2000 Shell Championship Series

The 2000 Shell Championship Series was an Australian motor racing series open to V8 Supercars. The championship, which was the second Shell Championship Series, began on 11 February at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 19 November at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 rounds. Titles were awarded for drivers, teams and manufacturers by the series organisers AVESCO (Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company), and the winning driver was also awarded the Australian Touring Car Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the 41st time that this title had been awarded.

2000 V8 Supercar

Drivers' Champion:
Mark Skaife
Teams' Champion:
Holden Racing Team
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden

Previous

1999

Next

2001

Support series:
V8 Lites

The Drivers Championship was won by Mark Skaife, the Champion Team of the Year title was awarded to the Holden Racing Team and Champion Manufacturer award went to Holden.

Calendar

The 2000 Shell Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds.

Rd.	Event Circuit	City / State	Date	Map
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	11–13 February	Phillip Island Perth Adelaide Eastern Creek Darwin Canberra Ipswich Winton Oran Park Calder Park Sandown Bathurst
2	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	17–19 March
3	Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	6–9 April
4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–30 April
5	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	19–21 May
6	GMC 400 Canberra Street Circuit	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	9–11 June
7	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	30 June – 2 July
8	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	14–16 July
9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–30 July
10	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18–20 August
11	OzEmail Queensland 500 Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	8–10 September
12	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	6–8 October
13	FAI 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	16–19 November

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2000 Shell Championship Series.

Permanent entries
Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Drivers	Events		Co-Drivers	Events
Ford	Falcon EL	Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	1		—
		Power Racing	500	Alan Heath	3–5		—
	Falcon AU	Stone Brothers Racing	4	Craig Baird	All		Simon Wills	11, 13
			9	Tony Longhurst	All		David Besnard	11, 13
		Glenn Seton Racing	5	Glenn Seton	1–11, 13		Neil Crompton	11, 13
			6	Neil Crompton	1–10, 12		—
				Neal Bates	11, 13		Dean Canto	11
							Wayne Gardner	13
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Mark Larkham	All		Geoff Brabham	11
							Alain Menu	13
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Dick Johnson	11
							Cameron McLean	13
			18	Paul Radisich	All			11
							Jason Bright	13
		Brad Jones Racing	21	Brad Jones	All		Tomas Mezera	11, 13
		Colourscan Racing	22	Daniel Osborne	1		—
				Matthew Coleman	2–4
				Brett Peters	7
				Rick Bates	8–13		Brett Peters	11, 13
		Steven Ellery Racing	31	Steven Ellery	All		Paul Stokell	11, 13
		Cameron McLean Racing	40	Cameron McLean	1–10		—
		Paul Weel Racing	43	Paul Weel	All		Greg Crick	11, 13
		Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	2–13		Alan Jones	11, 13
		Power Racing	500	Alan Heath	7–8, 10, 13		Terry Finnigan	13
		PAE Motorsport	600	John Bowe	All		Jim Richards	11, 13
