2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 Explained

Flag:	Queensland
2000 Ozemail Queensland 500
Round No:	11
Season No:	13
Year:	2000
Series:	SCS
Track Map:	Queensland Raceway (Australia) track map -- National Circuit.svg
Date:	8–10 September
Location:	Ipswich, Queensland
Circuit:	Queensland Raceway
Weather:	Fine
Race1 Laps:	161
Race1 Dist:	500
Pole1:	Garth Tander
Pole1 Team:	Garry Rogers Motorsport
Pole1 Time:	1:10.3858
Winner1:	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife
Winner1 Team:	Holden Racing Team
Winner1 Time:	3:25:34.3893
First Round:	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife
First Round Team:	Holden Racing Team
First Pts:	160
Second Round:	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna
Second Round Team:	Garry Rogers Motorsport
Second Pts:	144
Third Round:	Steven Richards Greg Murphy
Third Round Team:	Gibson Motorsport
Third Pts:	136

The 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars. It was held at the Queensland Raceway, near Ipswich, in Queensland, Australia on 10 September 2000. The race was staged over 161 laps of the 3.12 kilometre circuit, a total distance of 502 kilometres. It was Round 11 of the 2000 Shell Championship Series and was the second Queensland 500.

Top ten shootout

Pos^[1]	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	34	Valvoline Cummins Repco Team	Garth Tander	Holden VT Commodore	1:10.3858
2	11	Castrol Perkins Race Team	Russell Ingall	Holden VT Commodore	1:10.4503
3	9	Caltex Havoline Race Team	David Besnard	Ford AU Falcon	1:10.5292
4	18	Shell Helix Racing	Paul Radisich	Ford AU Falcon	1:10.6578
5	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes	Holden VT Commodore	1:10.7237
6	600	Cat Racing	John Bowe	Ford AU Falcon	1:10.8209
7	10	Mitre 10 Ford Racing	Mark Larkham	Ford AU Falcon	1:10.8225
8	7	KMart Racing	Greg Murphy	Holden VT Commodore	1:11.1283
9	5	Ford Tickford Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford AU Falcon	1:11.7440
10	43	K&J Thermal Products Racing	Greg Crick	Ford AU Falcon	1:11.8959

Results

Results as follows:^[2]

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	161	8	5	160
2	34	Valvoline Cummins Repco Team	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Holden VT Commodore	161	2	1	144
3	7	KMart Racing	Steven Richards Greg Murphy	Holden VT Commodore	161	5	8	136
4	11	Castrol Perkins Race Team	Russell Ingall Larry Perkins	Holden VT Commodore	161	1	2	128
5	600	Cat Racing	John Bowe Jim Richards	Ford AU Falcon	161	4	6	120
6	18	Shell Helix Racing	Paul Radisich Cameron McLean	Ford AU Falcon	161	3	4	112
7	5	Ford Tickford Racing	Glenn Seton Neil Crompton	Ford AU Falcon	161	10	9	104
8	9	Caltex Havoline Race Team	Tony Longhurst David Besnard	Ford AU Falcon	161	7	3	96
9	35	Valvoline Cummins Repco Team	Greg Ritter Tim Leahey	Holden VT Commodore	160	18		88
10	4	Pirtek Racing	Craig Baird Simon Wills	Ford AU Falcon	160	12		80
11	76	Challenge Recruitment Racing	Matthew White Terry Wyhoon	Holden VS Commodore	160	20		72
12	46	Team Asia Online	John Faulkner Adam Macrow	Holden VT Commodore	160	19		64
13	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Steven Ellery Paul Stokell	Ford AU Falcon	160	13		56
14	28	Wynns Racing	Rodney Forbes John Cleland	Holden VT Commodore	159	16		48
15	55	Autopro Racing	Cameron McConville Rod Nash	Holden VT Commodore	157	25		40
16	23	Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing	Geoff Full Phillip Scifleet	Holden VS Commodore	157	34		32
17	26	Team Gatorade Racing	Peter Doulman John Cotter	Holden VT Commodore	157	26		24
18	22	Colorscan Motorsport	Rick Bates Brett Peters	Ford AU Falcon	156	29		16
19	20	Eastern Creek Kart Racing	Garry Holt Garry Willmington	Ford EL Falcon	154	37		8
20	14	IMS Imrie Motorsport	Daniel Miller Anthony Robson	Holden VT Commodore	153	38		4
21	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano James Brock	Holden VS Commodore	153	28
22	99	Motorsport Engineering Racing	Derek Van Zelm Christian D'Agostin	Holden VT Commodore	144	33
23	97	Graphic Skills Racing	Wayne Wakefield Ryan McLeod	Holden VS Commodore	135	35
24	50	Ultratune TDK Valvoline Racing	Mick Donaher Tyler Mecklem	Holden VT Commodore	130	21
DNF	43	K&J Thermal Products Racing	Paul Weel Greg Crick	Ford AU Falcon	150	9	10
DNF	2	Holden Racing Team	Nathan Pretty Todd Kelly	Holden VT Commodore	142	14
DNF	75	Toll Racing	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones	Ford AU Falcon	115	31
DNF	12	KMart Racing	Terry Finnigan Darren Hossack	Holden VT Commodore	77	24
DNF	8	Castrol Perkins Race Team	Luke Youlden Christian Murchison	Holden VT Commodore	68	27
DNF	17	Shell Helix Racing	Steven Johnson Dick Johnson	Ford AU Falcon	67	11
DNF	10	Mitre 10 Ford Racing	Mark Larkham Geoff Brabham	Ford AU Falcon	49	6	7
DNF	6	Ford Tickford Racing	Dean Canto Neal Bates	Ford AU Falcon	49	17
DNF	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VS Commodore	44	32
DNF	61	3M Racing	Ross Halliday Adam Wallis	Ford EL Falcon	40	36
DNF	21	Ozemail Internet Racing	Brad Jones Tomas Mezera	Ford AU Falcon	35	22
DNF	16	Pepsi-Cola Racing	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke	Holden VT Commodore	28	23
DNF	29	Big Kev Racing / Team Nemo	Paul Morris Kevin Schwantz	Holden VT Commodore^[3]	12	15
DNF	87	Oneworld Hotel & Sports Centre	Rod Salmon Damien White	Ford AU Falcon	1	30

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position - #11 Russell Ingall - 1:10.1840
Pole Position - #34 Garth Tander - 1:10.3858
Fastest Lap - #5 Glenn Seton - 1:11.4455
Average Speed - 146.61 km/h

External links

Notes and References

https://archive.today/20240526223947/https://www.webcitation.org/6MJOwwMd5?url=http://racing.natsoft.com.au/636351298/object_33414288.90B/View%3F16 Top 10 Shootout results, natsoft.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 2 January 2014
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/09/2000.QRI.R9 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 race results
Some sources list the No 29 Holden as a VS Commodore however the image published on page 22 of Auto Action, 15–21 September 2000 shows it to be a VT Commodore