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.

External links

• 2000 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (YouTube)