2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship

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The 2000/2001 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Car Championship was the eighth running of a touring car series in Australia under the Super Touring Car regulations. It began on May 28, 2000 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on February 11, 2001 at Oran Park Raceway after 17 races.

Contents 1 Future Touring Cars 2 Teams and drivers 3 Season Review 4 Results and Standings 4.1 Race Calendar 4.2 Drivers Championship 5 External links

[edit] Future Touring Cars

With numbers dropping after the withdrawal of the factory supported Audi and Volvo teams the grids were bolstered with the new Future Touring Car category that had made its racing debut at the 1999 Bathurst 500. It was a new category, based on vehicles that had competed previously in AUSCAR racing. While the Future Touring Cars shared grids they competed for their own points.

[edit] Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship. The series consisted of sixteen rounds, at eight race meetings, held in four different states. The Future Touring cars competed at seven of the eight meetings, missing the Lakeside round where none had entered.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
SUPER TOURING
Paul Morris Motorsport	BMW	320i	1	Paul Morris
		318i	73	Owen Kelly
Aaron McGill Motorsport	Nissan	Primera	2	Aaron McGill
	Ford	Mondeo	7	Allan Letcher
			12	Sam Dale
MPD Racing	BMW	318i	3	Mike Downard
Anthony Robson	BMW	318i	5	Anthony Robson
Christian D'Agostin	BMW	320i	08	John Saunders
TC Motorsport	Peugeot	406	13	Tony Newman Dwayne Bewley Mark Zonneveld
		405 Mi16	22	Carlos Rolfo
Project Racing	Honda	Accord	14	Jim Cornish
Knight Racing	Ford	Mondeo	19	Alan Gurr
			68	Mark Zonneveld
			88	Peter Hills
M-F Racing	Peugeot	405 Mi16	21	Mike Fitzgerald
Novacastrian Motorsport	BMW	320i	30	Luke Searle
Gun Racing	Alfa Romeo	155 TS	45	David Auger
John Henderson Racing	Opel	Vectra	56	John Henderson
Hightech Motor Sport	Nissan	Primera	69	Matthew Fox Kiel Johnston Alan Gurr
Motorsport Developments	Toyota	Carina	77	Malcolm Rea
			99	Brad Stratton
Phoenix Motorsport	Toyota	Camry	95	Jamie Miller
Redline Motorsport	Hyundai	Lantra	97	Paul Leabeater
FUTURE TOURING
SVO Motorsport	Ford	Falcon EL	6	Michael Webb
Greg East	Mitsubishi	Magna Chevrolet	7	Greg East
Bruce Williams Motorsport	Holden	Commodore VS	8	Tim Shaw
Kerry Wade	Ford	Falcon EL	09	Andrew Gillespie
			111	Kerry Wade
Peter Hayward	Holden	Commodore VS	10	Peter Hayward
Garry Holt	Holden	Commodore VS	10	Garry Holt
Peter Wright	Ford	Falcon EF	13	Peter Wright
Amin Chahda	Ford	Falcon EF	18	Amin Chahda
Diamond Valley Speed Shop	Holden	Commodore VT	22	James Brock
		Commodore VS	24	James Brock
Pretty Motorsport	Holden	Commodore VS	32	Mark Papendell
Christian D'Agostin	Holden	Commodore VS	37	Christian D'Agostin
Brett Youlden	Holden	Commodore VS	54	Brett Youlden
APS Racing	Holden	Commodore VT	84	Ray Sidebottom
		Commodore VS	85	Ray Sidebottom Jason Domaschenz

[edit] Season Review

[edit] Results and Standings

[edit] Race Calendar

The 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship season consisted of 17 races. Three races were held at the first meeting, two races were held for the subsequent meetings.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	ST Winner	Team	FT Winner	Team
1	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27 - 28 May	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
2	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27 - 28 May	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
3	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27 - 28 May	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Christian D'Agostin	Christian D'Agostin
4	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	17 - 18 Jun	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
5	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	17 - 18 Jun	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
6	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	8 - 9 Jul	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
7	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	8 - 9 Jul	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
8	Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	28 - 29 Oct	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Jason Domaschenz	APS Racing
9	Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	28 - 29 Oct	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
10	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	11 - 12 Nov	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Kerry Wade	Kerry Wade
11	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	11 - 12 Nov	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Jason Domaschenz	APS Racing
12	Symmons Plains	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	2 - 3 Dec	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	James Brock	Diamond Valley Speed Shop
13	Symmons Plains	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	2 - 3 Dec	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
14	Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	27 - 28 Jan	Jim Cornish	Project Racing	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport
15	Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	27 - 28 Jan	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Ray Sidebottom	APS Racing
16	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	10 - 11 Feb	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Ray Sidebottom	APS Racing
17	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	10 - 11 Feb	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Tim Shaw	Bruce Williams Motorsport

