2000 Dunlop British V8 Supercar Championship

The 2000 Dunlop British V8 Supercar Championship is the first season under British V8 Supercar Championship regulations and the 43rd season of the British Touring Car Championship.

Regulation Changes

With rising costs of the Super Touring era of the BTCC causing a decline in entries, a change in regulations for British Touring Car racing was announced early in 1999. Inspired by the changes recently made for Australian touring car racing, the BTCC will adopt the same Group 3A regulations used in what is now the V8 Supercar Championship and be promoted as the Dunlop British Supercar Championship from the 2000 season. The regulations have also been adopted by the German, French and Italian championships.

In an additional attempt to cut down costs, full factory backed teams will be banned and teams themselves cannot build their own cars. Instead manufacturers will develop cars to sell to teams at a set price which also covers engines. Though they can no longer run full on teams, manufacturers can still provide partial sponsorship and drivers to teams that run their cars.

Dunlop becomes the series title sponsor and also the sole tire supplier, their tire supply cost covered by each team's entry fee.

Entry List

The 32 Racing Entitlement Contracts were assigned to teams as shown below.

Championship entries							Enduro Cup entries
Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Sponsors		Endurance co-drivers
Template:ENG Ray Mallock Ltd.	Jaguar X-Type	2
		23
		24
Template:ENG West Surrey Racing	MG ZS 180	3	Template:ENG Warren Hughes
		32
		33	Template:ENG Jonny Kane
Template:ENG Arena Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz C-Class W203	4	Template:ENG Darren Turner
		9
		49	Peter Dumbreck
Template:ENG Prodrive Racing	Ford Mondeo II	5	Template:SUI Alain Menu
		6	Anthony Reid
		55
		56
Template:ENG Bintcliffe Sport	Saab 9-3	7					Template:ENG John Bintcliffe
		77
Template:ENG Triple 8 Race Engineering	Vauxhall Vectra B	8					John Cleland
		80
		88
		888
Template:ENG Vic Lee Racing	Peugeot 406	10
		20
Template:ENG GR Motorsport	Volvo S60	12
		14
Template:ENG Barwell Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R CL6	16	Template:ENG Mark Lemmer
Template:ENG Total Control Racing	Nissan Primera P11	17	Template:ENG Lee Brookes
		18
Template:ENG Team Dynamics	Honda Accord Euro R CL6	25	Template:ENG Matt Neal
		50
PRO Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	44
		45
Template:ENG GA Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	66					Template:ENG Gary Ayles
Template:ENG Tech-Speed Motorsport	Vauxhall Vectra	99

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	No.	Winning Team	Round Winner
1	R1	Template:ENG Plymouth Street Circuit, Plymouth	23 March
	R2		24 March
2	R3	Template:ENG Brands Hatch Grand Prix, Kent	6 April
	R4
	R5		7 April
3	R6	Template:ENG Silverstone Grand Prix, Northamptonshire	21 April
	R7
	R8		22 April
	R9		23 April
4	R10	Template:ENG Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	29 April
	R11
	R12		30 April
5	R13	Knockhill Circuit, Fife	13 May
	R14
	R15		14 May
6	R16	Template:ENG Oulton Park International, Cheshire	27 May
	R17
	R18		28 May
7	R19	Template:ENG Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	24 June
	R20
	R21		25 June
8	R22	Template:ENG Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	9 July
9	R23	Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg	30 July
10	R24	Pembrey Circuit, Carmarthenshire	26 August
	R25
	R26		27 August
11	R27	Template:ENG Donington Park Grand Prix, Leicestershire	9 September
	R28		10 September
12	R29	Template:ENG Birmingham Superprix, Birmingham	23 September
	R30		24 September