Holden	Commodore VS	Lansvale Smash Repairs	3	Trevor Ashby	All		Steve Reed	11, 13
			23	Steve Reed	1–10, 12		—
				Geoff Full	11, 13		Phillip Scifleet	11, 13
		Romano Racing	24	Paul Romano	1–5, 7–13		James Brock	11
							David "Skippy" Parsons	13
		Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Paul Morris	1–11		Kevin Schwantz	11
		Clive Wiseman Racing	50	Mick Donaher	1–6, 10		—
				Tyler Mecklem	8
	Commodore VT	Holden Racing Team	1	Craig Lowndes	All		Mark Skaife	11, 13
			2	Mark Skaife	1–10, 12		—
				Todd Kelly	11		Nathan Pretty	11
				Jason Plato	13		Yvan Muller	13
		Gibson Motorsport	7	Steven Richards	All		Greg Murphy	11, 13
			12	Greg Murphy	1–10, 12		—
				Darren Hossack	11, 13		Terry Finnigan	11
							David "Truckie" Parsons	13
		Perkins Engineering	8	Russell Ingall	1–10, 12		—
				Luke Youlden	11, 13		Christian Murchison	11, 13
			11	Larry Perkins	All		Russell Ingall	11, 13
		Bob Forbes Racing (GM)	13	Rodney Forbes	1–7		—
			28		8–13		John Cleland	11, 13
		Imrie Motorsport	14	Greg Ritter	4		—
				Mike Imrie	5, 7, 10, 12
				Daniel Miller	11		Anthony Robson	11
				Rodney Crick	13		Peter Gazzard	13
		Holden Young Lions (HRT)	15	Todd Kelly	1, 3–4, 6, 8–10, 13		Nathan Pretty	13
		McDougall Motorsport	16	Dugal McDougall	All		Andrew Miedecke	11, 13
		Doulman Automotive	26	Peter Doulman	1–5, 9, 11, 13		John Cotter	11, 13
				John Cotter	7–8		—
		Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Paul Morris	12–13		Matt Neal	13
		Tomas Mezera Motorsport	32	Tomas Mezera	1–4, 6–8, 12		—
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	Garth Tander	All		Jason Bargwanna	11, 13
			35	Jason Bargwanna	1–10, 12		—
				Greg Ritter	11, 13		Tim Leahey	11, 13
		John Faulkner Racing	46	John Faulkner	All		Adam Macrow	11, 13
		Clive Wiseman Racing	50	Mick Donaher	9, 11–13		Tyler Mecklem	11, 13
		Rod Nash Racing	54	Cameron McConville	1–10, 12–13		Geoff Brabham	13
			55	Rod Nash	8–13		Cameron McConville	11
						Paul Dumbrell	13
Part-time entries
Ford	Falcon EL	Emerzidis Motorsport	20	Garry Holt	3, 11, 13		Garry Willmington	11, 13
		Schembri Motorsport	36	Neil Schembri	13		Gary Quartly	13
		Sieders Racing Team	42	Bill Sieders	13		Luke Sieders	13
			56	Robert Russell	13		Steve Coulter	13
		Dean Canto Racing	45	Dean Canto	3		—
		John Scotcher Motorsport	59	Layton Crambrook	13		Gary Baxter	13
		Halliday Motorsport	61	Ross Halliday	11, 13		Adam Wallis	11, 13
		Cadillac Productions	79	Mike Conway	1		—
	Falcon AU	Harris Racing	59	Craig Harris	13		Stephen Voight	13
		Dean Canto Racing	45	Dean Canto	13		Ian Moncrieff	13
		Rod Salmon Racing	87	Rod Salmon	1, 11–13		Damien White	11, 13
Holden	Commodore VS	Terry Wyhoon Racing	25	Terry Wyhoon	13		James Brock	13
		Alan Taylor Racing	37	Bill Attard	13		Roger Hurd	13
		South Pacific Motor Racing	38	Peter Field	13		Shane Howison	13
		Mal Rose Racing	44	Mal Rose	13		Christian D'Agostin	13
		Trevor Crittenden Motorsport	57	Chris Butler	13		Miles Pope	13
		Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Owen Kelly	13		Aaron McGill	13
		MW Motorsport	76	Matthew White	11–13		Terry Wyhoon	11
							Steve Owen	13
		V8 Racing	77	Richard Mork	13		Steve Williams	13
		John Faulkner Racing	96	Ryan McLeod	13		Wayne Wakefield	13
		Graphic Skills Racing	97	Wayne Wakefield	3, 11		Ryan McLeod	11
				Tim Sipp	13		Shane Beikoff	13
		Clive Wiseman Racing	150	Melinda Price	13		Dean Lindstrom	13
	Commodore VT	Challenge Motorsport	39	Chris Smerdon	3–5, 8		—
				Peter Gazzard	7
		James Rosenberg Racing	66	Mark Poole	2–6		—
		Motorsport Engineering Services	99	Derek van Zelm	11–12		Christian D'Agostin	11
		Team Kiwi Racing	777	Jason Richards	13		Angus Fogg	13

