2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship
# 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship

The 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Nations Cup cars. The championship, which was organised by Procar Australia, is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the inaugural Australian Nations Cup Championship. The year 2000 marked the first season in which the High Performance cars from the Australian GT Production Car Championship were to contest their own separate series under the Nations Cup name.

The championship was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996.

## Calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds.

| Round | Circuit | State / Territory | Date | Format | Round winner | Car |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | South Australia | 8–9 April | Two races | Mark Noske | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge |
| 2 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | New South Wales | 30 April | Two races | Mark Noske | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge |
| 3 | Canberra Street Circuit | Australian Capital Territory | 10–11 June | Three races | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche 911 GT3 |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Queensland | 2 July | Two races | Wayne Park | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge |
| 5 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 30 July | Two races | Jim Richards | Porsche 911 GT3 |
| 6 | Calder Park | Victoria | 18–20 August | Two races | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche 911 GT3 |
| 7 | Gold Coast | Queensland | 13–15 October | Three races | Jim Richards | Porsche 911 GT3 |
| 8 | Mount Panorama | New South Wales | 17–19 November | Three races | Paul Stokell | Lamborghini Diablo |

## Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten outright positions. An additional point was awarded for pole position.

## Championship standings

| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Ade | Eas | Can | Que | Ora | Cal | Gol | Mou | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jim Richards | 1 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Jim Richards | 24 | 23 | 34 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 29 | 224 |
| 2 | Peter Fitzgerald | 3 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Falken Tyres | 8 | 18 | 37 | - | 13 | 31 | 34 | 21 | 162 |
| 3 | Mark Noske | 4 | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | Prancing Horse Racing | 26 | 27 | 30 | - | 12 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 160 |
| 4 | Paul Stokell | 666 | Lamborghini Diablo SVR | Team Lamborghini Australia | 23 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 147 |
| 5 | Peter Bradbury | 14 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | TNT | 7 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 117 |
| 6 | Mark Williamson | 80 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Mark Williamson | 4 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 101 |
| 7 | Christian Jones | 44 | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | Prancing Horse Racing | - | - | - | 13 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 63 |
| 8 | Geoff Morgan | 12 | Dodge Viper ACR | monster.com | - | 9 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | - | 15 | 55 |
| 9 | Wayne Park | 10 28 & 27 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | Peter Harburg Ross Palmer Motorsport | 4 | - | 14 | 26 | 10 | - | - | - | 54 |
| 10 | Steve Webb | 22 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Steve Webb | 15 | 5 | 1 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 31 |
| 11 | Darren Palmer | 27 | Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge | Ross Palmer Motorsport | 6 | 7 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| 12 | Greg Keene | 21 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Greg Keene | 9 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 21 |
| 13 | Rusty French | 6 | Dodge Viper ACR | Rusty French | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 14 | Matthew Coleman | 62 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Matthew Coleman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Max Warwick | 83 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Max Warwick | - | - | 11 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 13 |
| 16 | Darcy Russell | 7 | Dodge Viper ACR | Rusty French | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Jim Zerefos | 22 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| 17 | Tony Quinn | 43 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Tony Quinn | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | Ed Aitken | 8 | Porsche 911 RSCS Type 993 | Ed Aitken | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 20 | Rick Bates | 42 | Porsche 911 RSCS Type 993 | monster.com | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 21 | Peter Harburg | 91 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Peter Harburg | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 22 | Mike Reedy | 81 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Mark Williamson | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 22 | Takeshi Nakamaru | 81 | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Mark Williamson | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 24 | Michael Simpson | 23 | BMW M3-R | Bruce Lynton | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 24 | Mike Conway | 79 | Dodge Viper ACR | Mike Conway | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 24 | Beric Lynton | 23 | BMW M3-R | Beric Lynton | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
