2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship

The 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Nations Cup cars. The championship, which was organised by Procar Australia,Well done Procar, GTP MotorRacer (magazine), Volume 1 No. 7, page 58 is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the inaugural Australian Nations Cup Championship.http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2016-1.pdf Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 2016-01-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160123221648/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2016-1.pdf 2016-01-23 dead The year 2000 marked the first season in which the High Performance cars from the Australian GT Production Car Championship were to contest their own separate series under the Nations Cup name.Australian GT Production Car Championship, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org The championship was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996. Calendar thumb|Paul Stokell placed fourth in the championship driving a Lamborghini Diablo (pictured in 2001) The championship was contested over eight rounds.Procar Tables Retrieved from web.archive.org on 12 May 2010 Round CircuitNatsoft Race Results > Circuit Racing > Year = 2000 Retrieved from racing.natsoft.com.au on 14 July 2017 State / Territory Date Format Round winner Car 1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 8–9 April Two races Mark Noske Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 2 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 30 April Two races Mark Noske Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 3 Canberra Street Circuit Australian Capital Territory 10–11 June Three races Peter Fitzgerald Porsche 911 GT3 4 Queensland Raceway Queensland 2 July Two races Wayne Park Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 5 Oran Park New South Wales 30 July Two races Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 6 Calder Park Victoria 18–20 AugustResults - Nations Cup - Calder Park, GTP MotorRacer (magazine), Volume 1 No. 5, page 57 Two races Peter Fitzgerald Porsche 911 GT3 7 Gold Coast Queensland 13–15 October Three races Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 8 Mount Panorama New South Wales 17–19 November Three races Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo Points system Championship points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten outright positions.The Rules, GTP MotorRacer (magazine), Volume 1 No. 1, page 53 An additional point was awarded for pole position. Championship standings Position Driver No. CarGrand Show, Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, 7–9 April 2000, pages 92-95 Entrant Ade Eas Can Que Ora Cal Gol Mou Total 1 Jim Richards 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Jim Richards 24 23 34 24 30 20 40 29 224 2 Peter Fitzgerald 3 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Falken Tyres 8 18 37 - 13 31 34 21 162 3 Mark Noske 4 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 26 27 30 - 12 24 18 23 160 4 Paul Stokell 666 Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia 23 15 8 25 5 12 24 35 147 5 Peter Bradbury 14 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 TNT 7 14 8 9 20 12 21 26 117 6 Mark Williamson 80 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Mark Williamson 4 8 30 7 7 8 22 15 101 7 Christian Jones 44 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Prancing Horse Racing - - - 13 16 8 18 8 63 8 Geoff Morgan 12 Dodge Viper ACR monster.com - 9 2 14 7 8 - 15 55 9 Wayne Park 10 28 & 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Peter Harburg Ross Palmer Motorsport 4 - 14 26 10 - - - 54 10 Steve Webb 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Steve Webb 15 5 1 - 10 - - - 31 11 Darren Palmer 27 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Ross Palmer Motorsport 6 7 9 - - - - - 22 12 Greg Keene 21 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Greg Keene 9 4 4 - - 1 3 - 21 13 Rusty French 6 Dodge Viper ACR Rusty French - 1 2 - - - 6 9 18 14 Matthew Coleman 62 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Matthew Coleman - - - - - - - 16 16 15 Max Warwick 83 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Max Warwick - - 11 - 2 - - - 13 16 Darcy Russell 7 Dodge Viper ACR Rusty French 1 - 7 - - 1 - 1 10 17 Jim Zerefos 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996   - - - - - 8 - - 8 Tony Quinn 43 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Tony Quinn - - - - - - 7 1 8 19 Ed Aitken 8 Porsche 911 RSCS Type 993 Ed Aitken 4 2 - - - - - - 6 20 Rick Bates 42 Porsche 911 RSCS Type 993 monster.com - - - - - - 5 - 5 21 Peter Harburg 91 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Peter Harburg - - - 3 - - - - 3 22 Mike Reedy 81 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Mark Williamson 2 - - - - - - - 2 Takeshi Nakamaru 81 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Mark Williamson - - 1 1 - - - - 2 24 Michael Simpson 23 BMW M3-R Bruce Lynton - - 1 - - - - - 1 Mike Conway 79 Dodge Viper ACR Mike Conway - - - - 1 - - - 1 Beric Lynton 23 BMW M3-R Beric Lynton - - - - - - 1 - 1 References External links Image of the Porsche 911 GT3 of championship winner Jim Richards, www.airpowersystems.com, as archived at web.archive.org Category:Australian Nations Cup Championship Nations Cup Championship