The 2000 globemegawheels.com Grand Prix of Mosport was an American Le Mans Series professional sports car race held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 4 to the 6, 2000. It was the sixth round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season and the 15th IMSA / Professional SportsCar Racing sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish for their second successive American Le Mans Series win of the season. The race was one of the closest races in sportscar racing history with the second place BMW V12 LMR driven by Jörg Müller and JJ Lehto for BMW Schnitzer Motorsport only 0.149 seconds behind at the finish. The #43 BMW V12 LMR driven by Jean-Marc Gounon and Bill Auberlen finished third.

The race victory in the GTS class was equally as close with the Viper Team Oreca Dodge Viper GTS-R of Olivier Beretta and Karl Wendlinger beating the local favorite Ron Fellows and his teammate Andy Pilgrim in the Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R by 0.29 seconds.

The GT class victory went Alex Job Racing drivers Randy Pobst and Bruno Lambert in the Porsche 911 GT3-R.

After two sunny days for practice and qualifying, the race was held under cool rainy conditions which led to five caution periods over 23 laps. The race was broadcast across North America on NBC Sports with Allen Bestwick and Bill Adam calling the race.

Official results Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP 77 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi R8 94 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 2 LMP 42 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Jörg Müller JJ Lehto BMW V12 LMR 94 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 3 LMP 43 BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen BMW V12 LMR 93 BMW S70 6.0 L V12 4 GTS 91 Viper Team Oreca Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Dodge Viper GTS-R 91 Dodge 8.0L V10 5 GTS 3 Corvette Racing Andy Pilgrim Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 91 Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 6 GTS 92 Viper Team Oreca David Donohue Tommy Archer Dodge Viper GTS-R 91 Dodge 8.0 L V10 7DNF LMP 36 Johansson-Matthews Racing Stefan Johansson Guy Smith Reynard 2KQ-LM 90 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 8 LMP 2 Panoz Motor Sports Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katou Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 89 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 9 GT 23 Alex Job Racing Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert Porsche 911 GT3-R 89 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 10 GT 7 Prototype Technology Group Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck BMW M3 88 BMW 3.2 L I6 11 GT 51 Dick Barbour Racing Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek Porsche 911 GT3-R 87 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 12 GT 21 MCR/Aspen Knolls Shane Lewis Cort Wagner Porsche 911 GT3-R 87 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 13 GT 10 Prototype Technology Group Brian Cunningham Peter Cunningham BMW M3 87 BMW 3.2 L I6 14 GTS 08 Roock Motorsport North America Zak Brown Vic Rice Porsche 911 GT2 87 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 15 GT 22 Alex Job Racing Mike Fitzgerald Robert Nagel Porsche 911 GT3-R 86 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 16 GT 70 Skea Racing International Johnny Mowlem David Murry Porsche 911 GT3-R 86 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 17DNF LMP 78 Audi Sport North America Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro Audi R8 85 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 18 GT 71 Skea Racing International Grady Willingham Doc Bundy Porsche 911 GT3-R 78 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 19 GT 67 The Racer's Group Robert Orcutt Jennifer Tumminelli Porsche 911 GT3-R 78 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 20DNF GT 66 The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler Philip Collin Porsche 911 GT3-R 77 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 21 GT 69 Kyser Racing Greg Doff Kye Wankum Rudy Bartling Porsche 911 GT3-R 67 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 22 GT 52 Seikel Motorsport Tony Burgess Stefano Buttiero Porsche 911 GT3-R 45 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 23DNF LMP 1 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S 40 Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8 24DNF LMP 24 Johansson-Matthews Racing Jim Matthews Mark Simo Reynard 2KQ-LM 18 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 25DNF GT 5 Dick Barbour Racing Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-R 13 Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 26DNF GT 6 Prototype Technology Group Johannes van Overbeek Brian Simo BMW M3 11 BMW 3.2  I6 DNS LMP 0 Team Rafanelli SRL Mimmo Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès Lola B2K/10 - Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10 DNS LMP 8 Phil Creighton Motorsports Scott Schubot Claude Bourbonnais Lola B2K/10 - Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8 DNS GTS 73 Multimatic Motorsports Doncaster Racing David Lacey Greg Willkins Porsche 911 GT2 - Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics Pole Position - #78 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.432 Fastest Lap - #77 Audi Sport North America - 1:11.424 Time of race - 2:46:05.662 Distance - 371.993 km Average Speed - 134.379 km/h

References

External links 2000 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (YouTube)