2000 American Le Mans Series

The 2000 American Le Mans Series was the second running of the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and overall the 30th season of an IMSA GT Championship, dating back to the 1971 edition. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 3 classes: LMP, GTS, and GT. It began March 18, 2000 and ended December 31, 2000 after 12 races.

This season was the first time that the ALMS held races outside of North America, with two events held in Europe and one in Australia. These events helped with the creation of the 2001 European Le Mans Series season, although it was short-lived. An Asian Le Mans Series was also discussed but not developed.

Schedule

The round winning Audi R8 of Allan McNish & Rinaldo Capello at the Race of a Thousand Years

The 2000 schedule greatly expanded from the previous season, adding not only three races outside North America, but an additional North American round as well. Silverstone Circuit and the Nürburgring were scheduled before and after the 24 Hours of Le Mans, while the Race of a Thousand Years in Australia was held long after the North American season ended. Road courses at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway replaced the previous year's Grand Prix of Atlanta at Road Atlanta.

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	March 18
2	Grand Prix of Charlotte	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Charlotte Motor Speedway	April 1
3	Silverstone 500 USA Challenge	500 Kilometers	Silverstone Circuit	May 13
4	Bitburger/AvD 1000 km of Nürburgring	1000 Kilometers	Nürburgring	July 9
5	Grand Prix of Sonoma	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Sears Point Raceway	July 23
6	globemegawheels.com Grand Prix of Mosport	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mosport Park	August 6
7	Grand Prix of Texas	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Texas Motor Speedway	September 2
8	Decision Point Applications Rose City Grand Prix	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Portland International Raceway	September 10
9	Petit Le Mans presented by Audi	1000 Miles or 10 Hours	Road Atlanta	September 30
10	Globalcenter Monterey Sports Car Championships	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Laguna Seca Raceway	October 15
11	Grand Prix of Las Vegas	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	October 29
12	Race of a Thousand Years	1000 Kilometers or 6 Hours	Adelaide Street Circuit	December 31
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP Winning Team	GTS Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP Winning Drivers	GTS Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Sebring	#78 Audi Sport North America	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
1	Sebring	Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Results
2	Charlotte	#42 BMW Motorsport	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#51 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
2	Charlotte	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Bob Wollek Sascha Maassen	Results
3	Silverstone	#42 BMW Motorsport	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#51 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
3	Silverstone	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Bob Wollek Sascha Maassen	Results
4	Nürburgring	#1 Panoz Motor Sports	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
4	Nürburgring	Jan Magnussen David Brabham	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Marc Duez	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Results
5	Sears Point	#77 Audi Sport North America	#92 Viper Team Oreca	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
5	Sears Point	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	David Donohue Tommy Archer	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Results
6	Mosport	#77 Audi Sport North America	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
6	Mosport	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert	Results
7	Texas	#78 Audi Sport North America	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
7	Texas	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Ron Fellows Andy Pilgrim	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert	Results
8	Portland	#77 Audi Sport North America	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#51 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
8	Portland	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Bob Wollek Sascha Maassen	Results
9	Road Atlanta	#77 Audi Sport North America	#4 Corvette Racing	#51 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
9	Road Atlanta	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello Michele Alboreto	Kelly Collins Andy Pilgrim Franck Fréon	Bob Wollek Sascha Maassen	Results
10	Laguna Seca	#77 Audi Sport North America	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#7 PTG	Results
10	Laguna Seca	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Hans-Joachim Stuck Boris Said	Results
11	Las Vegas	#78 Audi Sport North America	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#51 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
11	Las Vegas	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Bob Wollek Sascha Maassen	Results
12	Adelaide	#77 Audi Sport North America	#91 Viper Team Oreca	#5 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
12	Adelaide	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Results
Source:^[3]

Drivers Championship

The Drivers Championship was won by Allan McNish and Rinaldo Capello.^[4]

Manufacturers Championship

The Manufacturers Championship was won by Audi.^[4]

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:^[5]

25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...

Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring, 1000 km of Nurburgring, Petit Le Mans, and Race of a Thousand Years which awarded in the following order:^[5]

30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...

Points were only awarded for the best 10 finishes in the 12 race season. Points won but not counted towards the season championship are listed in italics.

Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total
1	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8R Audi R8	Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8	30	14	19	24	25	25	25	25	30	25	25	30	264
2	BMW Motorsport	BMW V12 LMR	BMW S70 6.0 L V12	24	25	25	26	19	21	17	19	20	19	21		219
3	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8	18	21	21	30	15	15	19	21	24	11	11	24	208
4	Team Rafanelli SRL	Lola B2K/10	Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10	10	19	11		9		11	13	15	9	17	22	136
5	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Reynard 2KQ Reynard 2KQ-LM	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	11		7	13	13	17	13	15	11	15	15		130
6	Intersport Racing	Lola B98/10 Lola B2K/10	Ford 5.1 L V8 Judd GV4 4.0 L V8	17				14		12	11	14	14	12		94
7	Motorola-DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8	15		14	20					19			19	87
8	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8	19							12	18	13			62
9	Konrad Motorsport	Lola B2K/10	Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8									12	11	9	26	58
10	Pole Team	Riley & Scott Mk III	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10		13	6	12									31
11	Champion Racing	Lola B2K/10	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6	16				11								27
12	Martin Snow Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6										12	13		25
13	Doran/Lista Racing	Ferrari 333 SP	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10	20												20
14	Racing Organisation Course	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen 2.0 L Turbo I4				19									19
15	GLV Racing	Ferrari 333 SP	Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12				18									18
16	PiR Competition	Debora LMP299	BMW 3.0 L I6				15									15
17	Multimatic Competition	Lola B98/10	Ford Cosworth XD 2.6 L Turbo V8	14												14
18	Pescarolo Sport	Courage C52	Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6			13										13
19	SMG Competition	Courage C60	Judd GV4 4.0 L V10			12										12
20=	Kremer Racing	Lola B98/K2000	Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8			10										10
20=	Conrero	Riley & Scott Mk III	Ford Cosworth 4.0 L V8				10									10
22	KnightHawk Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6											8		8
23	Phillips Motorsports	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6										7			7

GTS Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total
1	Viper Team Oreca	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0 L V10	30	25	25	30	25	25	21	25	26	25	25	30	266
2	Roock Motorsport North America	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6	18	21	13	24	19	17	17	19	19		17		184
3	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0 L V8	20					21	25		30	21	19		136
4	Chamberlain Motorsport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0 L V10			14	26					18	15	15	24	112
5	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6	22		17	19									58
6=	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6				22									22
6=	Intersport Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6												22	22
8	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6			19										19
9	DonMcGill.com Porsche Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6		17											17
10	Patriot Motorsports	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0 L V10									16				16
11	BVB	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6			15										15
12	Saleen/Allen Speedlab	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0 L V8										14			14
13=	Multimatic Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6										13			13
13=	Carsport Holland	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0 L V10											13		13

GT Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Total
1	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	30	25	25	30	25	19	21	25	30	10	25	30	266
2	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		19	21	20	17	25	25	19	26	21	12		205
3	Prototype Technology Group	BMW M3 GTR	BMW 3.2 L I6		21	14	22	19	21	14	21	16	25	19	24	202
4	Skea Racing International	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	26	15	13	26	10	13	15	15	11	11	15	17	166
5	Michael Colucci Racing (MCR)	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	18	13	19	24	15	17	9	10	17	14	5		151
6	White Lightning Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	12	14			13		11	14	15	17	11	18	125
7	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	17				12	12		13	13	12	13	20	112
8	Kyser Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6			8	16	6	10			14	13	9	15	91
9	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6			9	18	11	9			20	15	6		88
10	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	22		11										33
11	Team LR Organization	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	20		12										32
12	Orbit Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6									18	9			27
13	Reiser Callas Rennsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6	24												24
14	G & W Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6									22				22
15	Haberthur Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6												19	19
16	Roock Motorsport North America	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6				15									15
17	Noël del Bello Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6				13									13

References

^ "American Le Mans Series 2000 Races!". American Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on October 19, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "American LeMans Series - 2000: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "American LeMans Series - Season 2000: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ALMS 2000: Audi arrived in America and beats BMW and Panoz, www.motorsport.com Retrieved 2 March 2016
^ ^a ^b "American LeMans Series - 2000: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

External links

[1] "American Le Mans Series 2000 Races!". American Le Mans Series. Archived from the original on October 19, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2] "American LeMans Series - 2000: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[3] "American LeMans Series - Season 2000: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[motorsport.com-4] ALMS 2000: Audi arrived in America and beats BMW and Panoz, www.motorsport.com Retrieved 2 March 2016

[2000Points-5] "American LeMans Series - 2000: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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