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Sports2000 is a restricted-rules class of two-seat, mid-engined, open-cockpit, full-bodied sports-prototype racecar used largely in amateur road racing. Sometimes known as S2000 or S2, the class was developed by John Webb, then of the Brands Hatch racing circuit in England, as an affordable form of sports car racing, essentially a sports car version of Formula Ford 2000. 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. S2000 aerodynamics continued to evolve beyond their 1970s Group 6 roots, with very 'slippery' cars featuring spats over the wheels becoming the norm.

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. The category suffered due to the demise of FF2000 in the late 1980s, and further when Clubmans transformed into the rear-engined National Supersports category, but it has recently undergone something of a revival in both historic and contemporary forms as a (relatively) low-cost form of sports car racing.

In the US, while it continues to have popularity as an amateur race class within SCCA competition in the US, at one point in the late 1980s and early 1990s, professional Sports 2000 racing was prevalent. One such series was the American Cities Racing League (ACRL) where the teams represented cities (primarily on the US West Coast) much as in stick-and-ball sports. Rather than individual drivers running for the championship, the two team drivers earned points for their sponsor city, a concept revived for the A1GP, where teams represent countries rather than cities. This series used the uprated Cosworth/Ford YAC engine. Another series was the North American Pro Series or NAPS which visited many of the classic roadrace circuits in the U.S. and was often a support race for IMSA weekends. Later this series became the Oldsmobile Pro Series running the Oldsmobile Quad 4 engine.

Three classes of Sports 2000 racing are currently common in the eastern US and Canada, S2, VS2 (vintage), and HS2 (historic). Racing with the Vintage Sports 2000 North America[1] club frequently has fields of more than 20 cars of varying vintages.

In Sports 2000 racing in the UK, the Pinto engine has recently been replaced with the Mazda-based Ford Duratec engine, although Pintos continue to compete as a separate class. The primary group for UK Sports 2000 racing is Sports Racing Car Club(SRCC).[2]

In South Africa, an innovative transverse engined version of the Sports 2000 participated in a highly successful national series throughout the 1990s. Notable drivers (and series organizers) are Neville Jordan and Alan Eve who now own the A1GP cars and have set up Afrix Motorsport.

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.[6]

The engine size of the second generation DATSUN Fairlady started with 1500cc on "1500" in 1962. It finally reached 2000cc on "Fairlady 2000" SR311 in 1967. The combination of U20 engine (1,982cc, 4-cyl. inline, OHC) and SOLEX twin carburetor generated the max. output of 145ps and achieved the max. speed of 205km/h via 5-speed MT with Porsche type synchromesh.

SR311 was known as the first Japanese car that broke through a wall of 200km/h. It also achieved good results in races such as Japan GP 1967 and Rallye Monte-Carlo in 1968. It was often seen at events until the release of the successor Fairlady Z in 1969.

This is a left-hand-drive car for export to US.

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The cars have a strong visual appeal, purposeful and flowing, untainted by distracting tacked-on aerodynamic bits.. Their growing popularity saw the Sports 2000 class recognized for Sports Car Club of America National Championship status in 1980.

For several decades the North Atlantic Road Racing Championship produced some of the most competitive racing of the era, and made multiple stops at Lime Rock Park. 1990 was a benchmark, when a pair of teen-agers, Mike Borkowski and Chris Simmons, went head to head on a repeated basis. They were backed up by stalwarts like Joby Graham, Dave Belden, Joe Marcinski, Jeff McCusker, Brian and Simon Green, Brett Roubinek, Trish Pellegrino (Blethen) and many other dedicated weekend warriors. Chris Simmons went on to win SCCA National Champion in 1991, and both he and Borkowski advanced toward the upper levels of American motorsports. More recently Chris Simmons and his brother Jeff have both had prominent engineering roles in Indycar racing.

By the second decade of our 21st century the lustre had worn off a range of SCCA categories, including Sports 2000. The final champion was crowned in 2013, and it seemed as if these cars might fade into obscurity.

Rob Dusek, who comes from a racing family (his father, who will be racing with him this weekend, also owns a Can-Am Ferrari, which for many years was towed on an open trailer behind the family station wagon) takes up this narrative:

As the design evolved with improved aerodynamics and suspension it splintered the class, and older cars got parked. Eventually there were more cars sitting in garages than on the track. These are quality cars and too much fun to sit idle.

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The greatest athlete of the 21st century? That's easy. It has to be Tom Brady, the quarterback of the greatest dynasty America's favorite sport has ever seen, a seven-time Super Bowl champ and five-time Super Bowl MVP. Yep. Tom Brady.

Except ... no ... LeBron James, right? Four-time NBA champ, four-time Finals MVP, four-time regular-season MVP, 20-time All-NBA, most points scored in NBA history. No athlete has dominated the public conversation like LeBron has. He has to be No. 1.

Except, what about Serena Williams? Winner of 23 Grand Slam titles, the Serena Slam (holding all four major titles at the same time) and four Olympic gold medals. And she got her final Grand Slam event win while pregnant, putting her career on hold while she was at her most dominant.

Except, if you are going to pick a tennis player, what about Roger Federer? He transformed an entire sport with his artistry, his chess game on the court, his blazing forehand. He won 20 Grand Slam titles and became the most beloved tennis player of all time. Gotta be Fed.

Hmm. Maybe this isn't so easy. We didn't even mention the Olympians: Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles. Or Kobe. Gotta throw Kobe Bryant into the discussion. Or Lewis Hamilton. Or Peyton Manning. Or Floyd Mayweather. Or Tiger. Geez, almost forgot about Tiger Woods.

Yes, ranking the top 100 most accomplished athletes since 2000 wasn't quite so easy after all -- but it sure was fun. Twenty-five years ago, the ESPN SportsCentury project ranked the top 100 North American athletes of the 20th century. Michael Jordan came in first, followed by Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Wayne Gretzky. (Ruth should have been No. 1, but hey, I'm a baseball writer.) We also ranked a horse: Secretariat came in at No. 35.

With so many transcendent athletes over the past 25 years, we thought it was time to do another ranking. I promise you there are no horses this time (sorry, American Pharoah). In considering the best athletes of the 21st century, however, we have expanded our choices beyond North America. ESPN editions from around the globe contributed to the nominations and voting process, as well as the individual sport list rankings that will follow.

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