2000 12 Hours of Sebring

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Sebring International Raceway

The 2000 Exxon Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring was the 48th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring as well as the opening round of the 2000 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Sebring International Raceway, Florida, on March 18, 2000. This was the first time ever the 12 Hours was covered flag-to-flag on television with Speedvision doing the honors.

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP	78	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon Frank Biela Template:Flagicon Emanuele Pirro Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen	Audi R8	M	360
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2	LMP	77	Template:Flagicon Audi Sport North America	Template:Flagicon Rinaldo Capello Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Template:Flagicon Allan McNish	Audi R8	M	360
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
3	LMP	42	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport Template:Flagicon Schnitzer Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jörg Müller Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto	BMW V12 LMR	M	359
					BMW S70 6.0 L V12
4	LMP	43	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport Template:Flagicon Schnitzer Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon Template:Flagicon Steve Soper Template:Flagicon Bill Auberlen	BMW V12 LMR	M	358
					BMW S70 6.0 L V12
5	LMP	27	Template:Flagicon Doran Lista Racing	Template:Flagicon Didier Theys Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Fredy Lienhard	Ferrari 333 SP	M	337
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
6	LMP	19	Template:Flagicon Team Cadillac	Template:Flagicon Wayne Taylor Template:Flagicon Eric van de Poele Template:Flagicon Max Angelelli	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	331
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
7	GTS	91	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Dominique Dupuy Template:Flagicon Olivier Beretta Template:Flagicon Karl Wendlinger	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	327
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
8	GTS	92	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon David Donohue Template:Flagicon Tommy Archer Template:Flagicon Marc Duez	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	326
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
9	GTS	93	Template:Flagicon Viper Team Oreca	Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc Template:Flagicon Anthony Beltoise Template:Flagicon Ni Amorim	Dodge Viper GTS-R	M	321
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
10	GT	5	Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon Dirk Müller Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	313
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
11	GT	70	Template:Flagicon Skea Racing International	Template:Flagicon Johnny Mowlem Template:Flagicon David Murry	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	308
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12	GTS	33	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad Template:Flagicon Charles Slater Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.	Porsche 911 GT2	D	307
					Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
13	GT	03	Template:Flagicon Reiser Callas Rennsport	Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon Craig Stanton Template:Flagicon Joel Reiser	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Y	306
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
14	GT	07	Template:Flagicon RWS Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Dieter Quester Template:Flagicon Philipp Peter Template:Flagicon Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	302
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
15	GT	41	Template:Flagicon Team LR Organization	Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut Template:Flagicon Angelo Zadra	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Y	302
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16	GTS	4	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon Andy Pilgrim Template:Flagicon Kelly Collins Template:Flagicon Franck Fréon	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	300
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
17	GT	71	Template:Flagicon Skea Racing International	Template:Flagicon Rohan Skea Template:Flagicon Grady Willingham Template:Flagicon Lloyd Hawkins	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	284
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GT	87	Template:Flagicon Michael Colucci Racing Template:Flagicon Nygmatech	Template:Flagicon Tim Robertson Template:Flagicon Ian James Template:Flagicon João Barbosa	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	P	276
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
19	GT	66	Template:Flagicon The Racer's Group	Template:Flagicon Kevin Buckler Template:Flagicon Robert Nagel Template:Flagicon Mike Fitzgerald	Porsche 911 GT3-R	G	266
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20	GT	89	Template:Flagicon Michael Colucci Racing Template:Flagicon Nygmatech	Template:Flagicon Dave Dullum Template:Flagicon James McCormick Template:Flagicon Kurt Baumann	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	258
