The 2000 Bitburger / AvD 1000 km of Nürburgring was the fourth round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Nürburgring, Germany, on July 9, 2000.

This was the second European round of the American Le Mans Series season. It, along with the Silverstone 500, served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series. It gauged 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 was the first planned 1000 km event at the Nürburgring since 1988, although the World Sportscar Championship had run shorter events until 1991.

Race results Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP 1 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 185 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 2 LMP 42 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Jörg Müller JJ Lehto BMW V12 LMR 185 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 3 LMP 78 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 182 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 4 LMP 2 Panoz Motor Sports Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katou Klaus Graf Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 181 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 5 LMP 32 Motorola DAMS Marc Goossens Franck Montagny Cadillac Northstar LMP 181 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 6 LMP 53 Racing Organisation Course Ralf Kelleners Jérôme Policand Reynard 2KQ-LM 180 Volkswagen 2.0 L Turbo I4 7 LMP 18 GLV Racing Giovanni Lavaggi Nicolás Filiberti Ferrari 333 SP 177 Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12 8 GTS 91 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Marc Duez Dodge Viper GTS-R 175 Dodge 8.0 L V10 9 LMP 54 Racing Organisation Course Jean-Christophe Boullion Jordi Gené Reynard 2KQ-LM 174 Volkswagen 2.0 L Turbo I4 10 LMP 43 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen BMW V12 LMR 170 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 11 GT 5 Dick Barbour Racing Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-R 169 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 12 GT 70 Skea Racing International Johnny Mowlem David Murry Porsche 911 GT3-R 167 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT 21 MCR/Aspen Knolls Shane Lewis Cort Wagner Porsche 911 GT3-R 164 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 14 LMP 99 PiR Competition Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan Debora LMP299 164 BMW 3.0L I6 15 GT 10 Prototype Technology Group Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson BMW M3 163 BMW 3.2 L I6 16DNF LMP 31 Motorola DAMS Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard Cadillac Northstar LMP 161 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 17 GTS 61 Chamberlain Motorsport Xavier Pompidou Thomas Erdos Stephen Watson Chrysler Viper GTS-R 160 Chrysler 8.0 L V10 18 GT 22 Alex Job Racing Mike Fitzgerald Bob Nagel Peter Argetsinger Porsche 911 GT3-R 160 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GT 6 Prototype Technology Group Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW M3 160 BMW 3.2 L I6 20 GT 52 Seikel Motorsport Tony Burgess Gabrio Rosa Stefano Buttiero Porsche 911 GT3-R 160 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GTS 08 Roock Motorsport North America Zak Brown Vic Rice Hubert Haupt Porsche 911 GT2 158 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 22 GT 71 Skea Racing International Rohan Skea Doc Bundy Grady Willingham Porsche 911 GT3-R 154 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 23 GTS 35 Proton Competition Gerold Ried Christian Ried Porsche 911 GT2 152 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 24 LMP 36 Johansson-Matthews Racing Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Reynard 2KQ-LM 150 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 25 GT 69 Kyser Racing Kye Wankum Greg Doff Georg Silbermayr Porsche 911 GT3-R 147 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26 GT 9 Roock Motorsport North America Cirtek Motorsport André Ahrlé Michael Eschmann Jürgen Lorenz Porsche 911 GT3-R 116 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 27DNF GTS 92 Viper Team Oreca David Donohue Tommy Archer Jean-Philippe Belloc Dodge Viper GTS-R 91 Dodge 8.0 L V10 28DNF LMP 02 Pole Team Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo Riley & Scott Mk III 90 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 29DNF GT 23 Alex Job Racing Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert Porsche 911 GT3-R 87 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 30DNF LMP 77 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi R8 84 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 31DNF GT 56 Noël del Bello Racing Noël del Bello Marc Sourd Roland Bervillé Porsche 911 GT3-R 78 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 32DNF LMP 25 Conrero Beppe Gabbiani Angelo Lancelotti Felipe Ortiz Riley & Scott Mk III 71 Ford Cosworth 4.0 L V8 33DNF GT 51 Dick Barbour Racing Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT3-R 52 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 34DNF LMP 17 SMG Philippe Gache Didier Cottaz Courage C60 44 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 35DNF LMP 24 Team Ascari Klaas Zwart Werner Lupberger Jeffrey van Hooydonck Ascari A410 41 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 36DNF GTS 33 Konrad Motorsport Manfred Jurasz Michel Neugarten Charles Slater Porsche 911 GT2 40 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 37DNF LMP 20 Kremer Racing Christophe Bouchut Christian Gläsel Lola B98/K2000 23 Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8 38DNF LMP 28 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner Lola B2K/10 2 Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8

Statistics Pole Position - #77 Audi Sport North America - 1:27.938 Fastest Lap - #78 Audi Sport North America - 1:30.418 Distance - 842.860 km Average Speed - 146.190 km/h

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