2000 New Zealand Grand Prix
| 2000 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 4 of the 2000 Tasman Cup | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 2 December 2000 | ||
| Official name | XLVI New Zealand Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.841 km (1.765 miles) | ||
| Distance | 40 laps, 113.64 km (70.60 miles) | ||
| Weather | Fine | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Birrana Racing | ||
| Time | 52.777 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Matt Halliday | NRC International | |
| Time | 53.587 on lap 34 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | NRC International | ||
| Second | NRC International | ||
| Third | Wynns Racing | ||
The 2000 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Manfeild Autocourse near Feilding on 2 December 2000. It was the forty-sixth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Formula Holden cars. The event was also the final race of the 2000 Tasman Cup. It would prove to be the final race in the revived Tasman Series established in 1998 for Formula Holden. No 2001 series followed.
The race was won by New Zealand driver Andy Booth driving a Reynard 95D belonging to the Arthur Abrahams-run NRC International. Booth's team mate Matt Halliday finished second ahead of Australian driver Paul Dumbrell finished third.
Classification
Results:[1]
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Booth
|
NRC International | Reynard 95D Holden | 40 | 38m 25.383s |
| 2 | Matt Halliday
|
NRC International | Reynard 95D Holden | 40 | +13.4 |
| 3 |  Paul Dumbrell
|
Wynns Racing | Reynard 93D Holden | 40 | +16.5 |
| 4 | Steve Owen
|
Hocking Motorsport | Reynard 97D Holden | 40 | +17.7 |
| 5 | Peter Hill
|
Greg Murphy Racing | Reynard 95D Holden | 40 | +32.0 |
| 6 | Stuart Kostera
|
Hocking Motorsport | Reynard 97D Holden | 40 | +45.3 |
| 7 | LeRoy Stevenson
|
Birrana Racing | Reynard 94D Holden | 39 | + 1 lap |
| 8 | Dean Cockerton
|
Reynard 91D Holden | 39 | + 1 lap | |
| 9 | Ian Peters
|
Camtech Racing | Reynard 91D Holden | 39 | + 1 lap |
| 10 | Mark Ellis
|
Mantis Racing | Reynard 92D Holden | 39 | + 1 lap |
| Simon Wills
|
Birrana Racing | Reynard 94D Holden | |||
| Roger Oakeshott
|
Sportsmed Racing | Reynard 98D Holden | |||
| Terry Clearihan
|
Ralt RT23 Holden | ||||
 Emerson Newton-John
|
Greg Murphy Racing | Reynard 92D Holden |
References
- ^ Darren Galpin. "Formula Holden: Tasman Cup". Dlg.speedfreaks.org. Retrieved 2013-12-26.