Sports 2000

Sports 2000 is a restricted-rules class of two-seat, mid-engined, open-cockpit, full-bodied sports-prototype racecar used largely in amateur road racing.

The key attributes of the class were a body design reminiscent of two-liter Group 6 sports racing cars like the Chevron B21 and Lola T-212 but with an ultra-reliable and inexpensive drivetrain comprising a two-liter "Pinto" overhead camshaft engine with very limited allowed modifications and the well-proven, VW-based Hewland Mk 9 transaxle.

In the UK S2000 was largely seen as an alternative to front-engined Clubmans racing, a class for amateurs who were often deeply involved in developing their own cars over periods of years.

[2] In South Africa, an innovative transverse engined version of the Sports 2000 participated in a highly successful national series throughout the 1990s.

Companies that manufactured Sports 2000 chassis include: Apache, Carbir, Chevron, Crossle,[3] Doran, Gunn,[4] Lola, March, MCR, Ocelot, Pratt & Miller, Reynard, Royale, Shannon, Shrike,[5] Swift, Tiga Race Cars, and Van Diemen.