2000 London–Sydney Marathon

August 2022 2000 London–Sydney Marathon GBR United Kingdom AUS Australia London Sydney 3 June 4 July 2000 58 16000 Tarmac and Gravel SWE Stig Blomqvist AUS Ben Rainsford 95 78 The 2000 London–Sydney Marathon was the fourth running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 3 June and 4 July 2000. The event covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Stig Blomqvist and Ben Rainsford in a Ford Capri Perana. Background In 2000, Nick Brittan and his company, Trans World Events, who had organise the 1993 edition and other similar endurance events in the 1990s decided to organise another London–Sydney Marathon, once again featuring pre-1971 cars as the 'Millennium Celebration of the first epic event in 1968'.London Sydney Marathon 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220621/http://www.twerally.co.uk/lsm/lsmhome.html 26 September 2007, TWE Rally The 2000 edition would see former World Rally Champions Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist as well as former World Rally Championship Runner-Up Michèle Mouton and former Grand Prix winner Clay Regazzoni competing in the event. The route would see competitors cross Europe in the first fourteen days of the event before the cars would be airlifted by the Antonov An-124 cargo planes hired by TWE from Turkey to Thailand with competitors driving through Thailand and Malaysia for the next eight days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally.August 2022 Results Pos Position No Car number Drivers Car Overall Time 1 3 SWE Stig Blomqvist AUS Ben Rainsford Ford Capri Perana 12hr 3min 51sec 2 6 FRA Michèle Mouton GBR Francis Tuthill Porsche 911 12hr 9min 17sec 3 4 AUS Rick Bates AUS Jenny Brittan Porsche 911 12hr 13min 35sec 4 54 AUS Simon Lingford AUS David Moir Datsun 240Z 13hr 4min 50sec 5 27 GBR Andrew Haddon GBR Mark Solloway Ford Escort RS 1600 13hr 7min 16sec 6 5 AUT Willi Polesznig AUT Wolfgang Viakowsky Porsche 911 13hr 9min 18sec 7 7 AUS Pat Cole AUS David Callaghan Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 13hr 11min 30sec 8 15 GBR Ray Bellm GBR Pasquale Lanzante Porsche 911 13hr 18min 50sec 9 10 AUT Josef Pointinger AUT Wolfgang Nolscher Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 22min 4sec 10 2 AUS Terry Daly NZL Bob Brill Ford Mustang 13hr 24min 30sec 11 47 GBR Michael Cotter AUS Warren Ridge Datsun 240Z 13hr 27min 26sec 12 24 GBR Peter Hall GBR Mary Hall Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 30min 59sec 13 9 GBR Olly Clark GBR Damon Harvey Ford Escort BDA 13hr 31min 33sec 14 31 GBR John Hills AUS David Hills Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 43min 19sec 15 16 GBR Richard Martin-Hurst NZL Tony Devantier Ford Capri Perana 13hr 43min 49sec 16 50 GBR Robin Stainer AUS Mike Burleigh Datsun 240Z 13hr 44min 48sec 17 58 GBR Paul Merryweather GBR Marc Tipping Mercedes-Benz 250/8 13hr 46min 31sec 18 67 AUS John Rudajs AUS Rex Growden Ford Falcon XT 13hr 47min 21sec 19 19 AUS Stewart Wilkins GBR David Lowe Datsun 240Z 13hr 47min 56sec 20 89 GBR Andrew Pidden GBR Nick Fennell Datsun 240Z 13hr 48min 38sec 21 73 ZAF Pieter Coetzee ZAF Derek Urquhart Porsche 911 13hr 49min 1sec 22 63 NZL Alastair Caldwell NZL Stuart McFarlane Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 13hr 49min 13sec 23 72 AUS Lambros Kouriefs GER Sylvia Kouriefs Datsun 1600 13hr 49min 42sec 24 13 AUS John Fisher AUS Malcolm Rossiter Porsche 911L 13hr 52min 0sec 25 32 GBR Richard Horwell GBR Ian Winter Porsche 911 13hr 54min 11sec 26 85 CZE Jiri Kotek CZE Jiri Sedivy Škoda 1100 MB 14hr 1min 21sec 27 1 FIN Hannu Mikkola FIN Juha Mikkola Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 5min 20sec 28 42 AUS Phil Hooper AUS Lina Hooper Datsun 240Z 14hr 6min 0sec 29 14 AUS Gary Fitzgerald AUS Tony Kitamura Datsun 240Z 14hr 7min 41sec 30 41 GBR Stephen Bicknell GBR Chris Clarkson Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 11min 55sec 