Driver changes

• Rodney Forbes left Lansvale Racing Team to join Gibson Motorsport
• Jason Bright left Stone Brothers Racing to join Dick Johnson Racing as an endurance co-driver for the Bathurst 1000.
• Dick Johnson retired from full time driving and joined Steven Johnson for the Queensland 500.
• Steven Johnson replaced his father Dick Johnson who retired from full time driving.
• Brad Jones left Larkham Motorsport to join Brad Jones Racing.
• Wayne Gardner left Wayne Gardner Racing to join Glenn Seton Racing for the Bathurst 1000.
• Paul Morris left Holden Racing Team to join Paul Morris Motorsport.
• Cameron McConville left John Faulkner Racing to join Rod Nash Racing.
• Paul Dumbrell left John Faulkner Racing to join Rod Nash Racing for Bathurst.

Team changes

• Stone Brothers Racing expanded to a two car team.
• John Faulkner Racing scaled down to a one car team.
• Rod Nash Racing expanded to a two car team.

Results and standings

The Holden Commodore VT in which Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna won the 2000 Bathurst 1000 (pictured in 2018).

Results summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners	Round winner	Report
1	R1	Phillip Island	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Garth Tander (Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)
	R2			Craig Baird
2	R1	Perth	Mark Skaife	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes (Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	R2			Craig Lowndes
	R3			Craig Lowndes
3	R1	Adelaide	Garth Tander	Craig Lowndes	Garth Tander[a] (Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)	report
	R2			Mark Skaife
4	R1	Eastern Creek	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	R2			Paul Radisich
	R3			Russell Ingall
5	R1	Darwin	Craig Lowndes	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	R2			Mark Skaife
	R3			Garth Tander
6	R1	Canberra	Garth Tander	Greg Murphy	Steven Richards (Gibson Motorsport, Holden)
	R2			Todd Kelly
	R3			Craig Lowndes
7	R1	Ipswich 1	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes (Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	R2			Craig Lowndes
	R3			Craig Lowndes
8	R1	Winton	Glenn Seton	Garth Tander	Jason Bargwanna (Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)
	R2			Glenn Seton
	R3			Jason Bargwanna
9	R1	Oran Park	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	R2			Russell Ingall
	R3			Mark Skaife
10	R1	Calder Park	Craig Lowndes	Paul Radisich	Steven Richards (Gibson Motorsport, Holden)
	R2			Mark Larkham
	R3			Steven Richards
11		Ipswich 2	Garth Tander	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)		report
12	R1	Sandown	Craig Lowndes	Paul Radisich	Paul Radisich (Dick Johnson Racing, Ford)
	R2			Steven Ellery
	R3			Paul Radisich
13		Bathurst	Wayne Gardner	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna (Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)		report

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the following basis:^[1]

Points format	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Point system 1	30	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10
Point system 2	40	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Point system 3	45	41	39	37	35	33	31	29	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	9	7	5
Point system 4	60	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3	1
Point system 5	80	72	68	64	60	56	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	14	12	8	4	2
Point system 6	120	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30	24	18	12	6	3
Point system 7	160	144	136	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	72	64	56	48	40	32	24	16	8	4
Point system 8	240	216	204	192	180	168	156	144	132	120	108	96	84	72	60	48	36	24	12	6

• Point system 1: Used for Oran Park, Calder Park and Sandown, race 2.
• Point system 2: Used for Barbagallo, Eastern Creek, Hidden Valley, Queensland (first visit) and Winton.
• Point system 3: Used for Oran Park, Calder Park and Sandown, races 1 and 3.
• Point system 4: Used for Phillip Island and Canberra races 1 and 2.
• Point system 5: Used for Adelaide race 1.
• Point system 6: Used for Canberra race 3.
• Point system 7: Used for Adelaide race 2 and the Queensland 500.
• Point system 8: Used for the Bathurst 1000.

