Homestead 250 Miles 2000 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Grand-American Nextel 250 Homestead-Miami		Date: 30.4.2000
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (United States), 3.862 kms	Organiser: unknown
Homestead 250 Miles
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 3)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	250 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	41
Practiced:	32
Qualified:	31
Started:	29
Finished:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start
Sportsracer	11	10
Sportsracer II	4	4
GTO	3	3
GTU	11	8
AGT	4	4

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Race notes:
3 full-course cautions

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 30 minutes (GT: 25 minutes) on 5-6/5
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 175 minutes on 5-6/5

Winners:
Overall:	27	Doran Special Judd	Baldi / Theys
Sportsracer II:	22	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Oberto / Hampton
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Johnson / Borcheller
GTU:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Fitzgerald / Law
AGT:	118	Chevrolet Camaro	Leavy / Cohen
Leaders:
laps 1-16:	27	Doran Special Judd
laps 17-31:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 32-39:	27	Doran Special Judd
laps 40-70:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 71-104:	27	Doran Special Judd
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	27	Doran Special Judd	Baldi / Theys	1:11.4630	194.5697 km/h	lap 75
Sportsracer II:	6	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Brent Sherman (USA)	1:15.8040	183.4298 km/h	lap 61
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:18.5840	176.9409 km/h	lap 83
GTU:	98	Porsche 996 Supercup	Randy Pobst (USA)	1:22.5930	168.3519 km/h	lap 53
AGT:	118	Chevrolet Camaro	Jon Leavy (USA)	1:21.4950	170.6210 km/h	lap 76
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Doran Special Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:10.6670	196.7648 km/h
Sportsracer II:	22	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Larry Oberto (USA)	1:16.2920	182.2566 km/h
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:17.6100	179.1618 km/h
GTU:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Kevin Buckler (USA)	1:21.7550	170.0787 km/h
AGT:	09	Chevrolet Camaro IV	Craig Conway (USA)	1:20.9610	171.7460 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Riley & Scott (5), Lola (5), Chevrolet (3), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (7), Porsche (7), Chevrolet (4), Nissan (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (5), Lola B2K/40 (3), Porsche 996 GT3-R (3), Chevrolet Camaro (3), BMW M3 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (50), GB (2), I (2), CDN (2)
Most used colours:	white (40%), yellow (15%), red (13%), black (13%), blue (7%), silver (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (48%), front-engined (34%), rear-engined (18%)
Average engine size:	4366 cc (with regard to 7% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4488 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (64), Jim Downing (58), John Morton (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Ron Johnson (26), Brent Sherman (26), Oliver Gavin (28)

Official Race Programme:

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