1999 Australian Touring Car season
The 1999 Australian Touring Car season was the 40th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1999, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 25 touring car race meetings held during 1999; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1999 Shell Championship Series (SCS), two of them endurance races; an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); support programme events at the 1999 Australian Grand Prix and 1999 Honda Indy 300 and two stand-alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
Results and Standings[]
Race Calendar[]
The 1999 Australian touring car season consisted of 25 events.
Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1999 Australian Grand Prix.
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 |
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Craig Lowndes | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Mark Skaife | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Larry Perkins | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VT Commodore | DNF | 12 | 8 | 3 |
Steven Richards | 12 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Russell Ingall | 8 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VT Commodore | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Jason Bright | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 7 | DNF | 13 | 6 |
Steve Ellery | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Tony Longhurst | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 |
Rodney Forbes | 28 | Rodney Forbes Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 20 | 15 | 9 |
Paul Romano | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 31 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
27 | Holden VS Commodore | 17 | DNF | 18 | 11 | ||
Mark Larkham | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 10 | 15 | 19 | 12 |
Jason Bargwanna | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | DNF | 27 | DNS | 13 |
16 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 23 | 23 | 17 | 14 | |
47 | Daily Planet Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 22 | DNF | 21 | 15 | |
Trevor Ashby | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 13 | 18 | 22 | 16 |
50 | Holden VS Commodore | 18 | 19 | 24 | 17 | ||
David Parsons | 72 | Holden VS Commodore | 19 | DNF | 25 | 18 | |
Anthony Tratt | 75 | John Sidney Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 21 | DNF | DNF | 19 |
55 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 29 | 24 | 26 | 20 | |
74 | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 21 | DNF | 21 | ||
Nathan Pretty | 50 | Holden VS Commodore | 24 | DNF | 27 | 22 | |
14 | Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VT Commodore | 28 | 26 | 29 | 23 | |
48 | Rod Smith Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 27 | 28 | DNS | 24 | |
77 | V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 30 | DNF | 30 | 25 | |
Steven Richards | 7 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 12 | 9 | DNS | 26 |
Paul Weel | 43 | Paul Weel Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 15 | 17 | 20 | DNF |
54 | Simon Emerzidis | Ford EL Falcon | 25 | 22 | 23 | DNF | |
Mark Noske | 99 | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 13 | 16 | DNF | |
Neil Crompton | 6 | Ford Tickford Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 20 | 10 | 7 | DNF |
Wayne Gardner | 19 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | DNF | 11 | 9 | DNF |
Cameron McLean | 40 | Greenfield Mowers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 11 | 29 | 32 | DNF |
79 | Cadillac Productions | Ford EL Falcon | 26 | 25 | 28 | DNF | |
Garth Tander | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | DSQ | 16 | 10 | DNF |
Glenn Seton | 5 | Ford Tickford Racing | Ford AU Falcon | DNF | DNF | 11 | DNF |
John Faulkner | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VT Commodore | 14 | 8 | 31 | DNF |
John Bowe | 66 | PAE Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 4 | 5 | 4 | DNF |
Dick Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 16 | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Paul Radisich | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Todd Kelly | 15 | Holden VS Commodore | 8 | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Shell Championship Series[]
Australian Super Touring Championship[]
Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300[]
Bob Jane T-Marts 500[]
V8 Supercar Challenge[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1999 Honda Indy 300.[1]
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 |
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Paul Radisich | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Russell Ingall | 8 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 4 | 5 | 2 |
John Faulkner | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VT Commodore | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Wayne Gardner | 19 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Mark Larkham | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Jason Bright | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 15 | 12 | 6 |
Larry Perkins | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 11 | 11 | 7 |
Jason Bargwanna | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 13 | 13 | 8 |
Glenn Seton | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 14 | 16 | 9 |
Steven Richards | 96 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 20 | 17 | 10 |
Steve Reed | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | 15 | 11 |
Mark Skaife | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 10 | 12 |
Tony Longhurst | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 10 | 9 | 13 |
Paul Romano | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNF | 14 |
David Parsons | 73 | Challenge Recruitment | Holden VS Commodore | 17 | 19 | 15 |
Rodney Forbes | 28 | Rodney Forbes Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 18 | DNF | 16 |
Neil Crompton | 6 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 9 | 14 | 17 |
Dick Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 16 | 18 | DNF |
Garth Tander | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 3 | 3 | DNF |
Steve Ellery | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 2 | 2 | DNS |
Craig Lowndes | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 5 | 4 | DNS |
22 | Colourscan Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 19 | 20 | DNS |
References[]
- ^ "Gold Coast 17/10/1999 1999 Honda Indy 300 Support Categories". National Software. 17 October 1999. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links[]
- 1999 in Australian motorsport
- 1999 in V8 Supercars
- Supercar seasons