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Adelaide Race of 1000 Years

2000 December 31: An Audi R8, #77, won the `Race of 1000 Years' in Adelaide, on the street circuit once used for the Australian F1 Grand-Prix. The car painted in a spectacular "crocodile" scheme was driven by Rinaldo Capello and Allan McNish.

A second Audi R8, #78, driven by Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro finished 6th after a crash 3 hours into the race required major repairs.

Results:

1. Capello/McNish (Audi R8) 225 laps

2. Konrad/Slater/Heath (Lola-Ford) - 21 laps

3. Beretta/Wendlinger/Dupuy (Chrylser) - 23 laps

4. Belloc/Amorim (Chrysler) - 23 laps

5. Müller/Luhr (Porsche) - 26 laps

6. Wars/Graham/Menzel (Porsche) - 34 laps

7. Borcheller/Lazzaro (BMW) - 34 laps

8. Duno/Watson/Lintott (Chrylser) - 35 laps

9. Brabham/Murphy/Bright (Panoz) - 35 laps

10. Cunning./Auberlen/Jonsson (BMW) - 35 laps

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