The 2000 SportsRacing WORLD CUP was the second season of SportsRacing World Cup, an auto racing series organized by the International Racing Series Ltd. and officially sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The series is a continuation of the former International Sports Racing Series which began in 1997. It was open to two categories of sports prototypes, SR and SRL, and awarded driver and team championships in each class. It began on 26 March 2000 and ended on 26 November 2000 after ten events were held in Europe, the United States of America, and South Africa.
Christian Pescatori and David Terrien won the SR drivers' championship, while their JMB Giesse Team Ferrari squad won the teams' title for the third consecutive year. For the SRL category Redman Bright and drivers Peter Owen and Mark Smithson were the respective champions.
Schedule
editMuch of the calendar for 2000 calendar was a direct carryover of the 1999 calendar, with the notable exception of two races in the United States. As part of an agreement between Grand-Am and IRS Ltd., cars from the World Cup could participate in two Grand-Am Road Racing Championship events, while Grand-Am would include two World Cup events on their schedule. However, after the initial announcement in 1999 Grand-Am opted instead to not include the European rounds in their championship as the majority of teams were not interested. World Cup teams also withdrew their support, eventually leading to the two races only counting toward the SRL category championship. The two American races replaced the former event at Pergusa.
Races were of a duration of two hours and 30 minutes, with exception of the Monza race which covered 500 km and the American events which were 500 and 250 miles in respective distance.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATP Trophy |  Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
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26 March |
| 2 | Aprimatic Trophy |  Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
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16 April |
| 3 | AMOC International |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
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21 May |
| 4 | Paul Revere 250 at Daytona |  Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, United States
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29 June |
| 5 | Sargento Road America 500 | Road America, Elkhart Lake, United States
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9 July |
| 6 | SportsRacing World Cup Brno |  Automotodrom Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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6 August |
| 7 | MG Celebration Meeting |  Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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27 August |
| 8 | SportsRacing World Cup Nürburging |  Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
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17 September |
| 9 | Grand Meeting International de Prototypes |  Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France
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1 October |
| 10 | Vodacom Speed Festival Kyalami |  Kyalami, Midrand, South Africa
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26 November |
Entries
editSR
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SRL
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Results and standings
editRace results
editFor the American rounds only World Cup entries were considered for championship points, meaning the winner listed is the highest-finishing World Cup entry.
Points were awarded to the top eight finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 60% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher and earn points. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for only their highest finishing entry.
| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Races | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Driver championships
editSR
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Team championships
editOnly the highest placing car within a team earned points towards the championship.
SR
edit| Pos. | Team | BAR
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MON
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SPA
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BRN
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DON
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NUR
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MAG
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KYA
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Total points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JMB Giesse Team Ferrari
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 | |
| 2 | BMS Scuderia Italia
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4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 105 |
| 3 |  Team Den Blå Avis
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6 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 64 |
| 4 |  GLV Brums
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2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | 62 |
| 5 | R&M
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3 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 51 | |
| 6 | Kremer Racing
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10 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||
| 7 | Team Durango
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8 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Motorola DAMS
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7 | 4 | Ret | 14 | |||||
| 9 | Tampolli Engineering
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9 | Ret | 4 | 9 | Ret | 14 | |||
| 10 |  Dutch National Racing Team
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Ret | 6 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | 13 | ||
| 11 | Konrad Motorsport
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Ret | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 12 | Simpson Engineering
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6 | 6 | |||||||
| 13 | Conrero
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Ret | 9 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 2 | |||
| 14 | Team Ascari
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10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 |
SRL
edit| Pos | Team | Car | Engine | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total |
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| 1 | Redman Bright
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Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 133 |
| 2 | Tampolli Engineering
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Tampolli SR2 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 79 | ||||
| 3 | Audisio & Benvenuto Racing
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Lucchini SR2-99 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 72 | |||||
| 4 | Lucchini Engineering
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Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 55 | |||||||
| 5 | EBRT Schroder Motorsport
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Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 45 | ||||
| 6 | PiR Bruneau
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Debora LMP299 | BMW 3.0L I6 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 39 | ||||||
| 7 | Siliprandi
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Lucchini SR2-99 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 35 | ||||||
| 8 | BM Autosport
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Tampolli SR2 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | ||||||||
| 9 | SCI
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Lucchini SR2000 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | ||||||
| 10= | Scuderia Giudici
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Picchio MB1 | Alfa Romeo 3.0L V6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | ||||||||
| 10= |  Sports Racing Team Sweden
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Lola B2K/40 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
| 10= | Didier Bonnet Racing
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Debora LMP2000 | BMW 3.0L I6 | 12 | 8 | 20 | ||||||||
| 13 | GPM Racing Team
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Picchio MB1 | BMW 3.0L I6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||
| 14 | Project 2000
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Pilbeam MP84 | Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
| 15 | Mark Bailey Racing
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MBR 972 | Rover 6R4 3.0L V6 | 4 | 4 |