2000 FAI 1000

2000 FAI 1000
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The 2000 FAI 1000 was the fourth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 38th anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. It was the 44th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 19 November 2000 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was the thirteenth and final round of the 2000 Shell Championship Series for V8 Supercars. The race was held in mostly wet conditions which resulted in several safety car periods. As a result, the average race speed was the slowest since the 1974 Bathurst 1000.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	6	Ford Tickford Racing	Wayne Gardner	Ford AU Falcon	2:28.3844
2	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford AU Falcon	2:29.6150
3	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	2:30.6720
4	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham	Ford AU Falcon	2:31.6161
5	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Paul Radisich	Ford AU Falcon	2:32.2009
6	5	Ford Tickford Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford AU Falcon	2:32.8572
7	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford AU Falcon	2:33.3617
8	15	Holden Racing Team	Todd Kelly	Holden VT Commodore	2:37.3280
9	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Russell Ingall	Holden VT Commodore	2:43.5516
10	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Holden VT Commodore	2:55.7286

Official results

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Holden VT Commodore	161	6	10	240
2	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Paul Radisich Jason Bright	Ford AU Falcon	161	2	5	216
3	7	Gibson Motor Sport	Steven Richards Greg Murphy	Holden VT Commodore	161	11		204
4	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson Cameron McLean	Ford AU Falcon	161	10	2	192
5	15	Holden Racing Team	Nathan Pretty Todd Kelly	Holden VT Commodore	161	9	8	180
6	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	161	1	3	168
7	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Craig Baird Simon Wills	Ford AU Falcon	161	21		156
8	16	Pepsi-Cola Racing	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke	Holden VT Commodore	161	25		144
9	12	Gibson Motor Sport	David Parsons Darren Hossack	Holden VT Commodore	161	27		132
10	2	Holden Racing Team	Jason Plato Yvan Muller	Holden VT Commodore	159	19		120
11	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Russell Ingall Larry Perkins	Holden VT Commodore	159	4	9	108
12	29	Big Kev Racing	Paul Morris Matt Neal	Holden VT Commodore	158	18		96
13	5	Ford Tickford Racing	Glenn Seton Neil Crompton	Ford AU Falcon	158	3	6	84
14	43	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel Greg Crick	Ford AU Falcon	157	15		72
15	22	Colourscan Racing	Rick Bates Brett Peters	Ford AU Falcon	157	26		60
16	777	Team Kiwi Racing	Jason Richards Angus Fogg	Holden VT Commodore	157	23		48
17	87	Rod Salmon Racing	Rod Salmon Damien White	Ford AU Falcon	155	41		36
18	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham Alain Menu	Ford AU Falcon	154	5	4	24
19	97	Graphic Skills Racing	Tim Sipp Shane Beikoff	Holden VS Commodore	153	45		12
20	150	Clive Wiseman Racing	Dean Lindstrom Melinda Price	Holden VS Commodore	150	DNQ		6
21	38	South Pacific Motor Racing	Peter Field Shane Howison	Holden VS Commodore	149	DSQ
22	36	Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Neil Schembri Gary Quartly	Ford EL Falcon	147	46
23	56	All Trans Racing	Rob Russell Steve Coulter	Ford EL Falcon	144	53
24	76	Matthew White Racing	Matthew White Steve Owen	Holden VS Commodore	143	28
25	44	Mal Rose Racing	Mal Rose Christian D'Agostin	Holden VS Commodore	141	36
26	42	All Trans Racing	Bill Sieders Luke Sieders	Ford EL Falcon	137	47
27	14	Imrie Motor Sport	Rodney Crick Peter Gazzard	Holden VT Commodore	137	34
28	59	Power Racing	Layton Crambrook Gary Baxter	Ford EL Falcon	133	39
29	77	V8 Racing	Richard Mork Steve Williams	Holden VS Commodore	127	48
NC	20	Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Garry Holt Garry Willmington	Ford EL Falcon	116	35
DNF	21	Brad Jones Racing	Brad Jones Tomas Mezera	Ford AU Falcon	159	20
DNF	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner Adam Macrow	Holden VT Commodore	154	16
DNF	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Tony Longhurst David Besnard	Ford AU Falcon	151	7	7
DNF	75	Toll Racing	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones	Ford AU Falcon	150	17
DNF	600	Briggs Motor Sport	John Bowe Jim Richards	Ford AU Falcon	147	13
DNF	30	Harris Racing	Craig Harris Stephen Voight	Ford AU Falcon	141	42
DNF	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Luke Youlden Christian Murchison	Holden VT Commodore	128	40
DNF	54	Rod Nash Racing	Cameron McConville Geoff Brabham	Holden VT Commodore	105	52
DNF	50	Clive Wiseman Racing	Mick Donaher Tyler Mecklem	Holden VT Commodore	105	14
DNF	23	Lansvale Racing Team	Geoff Full Phillip Scifleet	Holden VS Commodore	89	38
DNF	26	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	Holden VT Commodore	87	37
DNF	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Steven Ellery Paul Stokell	Ford AU Falcon	82	12
DNF	37	Scotty Taylor Racing	Roger Hurd Bill Attard	Holden VS Commodore	81	50
DNF	28	Gibson Motor Sport	Rodney Forbes John Cleland	Holden VT Commodore	78	22
DNF	25	Terry Wyhoon Racing	Terry Wyhoon James Brock	Holden VS Commodore	72	43
DNF	45	RPM International Racing	Dean Canto Ian Moncrieff	Ford AU Falcon	56	31
DNF	6	Ford Tickford Racing	Wayne Gardner Neal Bates	Ford AU Falcon	45	8	1
DNF	96	John Faulkner Racing	Ryan McLeod Wayne Wakefield	Holden VS Commodore	42	32
DNF	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Greg Ritter Tim Leahey	Holden VT Commodore	40	30
DNF	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VS Commodore	39	29
DNF	61	Halliday Motor Sport	Ross Halliday Adam Wallis	Ford EL Falcon	38	49
DNF	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano David Parsons	Holden VS Commodore	23	33
DNF	55	Rod Nash Racing	Rod Nash Paul Dumbrell	Holden VT Commodore	13	44
DNF	67	Big Kev Racing	Owen Kelly Aaron McGill	Holden VS Commodore	2	51
DNS	500	Power Racing	Alan Heath Terry Finnigan	Ford AU Falcon	0	24
DNQ	57	Trevor Crittenden Motorsport	Chris Butler Miles Pope	Holden VS Commodore	0

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 2:11.8882
• Pole Position - #6 Wayne Gardner - 2:28.3844
• Fastest Lap - #1 Craig Lowndes - 2:14.2602
• Average Speed - 135 km/h

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• race results
• Race review and photos from www.v8x.com.au