31 55 GBR Derek Parling GBR Ian North Volvo 123 GT 14hr 11min 59sec 32 56 AUS Garry Leeson AUS Rex Leeson Ford Falcon XW GT 14hr 13min 28sec 33 88 AUS Howard Laughton AUS Philip Lalor Mercedes-Benz 280 CE 14hr 13min 42sec 34 39 AUS Noel Delforce AUS Richard Macey Ford Falcon 14hr 27min 51sec 35 28 ZAF Roger Pearce ZAF Dorian Radue MG MGB GT 14hr 29min 56sec 36 92 GBR Anthony Ward GBR David Harris Ford Cortina GT 14hr 32min 27sec 37 48 AUT Ernst Harrach GER Michael Kolbach Peugeot 504 14hr 35min 11sec 38 66 ZAF Johann Vorster ZAF Romando Duminy Porsche 911 14hr 39min 9sec 39 84 CZE Josef Michl CZE Marek Simik Škoda 1100 MB 14hr 41min 6sec 40 65 AUS Bob Almond AUS Alf Barbara Datsun 180B 14hr 42min 15sec 41 25 GBR Miles Pearce GBR Jon Roebuck Ford Cortina GT 14hr 43min 17sec 42 64 AUS Alan Cameron AUS Ted Rogers Holden Torana 14hr 58min 26sec 43 57 AUS Stewart Lamb AUS Cameron Wearing Ford Falcon XT 14hr 59min 53sec 44 69 AUS Graham Rich AUS Iain Mason Ford Mustang 15hr 7min 10sec 45 43 GBR David Smithies GBR Eric Woolley Ford Escort Mark I 15hr 13min 26sec 46 62 AUS Peter Cochrane AUS Duncan Richter Ford Mustang 15hr 17min 27sec 47 44 GBR Andrew Gorrod AUS George Reynolds Volvo 144S 15hr 21min 31sec 48 87 AUS Dennis O'Neill AUS Robert McKenzie Mazda RX-2 15hr 26min 9sec 49 38 GER Gunther Stamm GER Corinna Stamm Ford Mustang 15hr 28min 30sec 50 70 GBR John Leppard GBR Nick Starkey Peugeot 504 15hr 35min 18sec 51 26 AUS Richard Anderson AUS Keith Callinan Alfa Romeo Giulia 15hr 41min 26sec 52 68 AUS Hugh Savage AUS George Falkiner Porsche 911 15hr 41min 42sec 53 60 ZAF Theo du Toit ZAF Johan Swiegers Porsche 911 15hr 43min 5sec 54 46 AUS Trevor Eastwood AUS David Hartley Holden Monaro GTS 15hr 46min 13sec 55 8 GBR Indey Singh-Milkhu GBR Jeet Singh-Milkhu Volvo 142 15hr 47min 10sec 56 51 GBR Graham Samuel GBR Tony Phillips Porsche 911 15hr 58min 48sec 57 76 AUS John Stevens AUS Gaynor Stevens Ford Falcon 16hr 2min 27sec 58 94 ITA Marco Cajani ITA Marco Rossi Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super 16hr 9min 43sec 59 90 GBR Dennis Greenslade GBR Roger Bricknell Volvo 144S 16hr 15min 41sec 60 83 GER Henry Koster GER Tina Koster MG MGB 16hr 18min 16sec 61 78 AUS Charlie Mitchell AUS Stuart Kostera Holden Kingswood 16hr 35min 32sec 62 34 GBR Ian James GBR Richard French BMW 2002 16hr 41min 28sec 63 52 AUS Michael Corbett AUS Peter Burrey Alfa Romeo GTV16hr 42min 40sec 64 93 GBR Peter Woodward ITA Lorenzo Paesano Range Rover 2WD 16hr 49min 41sec 65 49 AUS Gordon Ketelbey AUS Kim Ketelbey Ford Mustang 16hr 59min 8sec 66 29 GBR Tony King AUS Neil Goodwin Hillman Hunter 17hr 7min 7sec 67 95 GBR Christopher Yates GBR Tom Grace Volvo Amazon 17hr 33min 27sec 68 36 GBR Ronald Rogers GBR Joe Hall Ford Escort Mexico 17hr 40min 27sec 69 91 GBR Chris Underwood GBR Peter Stimson Ford Cortina GT 17hr 49min 18sec 70 74 GBR John Spiers GBR Paul Rothwell Ford Mustang 17hr 58min 49sec 71 79 ZAF Steve Pickering ZAF Craig Hopson Porsche 914/6 18hr 5min 13sec 72 75 GBR Gareth Williams GBR John O'Connor Ford Escort Mark I 18hr 7min 1sec 73 71 GBR Bob Norkett GBR Ray Abbs Ford Cortina Mark I 18hr 13min 26sec 74 77 AUS John Hamilton AUS Henry Jennings Hillman Hunter 18hr 24min 7sec 75 40 AUS Joe Caudo AUS Ivan Limb Citroën SM 18hr 32min 57sec 76 35 GBR Jane James GBR Bob Stokoe Volvo 142 19hr 41min 46sec 77 45 GBR Peter Finnigan GBR James Finnigan Ford Cortina GT 20hr 5min 48sec 78 33 GBR David Long GBR Robert Pepper Ford Mustang 20hr 46min 58sec Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/events/1643-london-sydney-marathon/ eWRC-Results.com London-Sydney Marathon 2000http://www.twerally.co.uk/lsm/compentry.html Trans World Events Competition Category Start List https://web.archive.org/web/20081211073957/http://www.twerally.co.uk/lsm/compentry.html 2008-12-11 References London-Sydney Marathon Category:London–Sydney Marathon Category:2000 in British motorsport Category:2000 in Australian motorsport