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, Mark Skaife, was also awarded the Australian Touring Car Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the 41st time that this title had been awarded.

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		—
	Falcon EL	Power Racing	500	Alan Heath	3–5		—
	Falcon AU	Stone Brothers Racing	4	Craig Baird	All		Simon Wills	11, 13
		Stone Brothers Racing	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
				Neal Bates	11, 13		Wayne Gardner	13
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Mark Larkham	All		Geoff Brabham	11
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Mark Larkham	All		Alain Menu	13
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Dick Johnson	11
			17	Steven Johnson	All		Cameron McLean	13
			18	Paul Radisich	All		Cameron McLean	11
			18	Paul Radisich	All		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		—
			23	Geoff Full	11, 13		Phillip Scifleet	11, 13
		Romano Racing	24	Paul Romano	1–5, 7–13		James Brock	11
		Romano Racing	24	Paul Romano	1–5, 7–13		David Parsons	13
		Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Paul Morris	1–11		Kevin Schwantz	11
		Clive Wiseman Racing	50	Mick Donaher	1–6, 10		—
		Clive Wiseman Racing	50	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
				Darren Hossack	11, 13		David Parsons	13
		Perkins Engineering	8	Russell Ingall	1–10, 12		—
			8	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		—
		Bob Forbes Racing (GM)	28	Rodney Forbes	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
		Doulman Automotive	26	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		—
			35	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
			55	Rod Nash	8–13	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
		Sieders Racing Team	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
		MW Motorsport	76	Matthew White	11–13		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
		Graphic Skills Racing	97	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		—
		Challenge Motorsport	39	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.

Calendar

The 2000 Shell Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds.

Rd.	Event Circuit	City / State	Date	Format	Winner	Team	Report
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	11–13 Feb	Two races	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	17–19 Mar	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Holden Racing Team
3	Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	6–9 Apr	Two races	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report
4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–30 Apr	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team
5	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	19–21 May	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team
6	GMC 400 Canberra Street Circuit	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	9–11 June	Three races	Steven Richards	K-Mart Racing
7	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	30 Jun – 2 Jul	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Holden Racing Team
8	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	14–16 Jul	Three races	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport
9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–30 Jul	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team
10	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18–20 Aug	Three races	Steven Richards	K-Mart Racing
11	OzEmail Queensland 500 Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	8–10 Sep	Single two driver race	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Report
12	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	6–8 Oct	Three races	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing
13	FAI 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	16–19 Nov	Single two driver race	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report

Phillip Island

Perth

Adelaide

Eastern Creek

Darwin

Canberra

Ipswich

Winton

Oran Park

Calder Park

Sandown

Bathurst

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Event locations

Points system

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

Points format	Position
Points format	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.

Results

Drivers Championship

The Holden Commodore VT in which Garth Tander placed second in the championship. The car is pictured in 2018

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	Truckie Parsons	12	0													132	132
31	Darren Hossack	12	0											Ret		132	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
40	Matt Neal	29	0													96	96
42	Greg Ritter	35	0				0							88		Ret	88
42	Tim Leahey	35	0											88		Ret	88
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
58	Phillip Scifleet	23	0											32		Ret	32
60	Peter Doulman	26	0	0	DNS	4	0	Ret				0		24		Ret	28
61	John Cotter	26	0							0	0			24		Ret	24
61	Alain Menu	10	0													24	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
64	Tim Sipp	97	0													12	12
66	Garry Holt	20	0			Ret								8		Ret	8
66	Garry Willmington	20	0											8		Ret	8
68	Dean Lindstrom	150	0													6	6
68	Melinda Price	150	0													6	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
	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 finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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]

References

^ Scoring Points, 2000 Shell Championship Series TV Guide, Chevron Publishing Group, page 45
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Media Guide, page 149

External links

[Points-1] Scoring Points, 2000 Shell Championship Series TV Guide, Chevron Publishing Group, page 45

[Awards-2] Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Media Guide, page 149

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