2000 London–Sydney Marathon

The 2000 London–Sydney Marathon was the fourth running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 3 June and 4 July 2000. The event covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Stig Blomqvist and Ben Rainsford in a Ford Capri Perana.

Background In 2000, Nick Brittan and his company, Trans World Events, who had organise the 1993 edition and other similar endurance events in the 1990s decided to organise another London–Sydney Marathon, once again featuring pre-1971 cars as the 'Millennium Celebration of the first epic event in 1968'.London Sydney Marathon 2000 , TWE Rally The 2000 edition would see former World Rally Champions Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist as well as former World Rally Championship Runner-Up Michèle Mouton and former Grand Prix winner Clay Regazzoni competing in the event. The route would see competitors cross Europe in the first fourteen days of the event before the cars would be airlifted by the Antonov An-124 cargo planes hired by TWE from Turkey to Thailand with competitors driving through Thailand and Malaysia for the next eight days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally.

Results Drivers Car Overall Time 1 3 Stig Blomqvist Ben Rainsford Ford Capri Perana 12hr 3min 51sec 2 6 Michèle Mouton Francis Tuthill Porsche 911 12hr 9min 17sec 3 4 Rick Bates Jenny Brittan Porsche 911 12hr 13min 35sec 4 54 Simon Lingford David Moir Datsun 240Z 13hr 4min 50sec 5 27 Andrew Haddon Mark Solloway Ford Escort RS 1600 13hr 7min 16sec 6 5 Willi Polesznig Wolfgang Viakowsky Porsche 911 13hr 9min 18sec 7 7 Pat Cole David Callaghan Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 13hr 11min 30sec 8 15 Ray Bellm Pasquale Lanzante Porsche 911 13hr 18min 50sec 9 10 Josef Pointinger Wolfgang Nolscher Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 22min 4sec 10 2 Terry Daly Bob Brill Ford Mustang 13hr 24min 30sec 11 47 Michael Cotter Warren Ridge Datsun 240Z 13hr 27min 26sec 12 24 Peter Hall Mary Hall Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 30min 59sec 13 9 Olly Clark Damon Harvey Ford Escort BDA 13hr 31min 33sec 14 31 John Hills David Hills Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 43min 19sec 15 16 Richard Martin-Hurst Tony Devantier Ford Capri Perana 13hr 43min 49sec 16 50 Robin Stainer Mike Burleigh Datsun 240Z 13hr 44min 48sec 17 58 Paul Merryweather Marc Tipping Mercedes-Benz 250/8 13hr 46min 31sec 18 67 John Rudajs Rex Growden Ford Falcon XT 13hr 47min 21sec 19 19 Stewart Wilkins David Lowe Datsun 240Z 13hr 47min 56sec 20 89 Andrew Pidden Nick Fennell Datsun 240Z 13hr 48min 38sec 21 73 Pieter Coetzee Derek Urquhart Porsche 911 13hr 49min 1sec 22 63 Alastair Caldwell Stuart McFarlane Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 13hr 49min 13sec 23 72 Lambros Kouriefs Sylvia Kouriefs Datsun 1600 13hr 49min 42sec 24 13 John Fisher Malcolm Rossiter Porsche 911L 13hr 52min 0sec 25 32 Richard Horwell Ian Winter Porsche 911 13hr 54min 11sec 26 85 Jiri Kotek Jiri Sedivy Škoda 1100 MB 14hr 1min 21sec 27 1 Hannu Mikkola Juha Mikkola Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 5min 20sec 28 42 Phil Hooper Lina Hooper Datsun 240Z 14hr 6min 0sec 29 14 Gary Fitzgerald Tony Kitamura Datsun 240Z 14hr 