LE MANS Friday, June 30th 2000
The Dick Barbour #83 car that finished 13th overall and first in the LM GT class had fuel cell too large by 6 liters (roughly one lap of the Le Mans circuit) as determined by the committee of the Sporting Commission of the Le Mans 24-hours. It appears that Barbour has chosen not to fight the ruling. This is a big blow for the team and for Porsche. This means that the #73 Taisan Porsche is now the winner of the LM GT class.
The overall standings have are now CHRYSLER VIPER No. 57 in 13th overall with all the subsequent cars moving up one position. The list below shows the original finishing positions.
pos num class type 1 8 900 Audi R8 2 9 900 Audi R8 3 7 900 Audi R8 4 16 900 Courage C52 5 12 900 Panoz LMP1 6 23 900 Panoz LMP1 7 22 900 Panoz LMP1 8 11 900 Panoz LMP1 9 3 900 Cadillac LMP 10 6 900 Reynard 2KQ 11 1 900 Cadillac LMP 12 2 900 Cadillac LMP pos num class type 1 32 675 Lola B2KJ40 2 36 675 WR LMP pos num class type 1 51 GTS Chrysler Viper 2 53 GTS Chrysler Viper 3 64 GTS Corvette C5-R 4 63 GTS Corvette C5-R 5 52 GTS Chrysler Viper 6 57 GTS Chrysler Viper 7 60 GTS Porsche 911GT2 pos num class type 1 83 GT Porsche GT3R 2 73 GT Porsche GT3R 3 82 GT Porsche GT3R 4 76 GT Porsche GT3R 5 79 GT Porsche GT3R 6 80 GT Porsche GT3R 7 75 GT Porsche GT3R