Nürburgring (1995-2001)

The 2000 Bitburger / AvD 1000 km of Nürburgring was the fourth round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Nürburgring, Germany, on July 9, 2000.

This was the second European round of the American Le Mans Series season. It, along with the Silverstone 500, served as a precursor to the creation of the European Le Mans Series. It gauged 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 was the first planned 1000 km event at the Nürburgring since 1988, although the World Sportscar Championship had run shorter events until 1991.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP	1	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	185
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
2	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jörg Müller JJ Lehto	BMW V12 LMR	M	185
					BMW S70 6.0 L V12
3	LMP	78	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	M	182
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
4	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Johnny O'Connell Hiroki Katou Klaus Graf	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	181
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
5	LMP	32	Motorola DAMS	Marc Goossens Franck Montagny	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	181
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
6	LMP	53	Racing Organisation Course	Ralf Kelleners Jérôme Policand	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	180
					Volkswagen 2.0 L Turbo I4
7	LMP	18	GLV Racing	Giovanni Lavaggi Nicolás Filiberti	Ferrari 333 SP	G	177
					Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12
8	GTS	91	Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Marc Duez	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	175
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
9	LMP	54	Racing Organisation Course	Jean-Christophe Boullion Jordi Gené	Reynard 2KQ-LM	M	174
					Volkswagen 2.0 L Turbo I4
10	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jean-Marc Gounon Bill Auberlen	BMW V12 LMR	M	170
					BMW S70 6.0 L V12
11	GT	5	Dick Barbour Racing	Dirk Müller Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	169
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12	GT	70	Skea Racing International	Johnny Mowlem David Murry	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	167
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
13	GT	21	MCR/Aspen Knolls	Shane Lewis Cort Wagner	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	164
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
14	LMP	99	PiR Competition	Pierre Bruneau Marc Rostan	Debora LMP299	A	164
					BMW 3.0L I6
15	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Peter Cunningham Brian Cunningham Niclas Jönsson	BMW M3	Y	163
					BMW 3.2 L I6
16 DNF	LMP	31	Motorola DAMS	Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	161
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
17	GTS	61	Chamberlain Motorsport	Xavier Pompidou Thomas Erdos Stephen Watson	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	M	160
					Chrysler 8.0 L V10
18	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Mike Fitzgerald Bob Nagel Peter Argetsinger	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	160
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19	GT	6	Prototype Technology Group	Johannes van Overbeek Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3	Y	160
					BMW 3.2 L I6
20	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Tony Burgess Gabrio Rosa Stefano Buttiero	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	160
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport North America	Zak Brown Vic Rice Hubert Haupt	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	158
					Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
22	GT	71	Skea Racing International	Rohan Skea Doc Bundy Grady Willingham	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	154
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23	GTS	35	Proton Competition	Gerold Ried Christian Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	152
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
24	LMP	36	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Guy Smith	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Y	150
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
25	GT	69	Kyser Racing	Kye Wankum Greg Doff Georg Silbermayr	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	147
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
26	GT	9	Roock Motorsport North America Cirtek Motorsport	André Ahrlé Michael Eschmann Jürgen Lorenz	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	116
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
27 DNF	GTS	92	Viper Team Oreca	David Donohue Tommy Archer Jean-Philippe Belloc	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	91
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
28 DNF	LMP	02	Pole Team	Norman Simon Günther Blieninger Mark Simo	Riley & Scott Mk III	M	90
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
29 DNF	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	87
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
30 DNF	LMP	77	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R8	M	84
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
31 DNF	GT	56	Noël del Bello Racing	Noël del Bello Marc Sourd Roland Bervillé	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	78
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
32 DNF	LMP	25	Conrero	Beppe Gabbiani Angelo Lancelotti Felipe Ortiz	Riley & Scott Mk III	G	71
					Ford Cosworth 4.0 L V8
33 DNF	GT	51	Dick Barbour Racing	Sascha Maassen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	52
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
34 DNF	LMP	17	SMG	Philippe Gache Didier Cottaz	Courage C60	P	44
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
35 DNF	LMP	24	Team Ascari	Klaas Zwart Werner Lupberger Jeffrey van Hooydonck	Ascari A410	P	41
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
36 DNF	GTS	33	Konrad Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Michel Neugarten Charles Slater	Porsche 911 GT2	D	40
					Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
37 DNF	LMP	20	Kremer Racing	Christophe Bouchut Christian Gläsel	Lola B98/K2000	G	23
					Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8
38 DNF	LMP	28	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Lola B2K/10	D	2
					Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position - #77 Audi Sport North America - 1:27.938
• Fastest Lap - #78 Audi Sport North America - 1:30.418
• Distance - 842.860 km
• Average Speed - 146.190 km/h

References

• "Official Results" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-16.
• "American Le Mans Series 2000". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05.