2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship Season Review

The Eastern European Touring Car Championship Is Another Touring Car Series That Races With Super Touring Regulations Throughout 2000, And For This Edition, We Will Review Throughout The Whole Season, The Eastern European Touring Car Championship Is Inspired By Most Real And Imaginary Touring Car Championships Around The World Including The Imaginary World Touring Car Championship, The European Super Touring Car Championship And The British Touring Car Championship, The Championship Contains Drivers From Many Different Countries In Eastern Europe Including Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia And Montenegro, Poland, Turkey, Romania And Russia, As Well As Some Guest Entries From The British, Swedish, Irish, Imaginary World And The European Super Touring Championship, There Are Some Local Brands On The Grid Including Skoda, Dacia, Lada And Tofas, Renault And Fiat Have Also Made Their National Cars Build On Super Touring Regulations,
But Anyways, Let’s See Who’s Entered In The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship.
Skoda Have Entered 3 Octavias With Czech Touring Car Champion Josef Kopecky, Jan Vonka And Jaroslav Kostelecky.
Then We See Ford Team Mondeo, They Have Entered A Pair Of Mondeos With Zlatko Filipovic And Jaroslav Paral.
And Then We See BMWs On The Grid Ozren Granda For Zanatlija Castrol, And Tomić Motorsport Croatia Have Entered Branko Dorvranič And Siniša Košutič As Their Drivers.
It’s Going To Be One Action Packed Season In The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship.
Round 1, Hungaroring.
Round 1 Of The Eastern European Touring Car Championship Started At The Hungaroring In Hungary, And BMW Were Quick In Qualifying With Ozren Granda Taking Pole, Ahead Of The Skoda Of Jan Vonka, With Jan Kopecky In The 2nd Skoda Lining Up 3rd.
Race 1 Started With Granda Pulling Away At The Front Of The Field, Leading The Race Until Lap 8 When Vonka Overtook Him, And Then The BMW Crashed Out With 2 Laps To Go, And Skoda Start The 2000 Season With A 1-2 Finish, Vonka Ahead Of Kopecky,
Race 2, Ozren Granda Finally Took The Victory Ahead Of Josef Kopecky Who Finished 2nd, Ozren Now Leads The Championship By 5 Points Heading For The Next Race Weekend At Salzburgring In Austria.
Round 2, Salzburgring.
Round 2 Heads To Austria And Salzburgring, Skoda Were On The Pace During Qualifying With Josef Kopecky Taking Pole, However The Victory In Race 1 Went To His Team Mate Jan Vonka, Who Made A Great Getaway At The Start And Leading The Race, But Then In Race 2, Kopecky Then Takes A Victory, And Now He Leads The Championship Over Granda Heading For Round 3 In Poland,
Round 3, Tor Poznan.
In Poland For Round 3, Vonka Started On Pole For Race 1, He Pulled Off A Problem In His Skoda, Allowing Ozren Granda To Take Victory, However In Race 2, Vonka Took The Victory Ahead Of Granda, And Championship Leader Kopecky Finishing In 3rd And He Extends His Lead In The Championship Heading For Round 4 In Brno In The Czech Republic,
Round 4, Masaryk Circuit.
The 4th Round Of The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship Took The Teams To Brno In The Czech Republic, And Ozren Granda Took Another Victory In Race 1, And Again In Race 2 To Catch Up On Kopecky In The Championship As Slovenia Is Next On The Calendar,
Round 5, Mobikrog Cerklje ob Krki
And Then It Was Off To Slovenia For Round 5 Held At  Mobikrog Cerklje ob Krki, And The BMW Of Granda Has Done It Again By Taking Pole In The 1st Race Until Race Victory, And Then He Started On Pole, But Josef Kopecky Overtook Him With Only A Few Laps To Go, To Take Another Win And Edge Closer To More Points In The Championship.
Round 6, A1 Ring.
Round 6 Was Held At A1 Ring In Austria, And It Was Another Victory For Josef Kopecky, While Ford Get Their First Win With Zlatko Filipovič In Race 2, Josef Kopecky Leads The Champion By 5 Points Over Ozren Granda In 2nd And Jan Vonka In 3rd.
Round 7, Togliatti Ring.
In Russia, Ozren Granda Made It Two Wins Out Of Two To Take Points To Catch Josef Kopecky In The Championship.
Round 8, Chaika.
And Then In Ukraine In Race 1 For Granda, But In Race 2 Ford Get Another Victory With IBTCC Title Contender Alain Menu Winning, Granda Now Leads The Championship Over Kopecky As We Head To The Next Round,
Round 9, Piestany.