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 DNF	GT	51	Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	251
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
22 DNF	LMP	1	Template:Flagicon Panoz Motor Sports	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Jan Magnussen Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	249
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
23 DNF	GT	21	Template:Flagicon MCR Aspen Knolls	Template:Flagicon Shane Lewis Template:Flagicon Cort Wagner Template:Flagicon Bob Mazzuoccola	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	229
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
24 DNF	GTS	3	Template:Flagicon Corvette Racing	Template:Flagicon Chris Kneifel Template:Flagicon Ron Fellows Template:Flagicon Justin Bell	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	201
					Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
25	LMP	37	Template:Flagicon Intersport Racing	Template:Flagicon Jon Field Template:Flagicon Don Whittington Template:Flagicon Dale Whittington	Lola B98/10	G	181
					Ford 5.1 L V8
26 DNF	LMP	38	Template:Flagicon Champion Racing	Template:Flagicon Dorsey Schroeder Template:Flagicon James Weaver Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners	Lola B2K/10	M	165
					Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
27 DNF	LMP	31	Template:Flagicon Motorola DAMS	Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard Template:Flagicon Éric Bernard	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	163
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
28	GT	88	Template:Flagicon Michael Colucci Racing Template:Flagicon Nygmatech	Template:Flagicon Leo Hindery Template:Flagicon Peter Baron Template:Flagicon Tony Kester	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	147
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
29 DNF	GT	30	Template:Flagicon White Lightning Racing	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Jeannette Template:Flagicon Rod McLeod Template:Flagicon Michael Lauer	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	143
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
30 DNF	GT	6	Template:Flagicon Prototype Technology Group	Template:Flagicon Boris Said Template:Flagicon Johannes van Overbeek Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3	Y	141
					BMW 3.2 L I6
31 DNF	GTS	08	Template:Flagicon Roock Motorsport North America	Template:Flagicon Claudia Hürtgen Template:Flagicon Hubert Haupt Template:Flagicon Vic Rice	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	125
					Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
32 DNF	LMP	06	Template:Flagicon Multimatic Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Scott Maxwell Template:Flagicon John Graham Template:Flagicon David Empringham	Lola B98/10	P	124
					Ford Cosworth XD 2.6 L Turbo V8
33 DNF	GT	10	Template:Flagicon Prototype Technology Group	Template:Flagicon Peter Cunningham Template:Flagicon Brian Cunningham Template:Flagicon Darren Law	BMW M3	Y	106
					BMW 3.2 L I6
34 DNF	GT	52	Template:Flagicon Seikel Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Philip Collin Template:Flagicon Kurt Mathewson Template:Flagicon Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-R	D	105
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
35 DNF	LMP	9	Template:Flagicon Team Cadillac	Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace Template:Flagicon Franck Lagorce	Cadillac Northstar LMP	P	87
					Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8
36 DNF	LMP	2	Template:Flagicon Panoz Motor Sports	Template:Flagicon Johnny O'Connell Template:Flagicon Hiroki Katou	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	79
					Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
37 DNF	GTS	09	Template:Flagicon Roock Motorsport North America	Template:Flagicon Zak Brown Template:Flagicon Stephen Earle Template:Flagicon Manfred Jurasz	Porsche 911 GT2	Y	76
					Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	LMP	36	Template:Flagicon Johansson-Matthews Racing	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson Template:Flagicon Guy Smith Template:Flagicon Jim Matthews	Reynard 2KQ	Y	65
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
39 DNF	GT	23	Template:Flagicon Alex Job Racing	Template:Flagicon Randy Pobst Template:Flagicon Mike Conte Template:Flagicon Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	59
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
40 DNF	LMP	0	Template:Flagicon Team Rafanelli SRL	Template:Flagicon Mimmo Schiattarella Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Lola B2K/10	M	52
					Judd (Rafanelli) GV4 4.0 L V10
41 DNF	LMP	74	Template:Flagicon Robinson Racing	Template:Flagicon George Robinson Template:Flagicon Irv Hoerr Template:Flagicon Jack Baldwin	Reynard 2KQ	G	48
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10
42 DNF	LMP	02	Template:Flagicon Pole Team	Template:Flagicon Norman Simon Template:Flagicon Günther Blieninger Template:Flagicon Mark Simo	Riley & Scott Mk III	M	8
					Judd GV4 4.0 L V10

Statistics

• Pole Position LMP - #78 Audi Sport North America (Frank Biela) - 1:48.825
• Pole Position GTS - Ron Fellows #3 Corvette Racing - 1:59.646
• Pole Position GT - Dirk Muller #5 Dick Barbour Racing - 2:07.064
• Fastest Lap - #78 Audi Sport North America (Emanuele Pirro) - 1:50.287
• Distance - 2143.646 km
• Average Speed - 178.141 km/h