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver No. Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Pts 1 Mark Skaife 2 0 102 106 160 112 116 168 108 46 117 101 160 106 168 1570 2 Garth Tander 34 0 108 102 212 54 108 0 92 80 106 101 144 86 240 1433 3 Craig Lowndes 1 15 60 120 80 74 36 171 120 68 68 96 160 104 168 1310 4 Paul Radisich 18 0 87 88 148 72 8 120 58 90 34 110 112 117 216 1260 5 Glenn Seton 5 0 90 18 176 92 100 162 76 84 101 46 104 84 1133 6 Greg Murphy 12 10 0 60 168 45 76 84 66 74 98 27 136 32 204 1108 7 Jason Bargwanna 35 0 0 56 188 12 10 75 44 102 67 61 144 55 240 1054 8 Steven Richards 7 0 57 22 88 56 0 189 34 21 42 110 136 34 204 993 9 Russell Ingall 8 0 0 98 112 102 48 72 80 50 63 46 128 46 108 953 10 Tony Longhurst 9 10 36 66 124 80 56 75 66 36 84 80 96 77 Ret 866 11 Steven Johnson 17 0 36 68 152 10 46 99 60 56 39 31 Ret 42 192 831 12 Neil Crompton 6 0 48 0 64 72 48 171 24 60 40 41 104 73 84 829 13 Larry Perkins 11 20 46 24 72 18 34 129 54 Ret 64 66 128 29 108 752 14 Mark Larkham 10 0 75 82 56 19 96 36 94 24 21 100 Ret 91 24 718 15 Craig Baird 4 0 93 28 68 46 64 Ret 22 52 25 7 80 61 156 702 16 John Bowe 600 0 24 0 160 84 4 63 30 48 36 36 120 74 Ret 679 17 Todd Kelly 15 0 48 36 12 159 44 65 31 Ret 180 575 18 John Faulkner 46 0 48 18 88 20 78 27 Ret 0 73 17 64 27 Ret 460 19 Paul Morris 29 0 24 64 44 40 14 61 6 34 33 26 Ret 13 96 455 20 Cameron McLean 40 0 12 22 8 0 1 30 0 44 Ret 11 112 192 432 21 Steve Ellery 31 0 21 20 Ret 14 54 0 10 40 24 59 56 108 Ret 406 22 Paul Weel 43 0 39 44 0 14 8 51 38 18 28 27 Ret 64 72 403 23 Dugal McDougall 16 0 30 20 8 0 42 72 8 0 0 7 Ret 0 144 331 24 Brad Jones 21 0 18 8 Ret 54 50 87 12 0 57 0 Ret 11 Ret 297 25 Simon Wills 4 0 80 156 236 26 Jason Bright 18 0 216 216 27 Cameron McConville 54 0 6 1 24 24 Ret 18 10 14 5 35 40 24 Ret 201 28 Rodney Forbes 13/28 0 39 0 Ret 9 6 0 0 44 28 9 48 0 Ret 183 29 Nathan Pretty 2/15 0 Ret 180 180 30 Andrew Miedecke 16 0 Ret 144 144 31 David "Truckie" Parsons 12 0 132 132 Darren Hossack 12 0 Ret 132 33 Jim Richards 600 0 120 Ret 120 Yvan Muller 2 0 120 Jason Plato 2 0 120 36 Steve Reed 23 0 0 3 16 0 8 36 0 11 12 23 Ret 7 Ret 116 37 Trevor Ashby 3 0 0 0 20 0 14 48 11 0 14 0 Ret 0 Ret 107 38 Mark Poole 66 0 5 Ret 2 6 90 103 39 Rick Bates 22 0 0 0 0 16 24 60 100 40 David Besnard 9 0 96 Ret 96 Matt Neal 29 0 96 42 Greg Ritter 35 0 0 88 Ret 88 Tim Leahey 35 0 88 Ret 44 Brett Peters 22 0 5 16 60 81 45 Mick Donaher 50 0 0 0 6 12 1 Ret 11 5 0 42 Ret 77 46 Matthew White 76 0 72 0 72 Terry Wyhoon 25/76 0 72 Ret Greg Crick 43 0 Ret 72 49 Adam Macrow 46 0 64 Ret 64 50 Paul Stokell 31 0 56 Ret 56 51 John Cleland 28 0 48 Ret 48 Jason Richards 777 0 48 Angus Fogg 777 0 48 54 Rod Nash 55 0 0 DNS 0 40 0 Ret 40 55 Rod Salmon 87 0 0 Ret 36 36 Damien White 87 0 Ret Ret 36 Tomas Mezera 32 0 0 6 16 0 2 0 DNS Ret 12 Ret 58 Geoff Full 23 0 32 Ret 32 Phillip Scifleet 23 0 32 Ret 60 Peter Doulman 26 0 0 DNS 4 0 Ret 0 24 Ret 28 61 John Cotter 26 0 0 0 24 Ret 24 Alain Menu 10 0 24 63 Anthony Tratt 75 0 0 0 0 Ret 12 1 1 8 0 0 Ret 0 Ret 22 64 Shane Beikoff 38 0 12 12 Tim Sipp 97 0 12 66 Garry Holt 20 0 Ret 8 Ret 8 Garry Willmington 20 0 8 Ret 68 Dean Lindstrom 150 0 6 6 Melinda Price 150 0 6 70 Chris Smerdon 39 0 0 0 4 0 4 Daniel Miller 14 0 4 Anthony Robson 14 0 4 73 Paul Romano 24 0 1 0 Ret 0 0 0 1 DNS DNS 0 0 Ret 2 74 Alan Heath 500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 DNS 1 – Danny Osborne 22 0 0 0 Matthew Coleman 22 0 DNS 0 Wayne Wakefield 97 0 0 0 Ret Dean Canto 45 0 0 Ret Ret Mike Imrie 14 0 0 Ret 0 Ret Layton Crambrook 59 0 0 Gary Baxter 59 0 0 Neil Schembri 36 0 0 Gary Quartly 36 0 0 Steve Owen 76 0 0 Peter Field 38 0 0 Shane Howison 38 0 0 Mike Conway 79 0 Ret Neal Bates 6 0 Ret Ret Geoff Brabham 10 0 Ret Ret Alan Jones 75 0 Ret Ret Dick Johnson 17 0 Ret Christian Murchison 10 0 Ret Ret Terry Finnigan 12 0 Ret DNS David "Skippy" Parsons 24 0 Ret Wayne Gardner 6 0 Ret Craig Harris 30 0 Ret Pos Driver No. Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Champion Team of the Year

• Holden Racing Team^[2]

The title was awarded to the team of the winning driver in the championship.^[2]

Champion Manufacturer

• Holden^[2]

The title was presented to the manufacturer with the most number of round wins in the championship.^[2]

See also

• 2000 Australian Touring Car season
• 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series

Notes

1. In 2000, the round winner at the Adelaide 500 was determined by combined event points – in all other editions of the Adelaide 500, the round win has been awarded to the winner of the Sunday race.