Ozren Granda Does The Double At Piestany In Slovakia To Lead Away In The Championship Over Josef Kopecky As We Head To The Next Round In Estonia,
Round 10, Parnu Ring.
However At Parnu Ring In Estonia, It Was Kopecky’s Turn To Do The Double By Winning Both Races To Match Ozren Granda’s Lead In The Championship, However The Sister Car Of Vonka Suffered A Major Crash In Race 1, But Is Car Was Repaired For Race 2, And He Finished 3rd In It.
Round 11, Miseluk.
In Serbia For Round 11, It’s A Fight Between Josef Kopecky And Ozren Granda In The Championship, Kopecky Won The First Race, While Granda Won The 2nd.
Round 12, Bikernieki.
It Was Good Weekend For Skoda In Latvia, Josef Kopecky Once Again Took 2 Race Victories, And Jan Vonka Starting On Pole In The 1st Race, They Finished 1st And 2nd In Both Races, Vonka Is Now 2nd In The Championship Ahead Of Granda.
Round 13, Serres.
The 13th Round Of The 2000 EETCC Headed To Greece, And Ozren Granda Started On Pole, But Josef Kopecky Won The Race, But Granda Won Race 2, Ozren Granda Is Now Back In 2nd In The Championship Ahead Of Vonka.
Round 14, Arad Autodrom.
We Were Halfway There In The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship As Round 14 Is Held At Arad Autodrom In Romania, And Josef Kopecky Took Another Back To Back Victories To Extend His Lead In The Championship By 8 Points Heading For Turkey.
Round 15, Izmir Park.
In Turkey For Round 15, Ozren Granda Started On Pole, And Then Won Race 1, While Jan Vonka Took Victory In Race 2 To Give Skoda Another 1-2 Finish Of The Year, With Championship Leader Kopecky Finishing 2nd.
Round 16, Palanga.
It Was Back To The Baltic States For Round 16 Of The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship At Palanga In Lithuania, Josef Kopecky Was Again On Pole, But Ozren Granda Won Race 1, But Kopecky Did It In Race 2, Starting On Pole To Win The Race, Another 10 Points Awarded To Kopecky As We Head To Belarus For Round 17.
Round 17, Vytebsk.
Round 17 Of The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship Headed To Belarus, And Ozren Granda Did It Again In Race 1, Despite Starting From 3rd On The Grid, But Jan Vonka Won Race 2 And Move Back To 2nd In The Driver’s Championship,
Round 18, Zuluzani.
With Only 4 Race Weekends Left, The Championship Headed To Bosnia And Herezgovnia, And Skoda Once Again Did The Double For Both Races, Josef Kopecky Winning Race 1, And Jan Vonka Winning Race 2, It’s Getting Close In The Championship Between These 2 Skoda Drivers,
Round 19, Varna.
As The Championship Headed To Bulgaria, Ford Did The Double, Alain Menu Took Victory In Race 1, And Rickard Rydell Did The Same In Race 2 For Ford Valvoline, Only 2 Race Meetings Left, It’s Going Down To The Wire Between Josef Kopecky, Jan Vonka And Ozren Granda.
Round 20, Autodrom Most.
It’s Back In The Czech Republic For Round 20 At Autodrom Most, Alfa Romeo Got A Victory In Race 1, Thanks To 1998 IBTCC Champion Fabrizio Giovinardi, Despite Nicola Larini Starting On Pole, And Then Josef Kopecky Won Race 2 And Wrap Up The Title Heading For The Final Race Weekend At Grobnik In Croatia.
Round 21, Grobnik.
And So The Final Round Of The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Championship Headed To Grobnik In Croatia, Where There’s A Title To Be Won, In Race 1 Rickard Rydell Started On Pole, But Josef Kopecky Made A Perfect Start To Lead The Race, And Then Take Victory, And Is The 2000 Eastern European Touring Car Champions, In Race 2 He Started On Pole, But He Then Colided With Granda Putting Them Both Out Of The Race, While Ford Got The Last Win Of 2000 With Rickard Rydell Winning It For Ford Valvoline,
And So There We Have It In The Drivers Championship, Kopecky Is The Champion, While Skoda Castrol Win The Teams Championship.
===== Drivers' Championship =====
1 Josef Kopecky 620 Pts
2 Jan Vonka        604 Pts
3 Ozren Granda  579 Pts
===== Teams' Championship =====
1 Skoda Castrol 1272 Pts
2 Zanatlija Castrol 1089 Pts
3 Ford Valvoline    745 Pts
Next Year’s Eastern European Touring Car Championship Will Be Better Than Ever With Kopecky Hoping To Defend His Title, See You At The Hungaroring In March For Opener Of The 2001 Eastern European Touring Car Championship.