Parsons 24 0 Ret
Wayne Gardner 6 0 Ret
Craig Harris 30 0 Ret
Pos Driver No. 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 Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Champion Team of the Year

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

Champion Manufacturer

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

Notes

  1. ^ In 2000, the round winner at the Adelaide 500 was determined by combined event points – in all other editions of the Adelaide 500, the round win has been awarded to the winner of the Sunday race.

References

  1. ^ Scoring Points, 2000 Shell Championship Series TV Guide, Chevron Publishing Group, page 45
  2. ^ a b c d 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
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