2000 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 2000 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Auckland on 2 December 2000. It was the forty-sixth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Formula Holden cars. The event was also the final race of the 2000 Tasman Cup. It would prove to be the final race in the revived Tasman Series established in 1998 for Formula Holden. No 2001 series followed.

2000 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 4 of the 2000 Tasman Cup
Race details
Date 2 December 2000
Official name XLVI New Zealand Grand Prix
Location Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.841 km (1.765 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 113.64 km (70.60 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver Birrana Racing
Time 52.777
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Matt Halliday NRC International
Time 53.587 on lap 34
Podium
First NRC International
Second NRC International
Third Wynns Racing

The race was won by New Zealand driver Andy Booth driving a Reynard 95D belonging to the Arthur Abrahams-run NRC International. Booth's teammate Matt Halliday finished second ahead of Australian driver Paul Dumbrell finished third.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 1   Simon Wills Birrana Racing 0:52.777 1
2 8   LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing 0:53.528 2
3 20   Andy Booth NRC International 0:53.536 3
4 19   Matt Halliday NRC International 0:53.943 4
5 7   Paul Dumbrell Wynns Racing 0:54.013 5
6 22   Emerson Newton-John Greg Murphy Racing 0:54.307 6
7 74   Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport 0:54.497 7
8 66   Peter Hill Greg Murphy Racing 0:55.008 8
9 75   Stuart Kostera Hocking Motorsport 0:55.306 9
10 28   Roger Oakeshott Sportsmed Racing 0:55.634 10
11 17   Mark Ellis Mantis Racing 0:55.794 11
12 27   Terry Clearihan 0:56.564 12
13 24   Ian Peters Camtech Racing 0:56.680 13
14 18   Dean Cockerton 0:57.218 14
15 10   Ian Lloyd 0:58.756 15
Source(s):[1]

Race

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 20   Andy Booth NRC International Reynard 94D Holden 40 38min 25.383sec 3
2 19   Matt Halliday NRC International Reynard 95D Holden 40 + 13.445 s 4
3 7   Paul Dumbrell Wynns Racing Reynard 93D Holden 40 + 16.523 s 5
4 74   Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D Holden 40 + 17.723 s 7
5 66   Peter Hill Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 94D Holden 40 + 32.020 s 8
6 75   Stuart Kostera Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D Holden 40 + 45.313 s 9
7 8   LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden 39 + 1 lap 2
8 18   Dean Cockerton Reynard 91D Holden 39 + 1 lap 14
9 24   Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D Holden 39 + 1 lap 13
10 17   Mark Ellis Mantis Racing Reynard 92D Holden 36 + 4 laps 11
11 22   Emerson Newton-John Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 92D Holden 35 + 5 laps 6
Ret 10   Ian Lloyd Dome FL02-03 Holden 27 Retired 15
Ret 1   Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden 17 Retired 1
Ret 28   Roger Oakeshott Sportsmed Racing Reynard 97D Holden 7 Retired 10
DNS 27   Terry Clearihan Ralt RT23 Holden Did Not Start 12
Source(s):[2]

References

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  1. ^ "MotorSport New Zealand - Pukekohe 2/12/00 - Formula Holden Qualifying 2". Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ "MotorSport New Zealand - Pukekohe 3/12/00 - Formula Holden Race 2". Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
2000
Succeeded by