2000 New Zealand Grand Prix | |||
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Race 4 of the 2000 Tasman Cup | |||
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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 | ![]() | NRC International | |
Time | 53.587 on lap 34 | ||
Podium | |||
First | NRC International | ||
Second | NRC International | ||
Third | Wynns Racing |
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. This was the first time the marque event had been held at the Pukekohe circuit since 1991, and following the demolition of the circuit in 2023, it would also prove to be the last time the event would be held here.
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.
The event was also the final race of that years Tasman Cup. It would also prove to be the final race in the revived Tasman Series established in 1998 for Formula Holden as it would be discontinued for 2001.
Simon Wills entered the weekend as the favourite, having won the previous two iterations of the event. He backed this up by securing pole position by nearly eight tenths over his teammate, LeRoy Stevenson. He further cemented his form by winning the preliminary race on early Sunday.
Wills romped off the line into an early lead while Andy Booth passed Stevenson for second place on the opening lap. American driver Emerson Newton-John also enjoyed a strong start and was nestled behind Stevenson in fourth place. Stevenson was forced to pit with car issues later in the race while Newton-John spun on the exit of the hairpin and found himself beached on the kerb. While the safety car was deployed to retrieve Newton-John's grief-stricken car, the paddock was shocked with news that Wills had retired from the race after having completely dominated the event up to that point.
This left Booth in the lead with Matt Halliday in second place. Halliday began to set the pace and began to rein Booth in. With a handful of laps to go, Booth descended upon lapped traffic. One of the lapped cars, Ian Lloyd, was lapping considerably slower than anybody else on track. When Booth reached him, the pace disparity caused the race leader to check up. This caught out a fast-approaching Halliday who spun exiting turn four in a bid to avoid crashing into the rear of Booth's car.
This left Booth with a clear run to the finish. He would take the chequered flag to win the New Zealand Grand Prix and the Tasman Cup. Halliday recovered from his spin to take second place while Australian driver Paul Dumbrell rounded out the podium.
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Grid | ||
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1 | 1 | ![]() | Birrana Racing | 0:52.777 | 1 | ||
2 | 8 | ![]() | Birrana Racing | 0:53.528 | 2 | ||
3 | 20 | ![]() | NRC International | 0:53.536 | 3 | ||
4 | 19 | ![]() | NRC International | 0:53.943 | 4 | ||
5 | 7 | ![]() | Wynns Racing | 0:54.013 | 5 | ||
6 | 22 | ![]() | Greg Murphy Racing | 0:54.307 | 6 | ||
7 | 74 | ![]() | Hocking Motorsport | 0:54.497 | 7 | ||
8 | 66 | ![]() | Greg Murphy Racing | 0:55.008 | 8 | ||
9 | 75 | ![]() | Hocking Motorsport | 0:55.306 | 9 | ||
10 | 28 | ![]() | Sportsmed Racing | 0:55.634 | 10 | ||
11 | 17 | ![]() | Mantis Racing | 0:55.794 | 11 | ||
12 | 27 | ![]() | 0:56.564 | 12 | |||
13 | 24 | ![]() | Camtech Racing | 0:56.680 | 13 | ||
14 | 18 | ![]() | 0:57.218 | 14 | |||
15 | 10 | ![]() | 0:58.756 | 15 | |||
Source(s): [1] | |||||||
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
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1 | 20 | ![]() | NRC International | 40 | 38min 25.383sec | 3 | |
2 | 19 | ![]() | NRC International | 40 | + 13.445 s | 4 | |
3 | 7 | ![]() | Wynns Racing | 40 | + 16.523 s | 5 | |
4 | 74 | ![]() | Hocking Motorsport | 40 | + 17.723 s | 7 | |
5 | 66 | ![]() | Greg Murphy Racing | 40 | + 32.020 s | 8 | |
6 | 75 | ![]() | Hocking Motorsport | 40 | + 45.313 s | 9 | |
7 | 8 | ![]() | Birrana Racing | 39 | + 1 lap | 2 | |
8 | 18 | ![]() | 39 | + 1 lap | 14 | ||
9 | 24 | ![]() | Camtech Racing | 39 | + 1 lap | 13 | |
10 | 17 | ![]() | Mantis Racing | 36 | + 4 laps | 11 | |
11 | 22 | ![]() | Greg Murphy Racing | 35 | + 5 laps | 6 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() | 27 | Retired | 15 | ||
Ret | 1 | ![]() | Birrana Racing | 17 | Retired | 1 | |
Ret | 28 | ![]() | Sportsmed Racing | 7 | Retired | 10 | |
DNS | 27 | ![]() | Did Not Start | 12 | |||
Source(s): [2] | |||||||
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