2000 Trans-Am Series

2000 Trans-Am Series

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The 2000 BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am Series was the 35th season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. 2000 marked the end of the "American muscle revival" era that had begun in 1989, with Italian manufacturer Qvale winning the championship. It would also mark the rise of Rocketsports Racing's dominance using Jaguar XKRs, which would continue until the series dissolved in 2006, after which team owner Paul Gentilozzi would switch to the American Le Mans Series. The season also marked the final victory for Pontiac in Trans Am, with a win at Texas.

Teams and drivers

Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Chevrolet Camaro	07	Marybeth Harrison	4, 6–7, 10
	0	Craig Baird	9, 11
		Alan Ferguson	10, 12
	6	Brian Pelke	1, 7
		Frank Cioppettini	3
		Willy T. Ribbs	4
		G.J. Mennen, Jr.	11
		Linda Pobst	12
	8	John Paul Jr.	5
	10	Don Sak	4–12
	16	Willy T. Ribbs	1–3, 5–12
		Bobby Sak	4
	18	Jon Leavy	1–2
	20	Tony Ave	5–7
	22	Ken Murillo	3, 5, 10–11
	24	Jim Briody	1–3, 5–12
	25	Eric Curran	4
	31	Don Meluzio	1, 4, 6–7
	35	Mandy Gonzalez	1
	38	Kerry Alexander	All
	39	J. Craig Shafer	2, 4–6
	40	G.J. Mennen, Jr.	1–6, 9
		Kenny Wilden	7, 10–12
	43	Andre Toennis	1, 9
	46	Bill Bentley	1–2
	50	Bruce Dewey	1–2
	55	Mike Rockett	10
	58	Carl Cormier	1
	59	Simon Gregg	All
	62	Tom Smith	8
	73	Chet Williams	2, 4–5
	76	Jerry Simmons	2, 4–7, 9, 11
	78	Moneca Kolvyn	1, 4, 10–11
	81	Kevin Neilson	11–12
	90	Jim Maguire	9, 11
	95	Charlie Webster	4
	98	Stuart Hayner	All
Chevrolet Corvette	8	John Paul Jr.	1–4
	10	Don Sak	1–3
	17	Jerry Kinn	1–6, 8–12
	23	Bob Ruman	All
	27	Mike Gagliardo	7
	28	Lou Gigliotti	All
	30	Dan Furey	2, 6
	37	Jeff Simunaci	7, 12
	48	Jack Willes	1–9
	64	Johnny Miller	All
	82	Dick Greer	All
	83	Max Lagod	7
	93	James Holtom	4, 11
Ford Mustang	08	Richard La Barera	1–2, 4–7
	8	John Paul Jr.	6
	9	Gary Johnson	1–9
	11	Mike Davis	All
	12	Michael Lewis	All
		Boris Said	1
	14	John Malacuso	1–5, 7
	15	Tomy Drissi	All
	19	Steve Pelke	All
	26	Claudio Burtin	3, 5–7, 9–12
	33	Boris Said	8, 10–12
	42	Juan Carlos Leroux	11–12
	47	Tom Miller	6, 10–11
		Don Soenen	7
	48	Jack Willes	11–12
	60	Grant Sylvester	9–12
	70	Peter Shea	1–3, 5–7, 10–12
	74	Don Soenen	10
	75	Tim Cowen	2, 6–7
	77	Paul Fix	7
	81	Kevil Neilson	10
	84	Chris Neville	All
Jaguar XKR	1	Paul Gentilozzi	All
	5	Jeff Altenburg	All
	68	Peter Klutt	7
Pontiac Grand Prix	66	Leighton Reese	All
Oldsmobile Aurora	49	Randy Ruhlman	All
Oldsmobile Cutlass	13	David C. Seuss	2–3, 5–9, 12
Qvale Mangusta	44	Bruce Qvale	5–7, 11–12
	88	Brian Simo	All

Results

Round	Date	Circuit	Winning driver	Car
1	17 March	Sebring	Brian Simo	Qvale Mangusta
2	1 April	Charlotte	Brian Simo	Qvale Mangusta
3	16 April	Long Beach	Tomy Drissi	Ford Mustang
4	21 May	Mosport	Brian Simo	Qvale Mangusta
5	17 June	Detroit	Paul Gentilozzi	Jaguar XKR
6	1 July	Cleveland	Paul Gentilozzi	Jaguar XKR
7	19 August	Road America	Paul Gentilozzi	Jaguar XKR
8	3 September	Texas	Leighton Reese	Pontiac Grand Prix
9	30 September	Houston	Chris Neville	Ford Mustang
10	15 October	Laguna Seca	Kenny Wilden	Chevrolet Camaro
11	29 October	Las Vegas	Boris Said	Ford Mustang
12	5 November	San Diego	Johnny Miller	Chevrolet Corvette

