The Australian round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship continued its steady growth on the first weekend in May when 64 entrants from around the world made their way to Canberra to do battle on the smooth, sometimes rocky, twisting roads around the nation's capital.
The field included internationals from Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Caledonia. With the success of the first Asia Pacific- graded round in 1999, the 2000 version was expected to provide similar action.