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, 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	No.	Drivers	Events		Endurance Event Drivers
Holden Racing Team	Holden VT Commodore	1	Craig Lowndes	All		Todd Kelly* Nathan Pretty* Jason Plato Yvan Muller
Holden Racing Team		2	Mark Skaife	All		Todd Kelly* Nathan Pretty* Jason Plato Yvan Muller
Holden Young Lions (HRT)		15	Todd Kelly	1, 3–4, 6, 8–10, 13		Nathan Pretty**
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VS Commodore	3	Trevor Ashby	All		Geoff Full Phillip Scifleet
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VS Commodore	23	Steve Reed	All		Geoff Full Phillip Scifleet
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	4	Craig Baird	All		Simon Wills
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	9	Tony Longhurst	All		David Besnard
Glenn Seton Racing	Ford AU Falcon	5	Glenn Seton	1–11, 13		Neal Bates Dean Canto* Wayne Gardner**
Glenn Seton Racing	Ford AU Falcon	6	Neil Crompton	All		Neal Bates Dean Canto* Wayne Gardner**
Gibson Motor Sport	Holden VT Commodore	7	Steven Richards	All		Darren Hossack Terry Finnigan* David Parsons**
		12	Greg Murphy	All		Darren Hossack Terry Finnigan* David Parsons**
		13	Rodney Forbes	1–7		John Cleland
		28	Rodney Forbes	8–13		John Cleland
Perkins Engineering	Holden VT Commodore	8	Russell Ingall	All		Luke Youlden Christian Murchison
Perkins Engineering	Holden VT Commodore	11	Larry Perkins	All		Luke Youlden Christian Murchison
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford AU Falcon	10	Mark Larkham	All		Geoff Brabham* Alain Menu**
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	14	Greg Ritter	4		Anthony Robson* Peter Gazzard**
			Mike Imrie	5, 7, 10, 12
			Daniel Miller	11
			Rodney Crick	13
McDougall Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	16	Dugal McDougall	All		Andrew Miedecke
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	All		Dick Johnson* Cameron McLean**
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	18	Paul Radisich	All		Cameron McLean* Jason Bright**
Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon	21	Brad Jones	All		Tomas Mezera
Colourscan Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	22	Danny Osborne	1		Brett Peters
			Matthew Coleman	2–4
			Brett Peters	7
			Rick Bates	8–13
Romano Racing	Holden VS Commodore	24	Paul Romano	1–5, 7–13		James Brock* David Parsons**
M3 Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	26	Peter Doulman	1–5, 9, 11, 13		John Cotter
M3 Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	26	John Cotter	7–8		John Cotter
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	29	Paul Morris	All		Kevin Schwantz* Matt Neal**
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
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	35	Jason Bargwanna	All		Greg Ritter Tim Leahey
Greenfield Mowers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	40	Cameron McLean	1–10		—
Paul Weel Racing	Ford AU Falcon	43	Paul Weel	All		Greg Crick
John Faulkner Racing	Holden VT Commodore	46	John Faulkner	All		Adam Macrow
Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	50	Mick Donaher	1–6, 9–13		Tyler Mecklem
Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore	50	Tyler Mecklem	8		Tyler Mecklem
Rod Nash Racing	Holden VT Commodore	54	Cameron McConville	1–10, 12–13		Geoff Brabham**
Rod Nash Racing	Holden VT Commodore	55	Rod Nash	8–13		Cameron McConville* Paul Dumbrell**
Paul Little Racing	Ford AU Falcon	75	Anthony Tratt	All		Alan Jones
Power Racing	Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon	500	Alan Heath	3–5, 7–8, 10, 13		Terry Finnigan**
PAE Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	600	John Bowe	All		Jim Richards
Wild Card Entries
Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Ford EL Falcon	20	Garry Holt	3, 11, 13		Garry Willmington
Terry Wyhoon Racing	Holden VS Commodore	25	Terry Wyhoon	13		James Brock
Harris Racing	Ford AU Falcon	30	Craig Harris	13		Stephen Voight
Schembri Motorsport	Ford EL Falcon	36	Neil Schembri	13		Gary Quartly
Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden VS Commodore	37	Bill Attard	13		Roger Hurd
South Pacific Motor Sport	Holden VS Commodore	38	Peter Field	13		Shane Howison
Challenge Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	39	Chris Smerdon	3–5, 8		—
Challenge Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	39	Peter Gazzard	7		—
Sieders Racing Team	Ford EL Falcon	42	Bill Sieders	13		Luke Sieders
Sieders Racing Team	Ford EL Falcon	56	Rob Russell	13		Steve Coulter
Mal Rose Racing	Holden VS Commodore	44	Mal Rose	13		Christian D'Agostin
Dean Canto Racing	Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon	45	Dean Canto	3, 13		Ian Moncrieff
Trevor Crittenden Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	57	Chris Butler	13		Miles Pope
John Scotcher Motorsport	Ford EL Falcon	59	Layton Crambrook	13		Gary Baxter
Halliday Motor Sport	Ford EL Falcon	61	Ross Halliday	11, 13		Adam Wallis
James Rosenberg Racing	Holden VT Commodore	66	Mark Poole	2–6		—
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	67	Owen Kelly	13		Aaron McGill
Matthew White Racing	Holden VS Commodore	76	Matthew White	11–13	Terry Wyhoon* Steve Owen**
V8 Racing	Holden VS Commodore	77	Richard Mork	13	Steve Williams
Cadillac Productions	Ford EL Falcon	79	Mike Conway	1	—
Rod Salmon	Ford AU Falcon	87	Rod Salmon	1, 11–13	Damien White
Graphic Skills Racing	Holden VS Commodore	97	Wayne Wakefield	3, 11	Ryan McLeod* Shane Beikoff**
Graphic Skills Racing	Holden VS Commodore	97	Tim Sipp	13	Ryan McLeod* Shane Beikoff**
John Faulkner Racing	Holden VS Commodore	96	Ryan McLeod	13	Wayne Wakefield
Motorsport Engineering Services	Holden VT Commodore	99	Derek Van Zelm	11–12	Christian D'Agostin*
Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden VS Commodore	150	Dean Lindstrom	13	Melinda Price
Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VT Commodore	777	Jason Richards	13	Angus Fogg

