2000 Ozemail Queensland 500

The 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars. It was held at the Queensland Raceway, near Ipswich, in Queensland, Australia on 10 September 2000. The race was staged over 161 laps of the 3.12 kilometre circuit, a total distance of 502 kilometres. It was Round 11 of the 2000 Shell Championship Series and was the second Queensland 500.

Queensland 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500
Event Information
Round 11 of 13 in the 2000 Shell Championship Series
Date8–10 September 2000
LocationIpswich, Queensland
VenueQueensland Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Garry Rogers Motorsport
1:10.3858
Winner Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
3:25:34.3893
Round Results
First 160 pts
Second 144 pts
Third 136 pts

Top ten shootout edit

Pos[1] No[1] Team[1] Driver[1] Car[1] Time[1]
Pole 34 Valvoline Cummins Repco Team   Garth Tander Holden VT Commodore 1:10.3858
2 11 Castrol Perkins Race Team   Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore 1:10.4503
3 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team   David Besnard Ford AU Falcon 1:10.5292
4 18 Shell Helix Racing   Paul Radisich Ford AU Falcon 1:10.6578
5 1 Holden Racing Team   Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore 1:10.7237
6 600 Cat Racing   John Bowe Ford AU Falcon 1:10.8209
7 10 Mitre 10 Ford Racing   Mark Larkham Ford AU Falcon 1:10.8225
8 7 KMart Racing   Greg Murphy Holden VT Commodore 1:11.1283
9 5 Ford Tickford Racing   Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 1:11.7440
10 43 K&J Thermal Products Racing   Greg Crick Ford AU Falcon 1:11.8959

Results edit

Results as follows:[2]

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
Series
Points
1 1 Holden Racing Team   Craig Lowndes
  Mark Skaife
Holden VT Commodore 161 8 5 160
2 34 Valvoline Cummins Repco Team   Garth Tander
  Jason Bargwanna
Holden VT Commodore 161 2 1 144
3 7 KMart Racing   Steven Richards
  Greg Murphy
Holden VT Commodore 161 5 8 136
4 11 Castrol Perkins Race Team   Russell Ingall
  Larry Perkins
Holden VT Commodore 161 1 2 128
5 600 Cat Racing   John Bowe
  Jim Richards
Ford AU Falcon 161 4 6 120
6 18 Shell Helix Racing   Paul Radisich
  Cameron McLean
Ford AU Falcon 161 3 4 112
7 5 Ford Tickford Racing   Glenn Seton
  Neil Crompton
Ford AU Falcon 161 10 9 104
8 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team   Tony Longhurst
  David Besnard
Ford AU Falcon 161 7 3 96
9 35 Valvoline Cummins Repco Team   Greg Ritter
  Tim Leahey
Holden VT Commodore 160 18 88
10 4 Pirtek Racing   Craig Baird
  Simon Wills
Ford AU Falcon 160 12 80
11 76 Challenge Recruitment Racing   Matthew White
  Terry Wyhoon
Holden VS Commodore 160 20 72
12 46 Team Asia Online   John Faulkner
  Adam Macrow
Holden VT Commodore 160 19 64
13 31 Supercheap Auto Racing   Steven Ellery
  Paul Stokell
Ford AU Falcon 160 13 56
14 28 Wynns Racing   Rodney Forbes
  John Cleland
Holden VT Commodore 159 16 48
15 55 Autopro Racing   Cameron McConville
  Rod Nash
Holden VT Commodore 157 25 40
16 23 Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing   Geoff Full
  Phillip Scifleet
Holden VS Commodore 157 34 32
17 26 Team Gatorade Racing   Peter Doulman
  John Cotter
Holden VT Commodore 157 26 24
18 22 Colorscan Motorsport   Rick Bates
  Brett Peters
Ford AU Falcon 156 29 16
19 20 Eastern Creek Kart Racing   Garry Holt
  Garry Willmington
Ford EL Falcon 154 37 8
20 14 IMS Imrie Motorsport   Daniel Miller
  Anthony Robson
Holden VT Commodore 153 38 4
21 24 Romano Racing   Paul Romano
  James Brock
Holden VS Commodore 153 28
22 99 Motorsport Engineering Racing   Derek Van Zelm
  Christian D'Agostin
Holden VT Commodore 144 33
23 97 Graphic Skills Racing   Wayne Wakefield
  Ryan McLeod
Holden VS Commodore 135 35
24 50 Ultratune TDK Valvoline Racing   Mick Donaher
  Tyler Mecklem
Holden VT Commodore 130 21
DNF 43 K&J Thermal Products Racing   Paul Weel
  Greg Crick
Ford AU Falcon 150 9 10
DNF 2 Holden Racing Team   Nathan Pretty
  Todd Kelly
Holden VT Commodore 142 14
DNF 75 Toll Racing   Anthony Tratt
  Alan Jones
Ford AU Falcon 115 31
DNF 12 KMart Racing   Terry Finnigan
  Darren Hossack
Holden VT Commodore 77 24
DNF 8 Castrol Perkins Race Team   Luke Youlden
  Christian Murchison
Holden VT Commodore 68 27
DNF 17 Shell Helix Racing   Steven Johnson
  Dick Johnson
Ford AU Falcon 67 11
DNF 10 Mitre 10 Ford Racing   Mark Larkham
  Geoff Brabham
Ford AU Falcon 49 6 7
DNF 6 Ford Tickford Racing   Dean Canto
  Neal Bates
Ford AU Falcon 49 17
DNF 3 Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing   Steve Reed
  Trevor Ashby
Holden VS Commodore 44 32
DNF 61 3M Racing   Ross Halliday
  Adam Wallis
Ford EL Falcon 40 36
DNF 21 Ozemail Internet Racing   Brad Jones
  Tomas Mezera
Ford AU Falcon 35 22
DNF 16 Pepsi-Cola Racing   Dugal McDougall
  Andrew Miedecke
Holden VT Commodore 28 23
DNF 29 Big Kev Racing / Team Nemo   Paul Morris
  Kevin Schwantz
Holden VT Commodore[3] 12 15
DNF 87 Oneworld Hotel & Sports Centre   Rod Salmon
  Damien White
Ford AU Falcon 1 30

Statistics edit

  • Provisional Pole Position - #11 Russell Ingall - 1:10.1840
  • Pole Position - #34 Garth Tander - 1:10.3858
  • Fastest Lap - #5 Glenn Seton - 1:11.4455
  • Average Speed - 146.61 km/h

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Top 10 Shootout results, natsoft.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 2 January 2014 Retrieved on 2 January 2014
  2. ^ 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 race results Archived 2007-09-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from Natsoft on 29 September 2008
  3. ^ Some sources list the No 29 Holden as a VS Commodore however the image published on page 22 of Auto Action, 15–21 September 2000 shows it to be a VT Commodore

Further reading edit

  • Auto Action, 15–21 September 2000, pages 21–24

External links edit

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2000 Calder V8 Supercar Round
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1999 Queensland 500
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2001 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500