2000 New Zealand Grand Prix


The 2000 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Auckland on 2 December 2000. It was the forty-sixth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Formula Holden cars. The event was also the final race of the 2000 Tasman Cup. It would prove to be the final race in the revived Tasman Series established in 1998 for Formula Holden. No 2001 series followed.
The race was won by New Zealand driver Andy Booth driving a Reynard 95D belonging to the Arthur Abrahams-run NRC International. Booth's team mate Matt Halliday finished second ahead of Australian driver Paul Dumbrell finished third.

Classification

Results:
PosDriverTeamCarLapsGap
1 Andy BoothNRC InternationalReynard 95D Holden4038m 25.383s
2 Matt HallidayNRC InternationalReynard 95D Holden40+13.4
3 Paul DumbrellWynns RacingReynard 93D Holden40+16.5
4 Steve OwenHocking MotorsportReynard 97D Holden40+17.7
5 Peter HillGreg Murphy RacingReynard 95D Holden40+32.0
6 Stuart KosteraHocking MotorsportReynard 97D Holden40+45.3
7 LeRoy StevensonBirrana RacingReynard 94D Holden39+ 1 lap
8 Dean CockertonReynard 91D Holden39+ 1 lap
9 Ian PetersCamtech RacingReynard 91D Holden39+ 1 lap
10 Mark EllisMantis RacingReynard 92D Holden39+ 1 lap
Simon WillsBirrana RacingReynard 94D Holden
Roger OakeshottSportsmed RacingReynard 98D Holden
Terry ClearihanRalt RT23 Holden
Emerson Newton-JohnGreg Murphy RacingReynard 92D Holden