2000 London–Sydney Marathon
Host country	United Kingdom Australia
Rally base	London Sydney
Dates run	3 June – 4 July 2000
Stages	58
Stage surface	Tarmac and Gravel
Overall distance	16,000 km (9,900 miles)
Statistics
Crews	95 at start, 78 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Stig Blomqvist Ben Rainsford

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.

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.^{[ citation needed]}

Results

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

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