2000 Grand Prix of Mosport

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.

Mosport International Raceway

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.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP 77 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello
Allan McNish		 Audi R8 M 94
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2 LMP 42 BMW Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport		 Jörg Müller
JJ Lehto		 BMW V12 LMR M 94
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
3 LMP 43 BMW Motorsport
Schnitzer Motorsport		 Jean-Marc Gounon
Bill Auberlen		 BMW V12 LMR M 93
BMW S70 6.0 L V12
4 GTS 91 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta
Karl Wendlinger		 Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0L V10
5 GTS 3 Corvette Racing Andy Pilgrim
Ron Fellows		 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 91
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
6 GTS 92 Viper Team Oreca David Donohue
Tommy Archer		 Dodge Viper GTS-R M 91
Dodge 8.0 L V10
7
DNF		 LMP 36 Johansson-Matthews Racing Stefan Johansson
Guy Smith		 Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 90
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
8 LMP 2 Panoz Motor Sports Johnny O'Connell
Hiroki Katou		 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 89
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
9 GT 23 Alex Job Racing Randy Pobst
Bruno Lambert		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 89
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10 GT 7 Prototype Technology Group Boris Said
Hans-Joachim Stuck		 BMW M3 Y 88
BMW 3.2 L I6
11 GT 51 Dick Barbour Racing Sascha Maassen
Bob Wollek		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12 GT 21 MCR/Aspen Knolls Shane Lewis
Cort Wagner		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 87
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13 GT 10 Prototype Technology Group Brian Cunningham
Peter Cunningham		 BMW M3 Y 87
BMW 3.2 L I6
14 GTS 08 Roock Motorsport North America Zak Brown
Vic Rice		 Porsche 911 GT2 Y 87
Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT 22 Alex Job Racing Mike Fitzgerald
Robert Nagel		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16 GT 70 Skea Racing International Johnny Mowlem
David Murry		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 86
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17
DNF		 LMP 78 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela
Emanuele Pirro		 Audi R8 M 85
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
18 GT 71 Skea Racing International Grady Willingham
Doc Bundy		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 GT 67 The Racer's Group Robert Orcutt
Jennifer Tumminelli		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 78
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20
DNF		 GT 66 The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler
Philip Collin		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 77
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 GT 69 Kyser Racing Greg Doff
Kye Wankum
Rudy Bartling		 Porsche 911 GT3-R P 67
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22 GT 52 Seikel Motorsport Tony Burgess
Stefano Buttiero		 Porsche 911 GT3-R D 45
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23
DNF		 LMP 1 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham
Jan Magnussen		 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 40
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
24
DNF		 LMP 24 Johansson-Matthews Racing Jim Matthews
Mark Simo		 Reynard 2KQ-LM Y 18
Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
25
DNF		 GT 5 Dick Barbour Racing Dirk Müller
Lucas Luhr		 Porsche 911 GT3-R M 13
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26
DNF		 GT 6 Prototype Technology Group Johannes van Overbeek
Brian Simo		 BMW M3 Y 11
BMW 3.2  I6
DNS LMP 0 Team Rafanelli SRL Mimmo Schiattarella
Didier de Radiguès		 Lola B2K/10 M -
Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10
DNS LMP 8 Phil Creighton Motorsports Scott Schubot
Claude Bourbonnais		 Lola B2K/10 G -
Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8
DNS GTS 73 Multimatic Motorsports
Doncaster Racing		 David Lacey
Greg Willkins		 Porsche 911 GT2 P -
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6

[4][5]

Statistics
  • Pole Position - #78 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.432
  • Fastest Lap - #77 Audi Sport North America - 1:11.424
  • Time of race - 2:46:05.662
  • Distance - 371.993 km
  • Average Speed - 134.379 km/h

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 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  5. "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05.
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