2000 Australian Drivers' Championship

none January 2020 March 2014 2000 Australian Drivers' Championship 1999 2001 The 2000 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of cars conforming to Formula Holden regulations.Australian Title Conditions, 2000 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, Page 7-11 The title was contested over an 8-round, 16 race series with the winner awarded the 2000 CAMS Gold Star. The championship, which was promoted as the 2000 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship,Sporting Regulations - Administration Retrieved from www.formulaholden.com via web.archive.org on 17 January 2011 was the 44th Australian Drivers' Championship and the 12th to be contested with Formula Holden or Formula Brabham cars. Teams and drivers thumb|Brenton Ramsay placed 20th driving a Reynard 94D (image from 2015) Team Chassis No Driver Rounds Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 1 NZL Simon Wills All 8 NZL LeRoy Stevenson All 9 AUS Brenton Ramsay 1, 3 D Samimi Ralt RT21 2 AUS Neville Wills 3 Stan Keen Shrike NB89H 5 AUS Stan Keen 8 Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 7 AUS Paul Dumbrell All Ralt Australia Reynard 92D 11 AUS Chris Staff 1–5, 7 Reynard 94D 12 NZL Matt Halliday All Chas Talbot March 87B 14 AUS Chas Talbot 1 3M Australia Racing Team Reynard 91D 15 AUS Les Crampton 1, 3, 8 Mantis Racing Reynard 92D 17 AUS Mark Ellis 3–6, 8 NRC Racing Reynard 94D 20 AUS Dale Brede All Reynard 95D 25 SIN Christian Murchison All Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 92D 22 AUS Tim Leahey 2–7 Camtech Racing Reynard 91D 24 AUS Ian Peters All Garry Haywood Reynard 91D 26 AUS Garry Haywood 1–2 Terry Clearihan Ralt RT23 27 AUS Terry Clearihan 4–8 Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 28 AUS Roger Oakeshott All Reynard 97D 74 AUS Craig Bastian 1–2 Reynard 98D JPN Akihiro Asai 3 Reynard 97D AUS Steve Owen 4–8 Reynard 94D 75 NZL Andy Booth 1–5 Reynard 97D AUS Stuart Kostera Jr. 8 Laurentius Consultants Reynard 94D 36 SWE Lars Johansson 1, 3 Bob Power Ralt RT23 48 AUS Bob Power 2, 4–5 Rohan Carrig Reynard 89D 49 AUS Rohan Carrig 3, 6, 8 Peter Hill Reynard 94D 66 AUS Peter Hill All Damien Digby Reynard 92D 69 AUS Damien Digby 3 Schedule The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.2000 Holden Australian Drivers Championship Race Results Sheets Retrieved from www.formulaholden.com via web.archive.org on 17 January 2011 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit(Phillip Island, Victoria) 13 February NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing R2 NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing 2 R1 New South Wales Eastern Creek International Raceway(Eastern Creek, New South Wales) 26 March AUS Tim Leahey AUS Tim Leahey NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing R2 AUS Tim Leahey SIN Christian Murchison NRC Racing 3 R1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit(Adelaide, South Australia) 8–9 April NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills SIN Christian Murchison NRC Racing R2 NZL Simon Wills NZL Matt Halliday Ralt Australia 4 R1 Australian Capital Territory Canberra Street Circuit(Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) 10–11 June AUS Tim Leahey NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing R2 NZL Simon Wills AUS Chris Staff Ralt Australia 5 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway(Ipswich, Queensland) 2 July NZL Simon Wills NZL Matt Halliday NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing R2 NZL Simon Wills SIN Christian Murchison NRC Racing 6 R1 Victoria Winton Motor Raceway(Benalla, Victoria) 16 July AUS Tim Leahey NZL Simon Wills AUS Tim Leahey Greg Murphy Racing R2 SIN Christian Murchison AUS Tim Leahey Greg Murphy Racing 7 R1 New South Wales Oran Park Raceway(Sydney, New South Wales) 30 July