# 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.

## 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'. 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 | 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 |
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