2000 Grand Prix of Mosport

February 2025 thumb|250px|Mosport International Raceway The 2000 globemegawheels.com Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car race held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 4 to the 6, 2000. It was the sixth round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season and the 15th IMSA / Professional SportsCar Racing sanctioned sports car race held at the facility. Race The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish for their second successive American Le Mans Series win of the season. The race was one of the closest races in sportscar racing history with the second place BMW V12 LMR driven by Jörg Müller and JJ Lehto for BMW Schnitzer Motorsport only 0.149 seconds behind at the finish.Watkins Gary August 10, 2000 Drench Canadian - ALMS Round 6 Autosport London Haymarket Media Group 60–61 The #43 BMW V12 LMR driven by Jean-Marc Gounon and Bill Auberlen finished third.Baser Ken August 31, 2000 Edged - Audi and BMW battle a slick track to a photo finish On Track Charlotte, North Carolina Street & Smith's Sports Publication 58–63 The race victory in the GTS class was equally as close with the Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R of Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger beating the local favorite Ron Fellows and his teammate Andy Pilgrim in the Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R by 0.29 seconds.Watkins Gary September 2000 Down To The Wire - Mosport Report Le Mans Series & Sportscar Racer Indianapolis, Indiana Haymarket Media Group 36–41 The GT class victory went Alex Job Racing drivers Randy Pobst and Bruno Lambert in the Porsche 911 GT3-R. After two sunny days for practice and qualifying, the race was held under cool rainy conditions which led to five caution periods over 23 laps. The race was broadcast across North America on NBC Sports with Allen Bestwick and Bill Adam calling the race. Official results Class winners in bold. Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP 77 DEU Audi Sport North America ITA Rinaldo CapelloGBR Allan McNish Audi R8 Michelin 94 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 2 LMP 42 DEU BMW MotorsportDEU Schnitzer Motorsport DEU Jörg MüllerFIN JJ Lehto BMW V12 LMR Michelin 94 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 3 LMP 43 DEU BMW MotorsportDEU Schnitzer Motorsport FRA Jean-Marc GounonUSA Bill Auberlen BMW V12 LMR Michelin 93 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 4 GTS 91 FRA Viper Team Oreca MON Olivier BerettaAUT Karl Wendlinger Dodge Viper GTS-R Michelin 91 Dodge 8.0L V10 5 GTS 3 USA Corvette Racing USA Andy PilgrimCAN Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Goodyear 91 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 6 GTS 92 FRA Viper Team Oreca USA David DonohueUSA Tommy Archer Dodge Viper GTS-R Michelin 91 Dodge 8.0 L V10 7DNF LMP 36 USA Johansson-Matthews Racing SWE Stefan JohanssonGBR Guy Smith Reynard 2KQ-LM Yokohama 90 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 8 LMP 2 USA Panoz Motor Sports USA Johnny O'ConnellJPN Hiroki Katou Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Michelin 89 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 9 GT 23 USA Alex Job Racing USA Randy PobstBEL Bruno Lambert Porsche 911 GT3-R Michelin 89 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 10 GT 7 USA Prototype Technology Group USA Boris SaidDEU Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW M3 Yokohama 88 BMW 3.2 L I6 11 GT 51 USA Dick Barbour Racing DEU Sascha MaassenFRA Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT3-R Michelin 87 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 12 GT 21 USA MCR/Aspen Knolls USA Shane LewisUSA Cort Wagner Porsche 911 GT3-R Pirelli 87 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT 10 USA Prototype Technology Group USA Brian CunninghamUSA Peter Cunningham BMW M3 Yokohama 87 BMW 3.2 L I6 14 GTS 08 USA Roock Motorsport North America USA Zak BrownUSA Vic Rice Porsche 911 GT2 Yokohama 87 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 15 GT 22 USA Alex Job Racing USA Mike FitzgeraldUSA Robert Nagel Porsche 911 GT3-R Michelin 86 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 16 GT 70 AUS Skea Racing International GBR Johnny MowlemUSA David Murry Porsche 911 GT3-R Pirelli 86 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17DNF LMP 78 DEU Audi Sport North America DEU Frank BielaITA Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 Michelin 85 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 18 GT 71 AUS Skea Racing International USA Grady WillinghamUSA Doc Bundy Porsche 911 GT3-R Pirelli 78 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GT 67 USA The Racer's Group USA Robert OrcuttUSA Jennifer Tumminelli Porsche 911 GT3-R Pirelli 78 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20DNF GT 66 USA The Racer's Group USA Kevin BucklerUSA Philip Collin Porsche 911 GT3-R Pirelli 77 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GT 69 CAN Kyser Racing CAN Greg DoffCAN Kye WankumCAN Rudy Bartling Porsche 911 GT3-R Pirelli 67 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22 GT 52 DEU Seikel Motorsport CAN Tony BurgessITA Stefano Buttiero Porsche 911 GT3-R Dunlop 45 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 23DNF LMP 1 USA Panoz Motor Sports AUS David BrabhamDEN Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Michelin 40 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 24DNF LMP 24 USA Johansson-Matthews Racing USA Jim MatthewsUSA Mark Simo Reynard 2KQ-LM Yokohama 18 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 25DNF GT 5 USA Dick Barbour Racing DEU Dirk MüllerDEU Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-R Michelin 13 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26DNF GT 6 USA Prototype Technology Group USA Johannes van OverbeekUSA Brian Simo BMW M3 Yokohama 11 BMW 3.2  I6 DNS LMP 0 ITA Team Rafanelli SRL ITA Mimmo SchiattarellaBEL Didier de Radiguès Lola B2K/10 Michelin - Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10 DNS LMP 8 USA Phil Creighton Motorsports USA Scott SchubotCAN Claude Bourbonnais Lola B2K/10 Goodyear - Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8 DNS GTS 73 CAN Multimatic MotorsportsCAN Doncaster Racing CAN David LaceyCAN Greg Willkins Porsche 911 GT2 Pirelli - Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 http://www.imsaracing.net/archives/2000mosport.pdf Official Results International Motor Sports Association 2000 2007-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20051129021732/http://www.imsaracing.net/archives/2000mosport.pdf 2005-11-29 dead http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms2000.html#6 American Le Mans Series 2000 World Sports Racing Prototypes dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081005044003/http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms2000.html 2008-10-05 Statistics Pole Position - #78 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.432 Fastest Lap - #77 Audi Sport North America - 1:11.424 Time of race - 2:46:05.662 Distance - 371.993 km Average Speed - 134.379 km/h References External links 2000 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (YouTube) 2000 American Le Mans Series 2000 Grand Prix of Sonoma 2000 Grand Prix of Texas Mosport Grand Prix of Mosport Category:Grand Prix of Mosport Grand Prix of Mosport Grand Prix of Mosport