2000 Finnish Touring Car Championship




Round 1: Hameenlinna, 13th May

Race 1 - 17 laps 1 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 26m46.41 2 Karl Gronthal BMW 320i 26m46.63 3 Pasi Lahteenmaki VW Golf GTi 26m48.99 4 Jake Welin BMW 320i 26m49.74 5 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara 26m51.53 6 Aivis Ohtla BMW 320i 26m56.28 Race 2 - 17 laps 1 Arto Salmenauto BMW 320i 25m13.67 2 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 25m17.59 3 Pasi Lahteenmaki VW Golf GTi 25m18.81 4 Aivis Ohtla BMW 320i 25m20.62 5 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara 25m20.96 6 Michael Westman BMW 320i 25m28.52

Round 2: Kemora, 10th June

Race 1 - 19 laps 1 Kari Gronthal BMW 320i 25m20.672 2 Jarno Kalliomaki VW Golf GTi 25m22.352 3 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 25m23.578 4 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra 25m25.372 5 Pasi Lahteenmaki VW Golf GTi 25m25.774 6 Michael Westman BMW 320i 25m29.439 Race 2 - 19 laps 1 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra 25m30.020 2 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 25m32.573 3 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 25m33.698 4 Tapio Virtanen BMW 320i 25m36.144 5 Jarno Kalliomaki VW Golf GTi 25m36.501 6 Pasi Lahteenmaki VW Golf GTi 25m38.768

Round 3: Jurva, 22nd July

Race 1 - 20 laps 1 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra R 29m53.672 2 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 29m56.579 3 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara VTS 30m05.886 4 Rauno Nuoramo VW Golf GTi 30m06.611 5 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 30m06.998 6 Jorma Hannula Peugeot 306 GTI 30m07.928 Race 2 - 20 laps 1 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra R 28m26.076 2 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 28m32.698 3 Jorma Hannula Peugeot 306 GTI 28m47.514 4 Alvis Ohtla BMW 320i 28m47.967 5 Jake Welin BMW 320i 28m48.317 6 Jani Vuorinen VW Golf GTi 28m56.566

Round 4: Alastaro, 6th August

Race 1 - 19 laps 1 Jake Welin BMW 320i 27m31.276 2 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 27m45.249 3 Pasi Lahteenmaki VW Golf GTi 27m50.097 4 Teijo Lahti VW Golf GTi 27m54.114 5 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara VTS 27m55.418 6 Hannu Luostarinen Ford Escort 28m05.423 Race 2 - 19 laps 1 Jake Welin BMW 320i 27m44.052 2 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 27m46.603 3 Rauno Nuoramo VW Golf GTi 27m47.129 4 Teijo Lahti VW Golf GTi 27m48.611 5 Hannu Luostarinen Ford Escort 27m51.578 6 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara VTS 27m53.687

Round 5: Alastaro, 2nd September

Race 1 - 19 laps 1 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 27m29.622 2 Kari Gronthal BMW 320i 27m34.283 3 Mikko Lempinen VW Golf GTi 27m35.954 4 Ilmari Ullakko Honda Integra R 27m38.064 5 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 27m39.465 6 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara VTS 27m40.835 Race 2 - 19 laps 1 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra R 27m22.335 2 Ilmari Ullakko Honda Integra R 27m24.826 3 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 27m25.343 4 Kari Gronthal BMW 320i 27m25.883 5 Martti Simonen BMW 320i 27m30.759 6 Aivis Ohtla BMW 320i 27m31.900

Round 6: Hameenlinna, 16th September

Race 1 - 19 laps 1 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 25m10.632 2 Jake Welin BMW 320i 25m12.314 3 Ilmari Ullakko Honda Integra R 4 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 5 Rauno Nuoramo VW Golf GTi 6 Aarne Mustonen BMW 320i Race 2 - 12 laps 1 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 16m13.280 2 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 16m15.987 3 Jake Welin BMW 320i 4 Ilmari Ullakko Honda Integra R 5 Hannu Luostarinen Ford Escort RS2000 6 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra R

Championship Standings

1 Olli Haapalainen VW Golf GTi 478 pts 2 Arto Salmenautio BMW 320i 406 3 Indrek Sepp Honda Integra R 372 4 Jake Welin BMW 320i 314 5 Sami Haaparanta Citroen Xsara VTS 297 6 Kari Gronthal BMW 320i 295