2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (2000–2002)

The 2000 Silverstone 500 USA Challenge was the third round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom, on 13 May 2000.

This event was the first American Le Mans Series race held outside of North America. It served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series by gauging 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 event also shared the weekend at Silverstone with an FIA GT round, with some GT teams running both events.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jörg Müller JJ Lehto	BMW V12 LMR	M	98
					BMW S70/3 6.0 L V12
2	LMP	1	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	98
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
3	LMP	77	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R8R	M	98
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
4	LMP	78	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8R	M	97
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
5 DNF	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katoh	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	97
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
6	LMP	31	Motorola DAMS	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	97
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
7	LMP	16	Pescarolo Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Olivier Grouillard Emmanuel Clérico	Courage C52	M	94
					Peugeot A32 3.2 L Turbo V6
8	GTS	91	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	91
					Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10
9	GTS	92	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Tommy Archer	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	90
					Dodge EWB 8.0 L V10
10	LMP	17	SMG	Philippe Gache Gary Formato	Courage C60	P	88
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
11	GTS	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Wolfgang Kaufmann	Porsche 911 GT2	D	88
					Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
12	LMP	0	Team Rafanelli SRL	Mimmo Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès	Lola B2K/10	M	88
					Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10
13	GT	51	Dick Barbour Racing	Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	87
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
14	GTS	33	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jürgen von Gartzen	Porsche 911 GT2	D	87
					Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	87
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
16	GT	21	MCR/Aspen Knolls	Shane Lewis Cort Wagner	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	86
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
17	GTS	44	BVB Motorsport	Geoff Lister Max Beaverbroock	Porsche 911 GT2	D	86
					Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT	5	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	86
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
19	GTS	61	Chamberlain Motorsport	Walter Brun Toni Seiler	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	86
					Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10
20	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Mike Fitzgerald Robert Nagel	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	86
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
21	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport North America	Zak Brown Vic Rice Hubert Haupt	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	86
					Porsche M64/83 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT	6	Prototype Technology Group	Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3	Y	85
					BMW S54B32 3.2 L I6
23	GTS	62	Chamberlain Motorsport	Horst Felbermayr Jr. Michael Culver	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	85
					Chrysler EWB 8.0 L V10
24	GT	70	Skea Racing Kingston	Johnny Mowlem David Murry	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	85
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
25	GT	41	LR Organisation	Christophe Bouchut Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	84
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
26	LMP	20	Kremer Racing	Christian Vann Christian Gläsel	Lola B98/K2000	G	84
					Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8
27	GT	07	RWS Red Bull Motorsport	Dieter Quester Hans-Jörg Hofer Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	84
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
28 DNF	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson	BMW M3	Y	82
					BMW S54B32 3.2 L I6
29	GT	68	Seikel Motorsport	Michel Neugarten Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	82
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
30	GT	69	Kyser Racing	Kye Wankum Greg Doff	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	74
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
31 DNF	GT	71	Skea Racing Kingston	Rohan Skea Doc Bundy	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	62
					Porsche M96/77 3.6 L Flat-6
32 DNF	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen	BMW V12 LMR	M	56
					BMW S70/3 6.0 L V12
33 DNF	LMP	32	Motorola DAMS	Christophe Tinseau Marc Goossens	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	39
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
34 DNF	LMP	36	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Y	32
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
35 DNF	LMP	02	Pole Team	Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo	Riley & Scott Mk III	M	22
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
DNS	LMP	24	Team Ascari	Klaas Zwart Max Wilson	Ascari A410	P	-
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10

Statistics

• Pole Position - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:37.030
• Fastest Lap - #0 Team Rafanelli - 1:39.748
• Distance - 503.744 km
• Average Speed - 172.607 km/h

References

• "Official Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2005.
• "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008.