2000 Grand Prix of Mosport

The 2000 globemegawheels.com Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car race held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 4 to the 6, 2000. It was the sixth round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season and the 15th IMSA / Professional SportsCar Racing sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Mosport International Raceway

Race

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The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish for their second successive American Le Mans Series win of the season. The race was one of the closest races in sportscar racing history with the second place BMW V12 LMR driven by Jörg Müller and JJ Lehto for BMW Schnitzer Motorsport only 0.149 seconds behind at the finish.[1] The #43 BMW V12 LMR driven by Jean-Marc Gounon and Bill Auberlen finished third.[2]

The race victory in the GTS class was equally as close with the Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R of Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger beating the local favorite Ron Fellows and his teammate Andy Pilgrim in the Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R by 0.29 seconds.[3]

The GT class victory went Alex Job Racing drivers Randy Pobst and Bruno Lambert in the Porsche 911 GT3-R.

After two sunny days for practice and qualifying, the race was held under cool rainy conditions which led to five caution periods over 23 laps. The race was broadcast across North America on NBC Sports with Allen Bestwick and Bill Adam calling the race.

Official results

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Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP 77   Audi Sport North America   Rinaldo Capello
  Allan McNish
Audi R8 M 94
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2 LMP 42   BMW Motorsport
  Schnitzer Motorsport
  Jörg Müller
  JJ Lehto
BMW V12 LMR M 94
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
3 LMP 43   BMW Motorsport
  Schnitzer Motorsport
  Jean-Marc Gounon
  Bill Auberlen
BMW V12 LMR M 93
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
4 GTS 91   Viper Team Oreca   Olivier Beretta
  Karl Wendlinger
Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0L V10
5 GTS 3   Corvette Racing   Andy Pilgrim
  Ron Fellows
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 91
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
6 GTS 92   Viper Team Oreca   David Donohue
  Tommy Archer
Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0 L V10
7
DNF
LMP 36   Johansson-Matthews Racing   Stefan Johansson
  Guy Smith
Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 90
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
8 LMP 2   Panoz Motor Sports   Johnny O'Connell
  Hiroki Katou
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 89
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
9 GT 23   Alex Job Racing   Randy Pobst
  Bruno Lambert
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 89
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10 GT 7   Prototype Technology Group   Boris Said
  Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 Y 88
BMW 3.2 L I6
11 GT 51   Dick Barbour Racing   Sascha Maassen
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12 GT 21   MCR/Aspen Knolls   Shane Lewis
  Cort Wagner
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13 GT 10   Prototype Technology Group   Brian Cunningham
  Peter Cunningham
BMW M3 Y 87
BMW 3.2 L I6
14 GTS 08   Roock Motorsport North America   Zak Brown
  Vic Rice
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 87
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT 22   Alex Job Racing   Mike Fitzgerald
  Robert Nagel
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16 GT 70   Skea Racing International   Johnny Mowlem
  David Murry
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17
DNF
LMP 78   Audi Sport North America   Frank Biela
  Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 M 85
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
18 GT 71   Skea Racing International   Grady Willingham
  Doc Bundy
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 GT 67   The Racer's Group   Robert Orcutt
  Jennifer Tumminelli
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20
DNF
GT 66   The Racer's Group   Kevin Buckler
  Philip Collin
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 77
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 GT 69   Kyser Racing   Greg Doff
  Kye Wankum
  Rudy Bartling
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 67
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22 GT 52   Seikel Motorsport   Tony Burgess
  Stefano Buttiero
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 45
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23
DNF
LMP 1   Panoz Motor Sports   David Brabham
  Jan Magnussen
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 40
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
24
DNF
LMP 24   Johansson-Matthews Racing   Jim Matthews
  Mark Simo
Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 18
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
25
DNF
GT 5   Dick Barbour Racing   Dirk Müller
  Lucas Luhr
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 13
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26
DNF
GT 6   Prototype Technology Group   Johannes van Overbeek
  Brian Simo
BMW M3 Y 11
BMW 3.2  I6
DNS LMP 0   Team Rafanelli SRL   Mimmo Schiattarella
  Didier de Radiguès
Lola B2K/10 M -
Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10
DNS LMP 8   Phil Creighton Motorsports   Scott Schubot
  Claude Bourbonnais
Lola B2K/10 G -
Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8
DNS GTS 73   Multimatic Motorsports
  Doncaster Racing
  David Lacey
  Greg Willkins
Porsche 911 GT2 P -
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6

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Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #78 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.432
  • Fastest Lap - #77 Audi Sport North America - 1:11.424
  • Time of race - 2:46:05.662
  • Distance - 371.993 km
  • Average Speed - 134.379 km/h

References

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  1. ^ Watkins, Gary (August 10, 2000). "Drench Canadian - ALMS Round 6". Autosport. London: Haymarket Media Group. pp. 60–61.
  2. ^ Baser, Ken (August 31, 2000). "Edged - Audi and BMW battle a slick track to a photo finish". On Track. Charlotte, North Carolina: Street & Smith's Sports Publication. pp. 58–63.
  3. ^ Watkins, Gary (September 2000). "Down To The Wire - Mosport Report". Le Mans Series & Sportscar Racer. Indianapolis, Indiana: Haymarket Media Group. pp. 36–41.
  4. ^ "Official Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  5. ^ "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05.
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