[edit] Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top ten race positions in each race. There was a bonus point allocated for pole position. The first three race meetings had a qualifying session for each race. After that there was just one qualifying session per round.

Pos Driver ORA 1 ORA 2 ORA 3 LAK 1 LAK 2 ORA 4 ORA 5 WAK 1 WAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 SYM 1 SYM 2 WAK 3 WAK 4 ORA 6 ORA 7 Pts SUPER TOURING 1 Paul Morris 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Ret 1st 1st 1st 255 2 John Henderson 2nd 6th Ret 2nd DNS 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th DNS 2nd 3rd 147 3 David Auger 4th 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 4th 7th 5th 8th 4th 5th 5th 5th 7th 3rd Ret 5th 113 4 Peter Hills 3rd DSQ 2nd Ret DNS 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 11th 10th 4th 9th 4th 4th 109 5 Alan Gurr Ret 12th 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 6th 5th 4th 3rd Ret 90 6 Luke Searle 5th Ret Ret 7th 4th Ret 5th 7th 7th Ret 6th 7th 4th 2nd Ret 5th Ret 67 7 Owen Kelly 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 9th 2nd 63 8 Jamie Miller 6th Ret 5th Ret DNS 6th 5th 4th 8th 6th 5th Ret 6th 51 9 Jim Cornish 4th 5th Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 6th 1st Ret Ret DNS 34 10 Allan Letcher 7th 3rd 7th 6th 7th 10th 11th 33 11 Aaron McGill Ret 4th 6th 9th Ret 6th Ret Ret Ret 6th 14th 12th Ret DNS DNS 11th Ret 32 12 Mark Zonneveld Ret 7th 6th 7th Ret DNS Ret 12th 17 13 Mike Downard 13th 5th 10th 10th 8th 15 14 Sam Dale 14th 9th 9th 7th Ret DNS 13 15 Dwayne Bewley 14th 4th 10 16 Paul Leabeater 11th 11th 14th 11th Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 9 16 Matthew Fox 13th 17th 13th 13th 9 18 Tony Newman Ret Ret Ret Ret 4th 8 19 John Saunders 11th 11th 7 20 Anthony Robson Ret Ret Ret 13th 8th 6 21 Brad Stratton Ret 5th 5 22 Carlos Rolfo Ret Ret Ret 8th Ret 3 23 Mike Fitzgerald Ret 13th Ret 2 FUTURE TOURING 1 Tim Shaw 8th 7th 9th 7th 9th 8th 15th 9th 10th 10th 9th 8th 6th DSQ 7th 187 2 Jason Domaschenz 8th 10th 9th 10th 8th 8th 8th 11th Ret DNS 187 3 James Brock Ret 10th 12th Ret DNS Ret 14th 10th 12th 7th 12th Ret DNS 8th 9th 83 4 Ray Sidebottom 12th Ret Ret 11th 13th Ret DNS Ret DNS 10th 4th 6th 8th 78 5 Kerry Wade 11th 13th Ret 11th 7th 9th Ret DNS 7th 10th 76 6 Christian D'Agostin 9th DSQ 8th 9th 12th 10th 12th 67 7 Michael Webb 10th 8th 11th 11th 8th 52 8 Andrew Gillespie 12th 16th 12th Ret 10th 11th 30 9 Peter Hayward 14th 9th 13th 22 10 Mark Papendell 12th 10th 16 11 Garry Holt 12th 14th 12 12 Peter Wright 15th Ret Ret 5 Pos Driver ORA 1 ORA 2 ORA 3 LAK 1 LAK 2 ORA 4 ORA 5 WAK 1 WAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 SYM 1 SYM 2 WAK 3 WAK 4 ORA 6 ORA 7 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] External links

• 2000 Racing Results Archive
• 2001 Racing Results Archive