2000 London–Sydney Marathon

The 2000 London–Sydney Marathon was the fourth running of the London–Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between 3 June and 4 July 2000. The event covered 10,000 miles (16,000 km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Stig Blomqvist and Ben Rainsford in a Ford Capri Perana.

2000 London–Sydney Marathon
Host countryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Australia Australia
Rally baseLondon
Sydney
Dates run3 June 4 July 2000
Stages58
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance16,000 km (9,900 miles)
Results
Overall winnerSweden Stig Blomqvist
Australia Ben Rainsford
Crews95 at start, 78 at finish

Background

In 2000, Nick Brittan and his company, Trans World Events, who had organise the 1993 edition and other similar endurance events in the 1990s decided to organise another London–Sydney Marathon, once again featuring pre-1971 cars as the 'Millennium Celebration of the first epic event in 1968'.[1] The 2000 edition would see former World Rally Champions Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist as well as former World Rally Championship Runner-Up Michèle Mouton and former Grand Prix winner Clay Regazzoni competing in the event. The route would see competitors cross Europe in the first fourteen days of the event before the cars would be airlifted by the Antonov An-124 cargo planes hired by TWE from Turkey to Thailand with competitors driving through Thailand and Malaysia for the next eight days before being airlifted to Australia for the last ten days of the rally.

