Racing was held form Friday 7 April until Sunday 9 April 2000.

The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 3 of the 2000 Shell Championship Series.

The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day.

Unlike the 1999 race the two races were no longer combined into a single timesheet.

Points were still assigned separately to the races, and they combined to award a round result.