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.
