2000 Grand Prix of Mosport

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Mosport International Raceway

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.

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Race

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

Class winners in bold.

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP77 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Audi R8 M 94
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2LMP42 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller
Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
BMW V12 LMR M 94
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
3LMP43 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport
Flag of France.svg Jean-Marc Gounon
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
BMW V12 LMR M 93
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
4GTS91 Flag of France.svg Viper Team Oreca Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger
Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0L V10
5GTS3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Andy Pilgrim
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 91
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
6GTS92 Flag of France.svg Viper Team Oreca Flag of the United States.svg David Donohue
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Archer
Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0 L V10
7
DNF
LMP36 Flag of the United States.svg Johansson-Matthews Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 90
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
8LMP2 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Katou
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 89
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
9GT23 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Randy Pobst
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruno Lambert
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 89
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10GT7 Flag of the United States.svg Prototype Technology Group Flag of the United States.svg Boris Said
Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 Y 88
BMW 3.2 L I6
11GT51 Flag of the United States.svg Dick Barbour Racing Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Flag of France.svg Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12GT21 Flag of the United States.svg MCR/Aspen Knolls Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Cort Wagner
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13GT10 Flag of the United States.svg Prototype Technology Group Flag of the United States.svg Brian Cunningham
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Cunningham
BMW M3 Y 87
BMW 3.2 L I6
14GTS08 Flag of the United States.svg Roock Motorsport North America Flag of the United States.svg Zak Brown
Flag of the United States.svg Vic Rice
Porsche 911 GT2 Y 87
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
15GT22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Mike Fitzgerald
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Nagel
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16GT70 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Skea Racing International Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Flag of the United States.svg David Murry
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17
DNF
LMP78 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 M 85
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
18GT71 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Skea Racing International Flag of the United States.svg Grady Willingham
Flag of the United States.svg Doc Bundy
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19GT67 Flag of the United States.svg The Racer's Group Flag of the United States.svg Robert Orcutt
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Tumminelli
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20
DNF
GT66 Flag of the United States.svg The Racer's Group Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Buckler
Flag of the United States.svg Philip Collin
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 77
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21GT69 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyser Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Doff
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kye Wankum
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rudy Bartling
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 67
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22GT52 Flag of Germany.svg Seikel Motorsport Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Buttiero
Porsche 911 GT3-R D 45
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23
DNF
LMP1 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 40
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
24
DNF
LMP24 Flag of the United States.svg Johansson-Matthews Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Matthews
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Simo
Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 18
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
25
DNF
GT5 Flag of the United States.svg Dick Barbour Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 13
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26
DNF
GT6 Flag of the United States.svg Prototype Technology Group Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Simo
BMW M3 Y 11
BMW 3.2  I6
DNSLMP0 Flag of Italy.svg Team Rafanelli SRL Flag of Italy.svg Mimmo Schiattarella
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier de Radiguès
Lola B2K/10 M -
Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10
DNSLMP8 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Creighton Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Schubot
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Bourbonnais
Lola B2K/10 G -
Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8
DNSGTS73 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Doncaster Racing
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Lacey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Willkins
Porsche 911 GT2 P -
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6

[4] [5]

Statistics

References

  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 November 29, 2005. Retrieved October 31, 2007.
  5. "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008.
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