2000 Dunlop British V8 Supercar Championship

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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
32
33
Template:ENG Arena Motorsport Mercedes-Benz C-Class W203 4
9
49
Template:ENG Prodrive Racing Ford Mondeo II 5
6
55
56
Template:ENG Bintcliffe Sport Saab 9-3 7
77
Template:ENG Triple 8 Race Engineering Vauxhall Vectra B 8 Template:ENG 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 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
Flag of Scotland svg.png PRO Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 44
45
Template:ENG GA Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 66
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 Flag of Scotland svg.png 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 Flag of Germany svg.png Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg 30 July
10 R24 Flag of Wales svg.png 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