7min 41sec 30 41 Stephen Bicknell Chris Clarkson Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 11min 55sec 31 55 Derek Parling Ian North Volvo 123 GT 14hr 11min 59sec 32 56 Garry Leeson Rex Leeson Ford Falcon XW GT 14hr 13min 28sec 33 88 Howard Laughton Philip Lalor Mercedes-Benz 280 CE 14hr 13min 42sec 34 39 Noel Delforce Richard Macey Ford Falcon 14hr 27min 51sec 35 28 Roger Pearce Dorian Radue MG MGB GT 14hr 29min 56sec 36 92 Anthony Ward David Harris Ford Cortina GT 14hr 32min 27sec 37 48 Ernst Harrach Michael Kolbach Peugeot 504 14hr 35min 11sec 38 66 Johann Vorster Romando Duminy Porsche 911 14hr 39min 9sec 39 84 Josef Michl Marek Simik Škoda 1100 MB 14hr 41min 6sec 40 65 Bob Almond Alf Barbara Datsun 180B 14hr 42min 15sec 41 25 Miles Pearce Jon Roebuck Ford Cortina GT 14hr 43min 17sec 42 64 Alan Cameron Ted Rogers Holden Torana 14hr 58min 26sec 43 57 Stewart Lamb Cameron Wearing Ford Falcon XT 14hr 59min 53sec 44 69 Graham Rich Iain Mason Ford Mustang 15hr 7min 10sec 45 43 David Smithies Eric Woolley Ford Escort Mark I 15hr 13min 26sec 46 62 Peter Cochrane Duncan Richter Ford Mustang 15hr 17min 27sec 47 44 Andrew Gorrod George Reynolds Volvo 144S 15hr 21min 31sec 48 87 Dennis O'Neill Robert McKenzie Mazda RX-2 15hr 26min 9sec 49 38 Gunther Stamm Corinna Stamm Ford Mustang 15hr 28min 30sec 50 70 John Leppard Nick Starkey Peugeot 504 15hr 35min 18sec 51 26 Richard Anderson Keith Callinan Alfa Romeo Giulia 15hr 41min 26sec 52 68 Hugh Savage George Falkiner Porsche 911 15hr 41min 42sec 53 60 Theo du Toit Johan Swiegers Porsche 911 15hr 43min 5sec 54 46 Trevor Eastwood David Hartley Holden Monaro GTS 15hr 46min 13sec 55 8 Indey Singh-Milkhu Jeet Singh-Milkhu Volvo 142 15hr 47min 10sec 56 51 Graham Samuel Tony Phillips Porsche 911 15hr 58min 48sec 57 76 John Stevens Gaynor Stevens Ford Falcon 16hr 2min 27sec 58 94 Marco Cajani Marco Rossi Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super 16hr 9min 43sec 59 90 Dennis Greenslade Roger Bricknell Volvo 144S 16hr 15min 41sec 60 83 Henry Koster Tina Koster MG MGB 16hr 18min 16sec 61 78 Charlie Mitchell Stuart Kostera Holden Kingswood 16hr 35min 32sec 62 34 Ian James Richard French BMW 2002 16hr 41min 28sec 63 52 Michael Corbett Peter Burrey Alfa Romeo GTV16hr 42min 40sec 64 93 Peter Woodward Lorenzo Paesano Range Rover 2WD 16hr 49min 41sec 65 49 Gordon Ketelbey Kim Ketelbey Ford Mustang 16hr 59min 8sec 66 29 Tony King Neil Goodwin Hillman Hunter 17hr 7min 7sec 67 95 Christopher Yates Tom Grace Volvo Amazon 17hr 33min 27sec 68 36 Ronald Rogers Joe Hall Ford Escort Mexico 17hr 40min 27sec 69 91 Chris Underwood Peter Stimson Ford Cortina GT 17hr 49min 18sec 70 74 John Spiers Paul Rothwell Ford Mustang 17hr 58min 49sec 71 79 Steve Pickering Craig Hopson Porsche 914/6 18hr 5min 13sec 72 75 Gareth Williams John O'Connor Ford Escort Mark I 18hr 7min 1sec 73 71 Bob Norkett Ray Abbs Ford Cortina Mark I 18hr 13min 26sec 74 77 John Hamilton Henry Jennings Hillman Hunter 18hr 24min 7sec 75 40 Joe Caudo Ivan Limb Citroën SM 18hr 32min 57sec 76 35 Jane James Bob Stokoe Volvo 142 19hr 41min 46sec 77 45 Peter Finnigan James Finnigan Ford Cortina GT 20hr 5min 48sec 78 33 David Long Robert Pepper Ford Mustang 20hr 46min 58sec Source:

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