Championship standings

Race Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Points	30	27	25	23	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers

Pos. Driver Car SEB CLT LBH MOS DET CLE ELK TEX HOU LAG LVS SAN Points 1 Brian Simo Qvale Mangusta 1 1 7 1 2 3 20 21 4 29 14 3 261 2 Paul Gentilozzi Jaguar XKR 4 2 14 7 1 1 1 23 6 3 30 29 249 3 Jeff Altenburg Jaguar XKR 3 31 24 2 7 4 2 3 13 8 5 18 197 4 Leighton Reese Pontiac Grand Prix 15 9 28 33 10 9 4 1 5 10 10 7 190 5 Chris Neville Ford Mustang 2 4 16 12 22 7 DSQ 18 1 14 20 4 180 6 Tomy Drissi Ford Mustang 21 5 1 3 31 21 6 7 16 25 8 12 170 7 Willy T. Ribbs Ford Mustang 6 26 2 13 3 31 34 DNQ 29 7 4 5 153 8 Johnny Miller Chevrolet Corvette 16 34 15 9 35 2 33 2 27 5 31 1 152 9 Jack Willes Chevrolet Corvette 33 3 23 6 5 32 26 20 7 142 Ford Mustang 3 8 10 Simon Gregg Chevrolet Corvette 24 14 8 16 15 33 9 4 19 11 17 13 137 11 Lou Gigliotti Chevrolet Corvette 5 6 19 4 9 5 35 24 24 6 33 25 135 11 Steve Pelke Ford Mustang 17 12 5 11 28 16 12 17 22 16 13 10 135 13 Bob Ruman Chevrolet Corvette 7 11 3 32 26 10 10 16 9 31 16 23 131 14 Randy Ruhlman Oldsmobile Aurora 23 8 18 8 6 29 25 22 8 9 27 22 118 14 Mike Davis Ford Mustang 12 27 10 28 12 13 31 9 10 15 29 9 118 16 Stuart Hayner Chevrolet Camaro 27 24 29 5 36 8 30 25 2 4 7 27 116 17 G.J. Mennen, Jr. Chevrolet Camaro 26 7 30 10 4 18 3 6 111 18 Michael Lewis Ford Mustang 11 30 26 25 8 35 5 5 18 33 9 32 104 19 Boris Said Ford Mustang DNS 19 2 1 2 92 20 Don Sak Chevrolet Camaro 28 29 20 14 27 12 11 10 31 24 11 16 90 21 Peter Shea Ford Mustang 19 22 6 14 36 39 12 23 11 75 22 Gary Johnson Ford Mustang 9 23 12 18 30 15 22 12 23 74 23 Kerry Alexander Chevrolet Camaro 22 25 27 31 11 11 8 6 28 28 32 31 73 24 Jim Briody Chevrolet Camaro 13 15 31 16 30 23 13 26 22 21 17 68 25 Jerry Kinn Chevrolet Corvette 29 13 22 27 29 DNS 8 12 19 18 24 66 26 David C. Seuss Oldsmobile Cutlass 19 13 32 27 16 14 15 21 58 27 Kenny Wilden Chevrolet Camaro 36 1 24 6 57 28 Claudio Burtin Ford Mustang 4 21 28 21 11 21 34 30 53 29 Don Meluzio Chevrolet Camaro 8 15 14 27 41 30 Bruce Qvale Qvale Mangusta 33 6 7 DNQ 33 39 30 Dick Greer Chevrolet Corvette 34 DNQ 21 24 37 24 14 15 25 27 26 20 39 32 Tony Ave Chevrolet Camaro 34 17 3 34 33 Craig Baird Chevrolet Camaro 20 2 33 33 Ken Murillo Chevrolet Camaro 9 17 30 19 33 35 Grant Silvester Ford Mustang 14 23 12 26 29 36 Marybeth Harrison Chevrolet Camaro 20 34 19 13 26 36 Jerry Simmons Chevrolet Camaro 17 DNQ 25 23 18 21 35 26 38 Tim Cowen Ford Mustang 18 20 15 24 39 Juan Carlos Leroux Ford Mustang 15 15 22 Pos. Driver Car SEB CLT LBH MOS DET CLE ELK TEX HOU LAG LVS SAN Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)