The 2000 Grand American Road Racing Championship was the inaugural season of the
Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
run by the
Grand American Road Racing Association
Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series. ...
. The season involved five classes:
Sports Racing Prototypes I and II (SR-I and SR-II) and three
Grand Touring
A grand tourer (GT) is a type of car that is designed for high speed and long-distance driving, due to a combination of performance and luxury attributes. The most common format is a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive two-door coupé with either a ...
classes referred to as GTO, GTU, and AGT. 9 races were run from February 5, 2000 to August 17, 2000.
The Grand American Road Racing Championship officially replaced the brief
United States Road Racing Championship
The United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) was created by the Sports Car Club of America in 1962. It was the first SCCA series for professional racing drivers. SCCA Executive Director John Bishop helped to create the series to recover ra ...
which had folded during their 1999 season. The Grand American series used similar rules, although the class names were all changed.
Schedule
† - Two separate individual races were held for the GT classes and SR classes for an equal distance.
Results
Overall winners in bold.
† - Two separate individual races were held for the GT classes and SR classes for an equal distance.
References
External links
The official website of Grand-Am- Rolex Sports Car Series 2000 results
{{IMSA GT Championships
Rolex Sports Car Series
Grand American Road Racing