* = Drove in the OzEmail Queensland 500 only

** = Drove in the FAI 1000 only

Driver Changes

Rodney Forbes left Lansvale Racing Team to join Gibson Motorsport
Jason Bright left Stone Brothers Racing to join Dick Johnson Racing as an endurance co-driver for the Bathurst 1000.
Dick Johnson retired from full time driving and joined Steven Johnson for the Queensland 500.
Steven Johnson replaced his father Dick Johnson who retired from full time driving.
Brad Jones left Larkham Motorsport to join Brad Jones Racing.
Wayne Gardner left Wayne Gardner Racing to join Glenn Seton Racing for the Bathurst 1000.
Paul Morris left Holden Racing Team to join Paul Morris Motorsport.
Cameron McConville left John Faulkner Racing to join Rod Nash Racing.
Paul Dumbrell left John Faulkner Racing to join Rod Nash Racing for Bathurst]].

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.

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	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	Truckie Parsons	12	0													132	132
31	Darren Hossack	12	0											Ret		132	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
40	Matt Neal	29	0													96	96
42	Greg Ritter	35	0				0							88		Ret	88
42	Tim Leahey	35	0											88		Ret	88
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
58	Phillip Scifleet	23	0											32		Ret	32
60	Peter Doulman	26	0	0	DNS	4	0	Ret				0		24		Ret	28
61	John Cotter	26	0							0	0			24		Ret	24
61	Alain Menu	10	0													24	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
64	Tim Sipp	97	0													12	12
66	Garry Holt	20	0			Ret								8		Ret	8
66	Garry Willmington	20	0											8		Ret	8
68	Dean Lindstrom	150	0													6	6
68	Melinda Price	150	0													6	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
	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 finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Scoring Points, 2000 Shell Championship Series TV Guide, Chevron Publishing Group, page 45
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Media Guide, page 149

External links

[Points-1] Scoring Points, 2000 Shell Championship Series TV Guide, Chevron Publishing Group, page 45

[Awards-2] Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Media Guide, page 149

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