The 2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge was the third round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom, on 13 May 2000.

This event was the first American Le Mans Series race held outside of North America. It served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series by gauging the willingness of European teams from the FIA Sportscar Championship and FIA GT Championship to participate in a series identical to the American Le Mans Series. This event also shared the weekend at Silverstone with an FIA GT round, with some GT teams running both events.

Race results Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP 42 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Jörg Müller JJ Lehto BMW V12 LMR 98 BMW S70/3 6.0 L V12 2 LMP 1 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 98 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 3 LMP 77 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi R8R 98 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 4 LMP 78 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Audi R8R 97 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 5DNF LMP 2 Panoz Motor Sports Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katoh Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 97 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 6 LMP 31 Motorola DAMS Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard Cadillac Northstar LMP 97 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 7 LMP 16 Pescarolo Sport Sébastien Bourdais Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico Courage C52 94 Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6 8 GTS 91 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Dodge Viper GTS-R 91 Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10 9 GTS 92 Viper Team Oreca David Donohue Tommy Archer Dodge Viper GTS-R 90 Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10 10 LMP 17 SMG Philippe Gache Gary Formato Courage C60 88 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 11 GTS 49 Freisinger Motorsport Stéphane Ortelli Wolfgang Kaufmann Porsche 911 GT2 88 Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 12 LMP 0 Team Rafanelli SRL Mimmo Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès Lola B2K/10 88 Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10 13 GT 51 Dick Barbour Racing Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT3-R 87 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 14 GTS 33 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen Porsche 911 GT2 87 Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 15 GT 23 Alex Job Racing Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert Porsche 911 GT3-R 87 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 16 GT 21 MCR/Aspen Knolls Shane Lewis Cort Wagner Porsche 911 GT3-R 86 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 17 GTS 44 BVB Motorsport Geoff Lister Max Beaverbroock Porsche 911 GT2 86 Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 18 GT 5 Dick Barbour Racing Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-R 86 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GTS 61 Chamberlain Motorsport Walter Brun Toni Seiler Chrysler Viper GTS-R 86 Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 20 GT 22 Alex Job Racing Mike Fitzgerald Robert Nagel Porsche 911 GT3-R 86 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GTS 08 Roock Motorsport North America Zak Brown Vic Rice Hubert Haupt Porsche 911 GT2 86 Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 22 GT 6 Prototype Technology Group Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW M3 85 BMW S54B32 3.2 L I6 23 GTS 62 Chamberlain Motorsport Horst Felbermayr Jr. Michael Culver Chrysler Viper GTS-R 85 Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10 24 GT 70 Skea Racing Kingston Johnny Mowlem David Murry Porsche 911 GT3-R 85 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 25 GT 41 LR Organisation Christophe Bouchut Michel Ligonnet Porsche 911 GT3-R 84 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 26 LMP 20 Kremer Racing Christian Vann Christian Gläsel Lola B98/K2000 84 Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8 27 GT 07 RWS Red Bull Motorsport Dieter Quester Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli Porsche 911 GT3-R 84 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 28DNF GT 10 Prototype Technology Group Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson BMW M3 82 BMW S54B32 3.2 L I6 29 GT 68 Seikel Motorsport Michel Neugarten Tony Burgess Porsche 911 GT3-R 82 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 30 GT 69 Kyser Racing Kye Wankum Greg Doff Porsche 911 GT3-R 74 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 31DNF GT 71 Skea Racing Kingston Rohan Skea Doc Bundy Porsche 911 GT3-R 62 Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6 32DNF LMP 43 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen BMW V12 LMR 56 BMW S70/3 6.0 L V12 33DNF LMP 32 Motorola DAMS Christophe Tinseau Marc Goossens Cadillac Northstar LMP 39 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 34DNF LMP 36 Johansson-Matthews Racing Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Reynard 2KQ-LM 32 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 35DNF LMP 02 Pole Team Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo Riley & Scott Mk III 22 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 DNS LMP 24 Team Ascari Klaas Zwart Max Wilson Ascari A410 - Judd GV4 4.0 L V10

Statistics Pole Position - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:37.030 Fastest Lap - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:39.748 Distance - 503.744 km Average Speed - 172.607 km/h

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