Results

Pos No Drivers Car Overall Time
1 3 Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Australia Ben Rainsford
Ford Capri Perana 12hr 3min 51sec
2 6 France Michèle Mouton
United Kingdom Francis Tuthill
Porsche 911 12hr 9min 17sec
3 4 Australia Rick Bates
Australia Jenny Brittan
Porsche 911 12hr 13min 35sec
4 54 Australia Simon Lingford
Australia David Moir
Datsun 240Z 13hr 4min 50sec
5 27 United Kingdom Andrew Haddon
United Kingdom Mark Solloway
Ford Escort RS 1600 13hr 7min 16sec
6 5 Austria Willi Polesznig
Austria Wolfgang Viakowsky
Porsche 911 13hr 9min 18sec
7 7 Australia Pat Cole
Australia David Callaghan
Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 13hr 11min 30sec
8 15 United Kingdom Ray Bellm
United Kingdom Pasquale Lanzante
Porsche 911 13hr 18min 50sec
9 10 Austria Josef Pointinger
Austria Wolfgang Nolscher
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 22min 4sec
10 2 Australia Terry Daly
New Zealand Bob Brill
Ford Mustang 13hr 24min 30sec
11 47 United Kingdom Michael Cotter
Australia Warren Ridge
Datsun 240Z 13hr 27min 26sec
12 24 United Kingdom Peter Hall
United Kingdom Mary Hall
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 30min 59sec
13 9 United Kingdom Olly Clark
United Kingdom Damon Harvey
Ford Escort BDA 13hr 31min 33sec
14 31 United Kingdom John Hills
Australia David Hills
Ford Escort Mark I 13hr 43min 19sec
15 16 United Kingdom Richard Martin-Hurst
New Zealand Tony Devantier
Ford Capri Perana 13hr 43min 49sec
16 50 United Kingdom Robin Stainer
Australia Mike Burleigh
Datsun 240Z 13hr 44min 48sec
17 58 United Kingdom Paul Merryweather
United Kingdom Marc Tipping
Mercedes-Benz 250/8 13hr 46min 31sec
18 67 Australia John Rudajs
Australia Rex Growden
Ford Falcon XT 13hr 47min 21sec
19 19 Australia Stewart Wilkins
United Kingdom David Lowe
Datsun 240Z 13hr 47min 56sec
20 89 United Kingdom Andrew Pidden
United Kingdom Nick Fennell
Datsun 240Z 13hr 48min 38sec
21 73 South Africa Pieter Coetzee
South Africa Derek Urquhart
Porsche 911 13hr 49min 1sec
22 63 New Zealand Alastair Caldwell
New Zealand Stuart McFarlane
Mercedes-Benz 280 SL 13hr 49min 13sec
23 72 Australia Lambros Kouriefs
Germany Sylvia Kouriefs
Datsun 1600 13hr 49min 42sec
24 13 Australia John Fisher
Australia Malcolm Rossiter
Porsche 911L 13hr 52min 0sec
25 32 United Kingdom Richard Horwell
United Kingdom Ian Winter
Porsche 911 13hr 54min 11sec
26 85 Czech Republic Jiri Kotek
Czech Republic Jiri Sedivy
Škoda 1100 MB 14hr 1min 21sec
27 1 Finland Hannu Mikkola
Finland Juha Mikkola
Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 5min 20sec
28 42 Australia Phil Hooper
Australia Lina Hooper
Datsun 240Z 14hr 6min 0sec
29 14 Australia Gary Fitzgerald
Australia Tony Kitamura
Datsun 240Z 14hr 7min 41sec
30 41 United Kingdom Stephen Bicknell
United Kingdom Chris Clarkson
Ford Escort Mark I 14hr 11min 55sec
31 55 United Kingdom Derek Parling
United Kingdom Ian North
Volvo 123 GT 14hr 11min 59sec
32 56 Australia Garry Leeson
Australia Rex Leeson
Ford Falcon XW GT 14hr 13min 28sec
33 88 Australia Howard Laughton
Australia Philip Lalor
Mercedes-Benz 280 CE 14hr 13min 42sec
34 39 Australia Noel Delforce
Australia Richard Macey
Ford Falcon 14hr 27min 51sec
35 28 South Africa Roger Pearce
South Africa Dorian Radue
MG MGB GT 14hr 29min 56sec
36 92 United Kingdom Anthony Ward
United Kingdom David Harris
Ford Cortina GT 14hr 32min 27sec
37 48 Austria Ernst Harrach
Germany Michael Kolbach
Peugeot 504 14hr 35min 11sec
38 66 South Africa Johann Vorster
South Africa Romando Duminy
Porsche 911 14hr 39min 9sec
39 84 Czech Republic Josef Michl
Czech Republic Marek Simik
Škoda 1100 MB 14hr 41min 6sec
40 65 Australia Bob Almond
Australia Alf Barbara
Datsun 180B 14hr 42min 15sec
41 25 United Kingdom Miles Pearce
United Kingdom Jon Roebuck
Ford Cortina GT 14hr 43min 17sec
42 64 Australia Alan Cameron
Australia Ted Rogers
Holden Torana 14hr 58min 26sec
43 57 Australia Stewart Lamb
Australia Cameron Wearing
Ford Falcon XT 14hr 59min 53sec
44 69 Australia Graham Rich
Australia Iain Mason
Ford Mustang 15hr 7min 10sec
45 43 United Kingdom David Smithies
United Kingdom Eric Woolley
Ford Escort Mark I 15hr 13min 26sec
46 62 Australia Peter Cochrane
Australia Duncan Richter
Ford Mustang 15hr 17min 27sec
47 44 United Kingdom Andrew Gorrod
Australia George Reynolds
Volvo 144S 15hr 21min 31sec
48 87 Australia Dennis O'Neill
Australia Robert McKenzie
Mazda RX-2 15hr 26min 9sec
49 38 Germany Gunther Stamm
Germany Corinna Stamm
Ford Mustang 15hr 28min 30sec
50 70 United Kingdom John Leppard
United Kingdom Nick Starkey
Peugeot 504 15hr 35min 18sec
51 26 Australia Richard Anderson
Australia Keith Callinan
Alfa Romeo Giulia 15hr 41min 26sec
52 68 Australia Hugh Savage
Australia George Falkiner
Porsche 911 15hr 41min 42sec
53 60 South Africa Theo du Toit
South Africa Johan Swiegers
Porsche 911 15hr 43min 5sec
54 46 Australia Trevor Eastwood
Australia David Hartley
Holden Monaro GTS 15hr 46min 13sec
55 8 United Kingdom Indey Singh-Milkhu
United Kingdom Jeet Singh-Milkhu
Volvo 142 15hr 47min 10sec
56 51 United Kingdom Graham Samuel
United Kingdom Tony Phillips
Porsche 911 15hr 58min 48sec
57 76 Australia John Stevens
Australia Gaynor Stevens
Ford Falcon 16hr 2min 27sec
58 94 Italy Marco Cajani
Italy Marco Rossi
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super 16hr 9min 43sec
59 90 United Kingdom Dennis Greenslade
United Kingdom Roger Bricknell
Volvo 144S 16hr 15min 41sec
60 83 Germany Henry Koster
Germany Tina Koster
MG MGB 16hr 18min 16sec
61 78 Australia Charlie Mitchell
Australia Stuart Kostera
Holden Kingswood 16hr 35min 32sec
62 34 United Kingdom Ian James
United Kingdom Richard French
BMW 2002 16hr 41min 28sec
63 52 Australia Michael Corbett
Australia Peter Burrey
Alfa Romeo GTV 16hr 42min 40sec
64 93 United Kingdom Peter Woodward
Italy Lorenzo Paesano
Range Rover 2WD 16hr 49min 41sec
65 49 Australia Gordon Ketelbey
Australia Kim Ketelbey
Ford Mustang 16hr 59min 8sec
66 29 United Kingdom Tony King
Australia Neil Goodwin
Hillman Hunter 17hr 7min 7sec
67 95 United Kingdom Christopher Yates
United Kingdom Tom Grace
Volvo Amazon 17hr 33min 27sec
68 36 United Kingdom Ronald Rogers
United Kingdom Joe Hall
Ford Escort Mexico 17hr 40min 27sec
69 91 United Kingdom Chris Underwood
United Kingdom Peter Stimson
Ford Cortina GT 17hr 49min 18sec
70 74 United Kingdom John Spiers
United Kingdom Paul Rothwell
Ford Mustang 17hr 58min 49sec
71 79 South Africa Steve Pickering
South Africa Craig Hopson
Porsche 914/6 18hr 5min 13sec
72 75 United Kingdom Gareth Williams
United Kingdom John O'Connor
Ford Escort Mark I 18hr 7min 1sec
73 71 United Kingdom Bob Norkett
United Kingdom Ray Abbs
Ford Cortina Mark I 18hr 13min 26sec
74 77 Australia John Hamilton
Australia Henry Jennings
Hillman Hunter 18hr 24min 7sec
75 40 Australia Joe Caudo
Australia Ivan Limb
Citroën SM 18hr 32min 57sec
76 35 United Kingdom Jane James
United Kingdom Bob Stokoe
Volvo 142 19hr 41min 46sec
77 45 United Kingdom Peter Finnigan
United Kingdom James Finnigan
Ford Cortina GT 20hr 5min 48sec
78 33 United Kingdom David Long
United Kingdom Robert Pepper
Ford Mustang 20hr 46min 58sec
Source:[2][3]

References

  1. London Sydney Marathon 2000 Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, TWE Rally
  2. eWRC-Results.com. "London-Sydney Marathon 2000".
  3. Trans World Events. "Competition Category Start List". Archived from the original on 11 December 2008.
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