2000 New Zealand Grand Prix

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. The event was also the final race of the 2000 Tasman Cup. It would prove to be the final race in the revived Tasman Series established in 1998 for Formula Holden. No 2001 series followed.

2000 New Zealand Grand Prix
Race 4 of the 2000 Tasman Cup
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 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 113.64 km (70.60 mi)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver
  • Simon Wills
 Birrana Racing
Time 52.777
Fastest lap
Driver Matt Halliday NRC International
Time 53.587 on lap 34
Podium
First
NRC International
Second
NRC International
Third
Wynns Racing

The race was won by New Zealand driver Andy Booth driving a Reynard 95D belonging to the Arthur Abrahams-run NRC International. Booth's team mate Matt Halliday finished second ahead of Australian driver Paul Dumbrell finished third.

Classification

Results:[1]

PosDriverTeamCarLapsGap
1 Andy Booth NRC International Reynard 95D Holden 40 38m 25.383s
2 Matt Halliday NRC International Reynard 95D Holden 40 +13.4
3 Paul Dumbrell Wynns Racing Reynard 93D Holden 40 +16.5
4 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D Holden 40 +17.7
5 Peter Hill Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 95D Holden 40 +32.0
6 Stuart Kostera Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D Holden 40 +45.3
7 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden 39 + 1 lap
8 Dean Cockerton Reynard 91D Holden 39 + 1 lap
9 Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D Holden 39 + 1 lap
10 Mark Ellis Mantis Racing Reynard 92D Holden 39 + 1 lap
Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden
Roger Oakeshott Sportsmed Racing Reynard 98D Holden
Terry Clearihan Ralt RT23 Holden
Emerson Newton-John Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 92D Holden

References
  1. Darren Galpin. "Formula Holden: Tasman Cup". Dlg.speedfreaks.org. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
Preceded by
1999 New Zealand Grand Prix		 New Zealand Grand Prix
2000		 Succeeded by
2002 New Zealand Grand Prix
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