NZL Simon Wills AUS Tim Leahey NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing R2 NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing 8 R1 South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park(Mallala, South Australia) 27 August NZL Simon Wills NZL Simon Wills SIN Christian Murchison NRC Racing R2 SIN Christian Murchison NZL Simon Wills Birrana Racing Points System Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race.Sporting Regulations - Awards and Pointscores Retrieved from www.formulaholden.com via web.archive.org on 17 January 2011 Review New Zealand racer Simon Wills won his second Australian Drivers' Championship driving a Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden.http://www.formula3.com.au/files/09files/series/goldstar.asp Gold Star Winners - 1957 - 2009 formula3.com.au 30 June 2010 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234043/http://www.formula3.com.au/files/09files/series/goldstar.asp dead Wills won eight of the 16 races to finish 33 points ahead of Singaporean born West Australian Christian Murchison (Reynard 95D & 97D). Another New Zealander, Matt Halliday (Reynard 94D Holden) finished third in the points, 58 points behind Wills. It was the sixth Australian Drivers' Championship victory in seven years for a Birrana Racing driver. In addition to Wills' eight wins, Murchison took four race victories and Tim Leahey (Reynard 92D Holden) took two with single victories recorded by Halliday and Chris Staff (Reynard 92D Holden) Championship results + Pos. Driver VictoriaPHI New South WalesEAS South AustraliaADE Australian Capital TerritoryCAN QueenslandQUE VictoriaWIN New South WalesORA South AustraliaMAL Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 NZL Simon Wills 1 1 1 Ret 8 2 1 7 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 244 2 SIN Christian Murchison 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 2 1 Ret 6 3 2 1 6 208 3 NZL Matt Halliday 2 2 3 3 2 1 4 Ret 5 Ret 3 3 4 3 2 2 163 4 AUS Tim Leahey DNS 3 Ret Ret 3 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 2 Ret 109 5 NZL LeRoy Stevenson 5 12 Ret 4 7 6 7 4 6 3 12 4 8 6 5 5 97 6 AUS Paul Dumbrell 4 Ret 5 5 4 4 12 5 7 Ret 4 5 5 4 14 Ret 96 7 AUS Dale Brede 7 5 Ret Ret 12 Ret 5 3 4 12 6 Ret 7 7 4 3 80 8 AUS Chris Staff Ret DNS 7 2 5 7 6 1 11 4 63 9 NZL Andy Booth 6 13 4 6 6 8 9 Ret 10 6 6 5 57 10 AUS Steve Owen 10 6 3 5 5 Ret 9 8 6 4 56 11 AUS Peter Hill 9 7 6 DNS 9 9 8 Ret 13 11 7 7 10 10 9 7 37 12 AUS Ian Peters Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret 14 14 8 9 10 9 8 11 9 7 14 25 13 AUS Mark Ellis 10 16 15 9 12 7 10 9 11 9 12 14 AUS Garry Haywood Ret 6 8 Ret 9 15 AUS Les Crampton 8 9 11 10 12 15 8 16 AUS Roger Oakeshott Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 11 11 DNS 15 9 8 DNS Ret 11 Ret Ret 7 17 AUS Terry Clearihan 16 10 14 8 Ret 10 12 12 10 10 6 18 AUS Craig Bastian Ret 11 Ret 7 4 19 AUS Stan Keen 8 12 3 = AUS Brenton Ramsay Ret Ret 3 = AUS Robert Power Ret DNS 13 DNS 8 Ret 3 22 SWE Lars Johansson 10 Ret Ret 12 2 23 AUS Chris Talbot 11 10 1 - AUS Rohan Carrig 16 DNS 11 Ret 13 13 0 - JPN Akihiro Asai Ret Ret 0 - AUS Stuart Kostera Jr Ret 11 0 - AUS Damien Digby 14 13 0 - AUS Neville Wills 13 15 0 Pos. Driver VictoriaPHI New South WalesEAS South AustraliaADE Australian Capital TerritoryCAN QueenslandQUE VictoriaWIN New South WalesORA South AustraliaMAL Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 References Further reading Connor McNally, "Simply Simon", Motor Racing Australia, No 55, Dec 2000 / Jan 2001, page 44 External links 2000 Australian Drivers' Championship results at www.teamdan.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120309033608/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2000/fholden.html 9 March 2012 Drivers' Championship Category:Australian Drivers' Championship Category:Formula Holden Australian Drivers