The 2000 Australian Touring Car season was the 41st year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the

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and the fore-runner of the present day

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, the Armstrong 500. Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 2000,

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and

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. Between them there were 25 touring car race meetings held during 2000; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the

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(SCS), two of them endurance races; a five-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series (KLS), an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 2000/2001 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC), which spilled several weeks into 2001; and V8 Supercar support programme events at the

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and 2000 Honda Indy 300.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2000 Australian touring car season consisted of 28 events.

Shell Championship Series

Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown

This meeting was a support event of the

Konica V8 Lites Series

Australian Super Touring Championship

FAI V8 Supercar Challenge

This meeting was a support event of the 2000 Honda Indy 300.

References

Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.

External links

Official V8 Supercar site

2000 Racing Results Archive

2001 Racing Results Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:2000 Australian Touring Car Season Supercar seasons

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