1999 Shell Championship Series

The 1999 Shell Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars which began on 28 March 1999 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 14 November at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 rounds. The Australian Touring Car Championship was renamed for 1999 in what was essentially a marketing decision, however the winner of the newly named series was also awarded the 1999 Australian Touring Car Championship title by CAMS.[1] 1999 was the first season since 1977 in which the longer distance, endurance race events were included in the championship. For the first time in the championship's history, tyres supplied by Bridgestone specified for all cars.[2]

1999 V8 Supercar
Drivers' champion:
Craig Lowndes
Teams' champions:
Holden Racing Team
Previous: 1998 Next: 2000

This series was won by Craig Lowndes of the Holden Racing Team.

Teams and drivers

The Ford Falcon EL in which Bob Thorn contested the Championship for Briggs Motor Sport. The car is pictured in 2018 in its 1999 colours.

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1999 Shell Championship Series. The series consisted of 11 rounds of sprint racing with one driver per car and two rounds (the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car shared by two drivers.

Team Car No. Drivers Events Endurance Event Drivers
Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore 1 Craig Lowndes 1–8, 10–13 Cameron McConville
2 Mark Skaife All Paul Morris
Holden Young Lions Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
15 Todd Kelly 1, 6–7, 12–13 Mark Noske
Cameron McConville 9
99 Mark Noske 1–7 N/A
Lansvale Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 3 Trevor Ashby 1–2, 6–7, 11–13
Steve Reed 3–5, 8–10
28 Rodney Forbes All Geoff Full
Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon 4 Jason Bright All Craig Baird
Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon 5 Glenn Seton All Geoff Brabham
Neal Bates
Ford EL Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
6 Neil Crompton All
Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 7 Steven Richards All Greg Murphy
12 Greg Murphy 1–11 N/A
Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
73 David "Truckie" Parsons 4–13 David "Skippy" Parsons
Perkins Engineering Holden VT Commodore 8 Russell Ingall 1–11 N/A
11 Larry Perkins All Russell Ingall
Larkham Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 10 Mark Larkham All Brad Jones
Imrie Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 14 Mike Imrie 2, 4–6, 8–10, 12–13 Rodney Crick
McDougall Motorsport Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
16 Dugal McDougall 1–4
6–13
Andrew Miedecke
Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 17 Dick Johnson 1–7, 9–13
Steven Johnson 8
18 Paul Radisich All Steven Ellery
Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VT Commodore 19 Wayne Gardner 2, 13 David Brabham
Colourscan Motorsport Ford EL Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
22 Danny Osborne 1–2, 6–7, 10, 12–13
Brett Peters 3, 11
Ford EL Falcon 42 Mark Williams
Scott Fleming
Romano Racing Holden VS Commodore 24 Paul Romano 1–4, 6–13 Tomas Mezera*
Darren Hossack**
Longhurst Racing Ford AU Falcon 25 Tony Longhurst All Adam Macrow
M3 Motorsport Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
26 John Cotter 1, 6–7
Peter Doulman 2, 4, 8, 10–13
Terry Finnigan Holden VS Commodore 27 Terry Finnigan 1, 13
Darren Pate 8, 10–11
Greg Crick Motorsport Ford EL Falcon 30 Greg Crick 1 N/A
Harris Racing Ford EL Falcon 30 Craig Harris 7, 10–11, 13 Tim Shaw
Steven Ellery Racing Ford EL Falcon 31 Steven Ellery 1, 4–5, 7, 10–11 N/A
Tomas Mezera Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 32 Tomas Mezera 1–2, 4, 6–7, 13 Tony Ricciardello
Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 33 Allan McCarthy 6, 13
Phil Ward 7
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
34 Garth Tander All Greg Ritter
Matthew Coleman*
Steve Owen**
Holden VT Commodore 35 Jason Bargwanna All
Schembri Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 36 Neil Schembri 13 Gary Quartly
Scotty Taylor Racing Holden VS Commodore 37 Bill Attard 1, 11, 13 Alan Taylor
South Pacific Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 38 Peter Field 13 Shane Howison
Challenge Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 39 Chris Smerdon 1–2, 6–8, 10–13 Mal Rose*
Charlie Cox**
Greenfield Mowers Racing Ford EL Falcon 40 Cameron McLean All Wayne Park*
John Cleland**
Simon Emerzidis Holden VS Commodore
Ford EL Falcon
41 Garry Willmington 4 Garry Holt
Bill Sieders 13
Ford EL Falcon 54 Simon Emerzidis 1–2, 4, 7, 11–13 Garry Willmington
Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon 43 Paul Weel 1, 4–13 Greg Crick
John Faulkner Racing Holden VT Commodore 46 John Faulkner All Simon Wills
Holden VS Commodore 96 Paul Dumbrell 1, 9, 12–13 Matthew White
Cameron McConville 6–8
Matthew White 10–11
Daily Planet Racing Holden VS Commodore 47 John Trimbole 12–13 Kevin Heffernan
Rod Smith Racing Holden VS Commodore 48 D'arcy Russell 2–5, 8, 11–13 Grant Johnson
Layton Crambrook Holden VS Commodore 49 Layton Crambrook 8–13 Dean Crosswell
Clive Wiseman Racing Holden VS Commodore 50 Mick Donaher 1–7, 10–11 Melinda Price
Dean Lindstrom 12–13
Charles Ryman Ford EL Falcon 51 Charles Ryman 1 N/A
Wayne Wakefield 5, 7
Barry Morcom Holden VS Commodore 52 Barry Morcom 1–2, 6–7, 11 N/A
Rod Nash Racing Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
55 Rod Nash 1–8, 10–13 Dean Wanless
Pretty Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 60 Nathan Pretty 3, 10, 13 Andrew Fawcet
Nicole Pretty 8
James Rosenberg Racing Holden VT Commodore 66 Mark Poole 8–13 Tony Scott
Briggs Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 70 John Briggs 2, 4–7, 10–13 Tim Leahey
Ford EL Falcon 80 Bob Thorn 1, 4–8, 12–13 Todd Wanless
Robert Smith Racing Holden VS Commodore 72 David Parsons 1–2 N/A
Robert Smith 6
Paul Little Racing Ford AU Falcon 75 Anthony Tratt 1, 4–6, 8–13 Alan Jones
V8 Racing Holden VS Commodore 77 Richard Mork 1, 6, 11, 13 Christian D'Agostin
Cadillac Productions Ford EL Falcon 79 Mike Conway 1–2, 6–7, 9–13 Ric Shaw
Bob Jones 8
Rowse Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 81 Tim Rowse 13 Ron Barnacle
Miller Racing Holden VS Commodore 84 Daniel Miller 2–3, 5, 11–13 Tony Ricciardello*
Geoff Kendrick**
Rod Salmon Holden VS Commodore 87 Damien White 11, 13 Rod Salmon
Geoff Kendrick Holden VS Commodore 92 Geoff Kendrick 3, 5 N/A
Graphic Skills Racing Holden VS Commodore 97 Wayne Wakefield 12–13 Dean Canto
Owen Parkinson Racing Holden VS Commodore 98 Kerryn Brewer 2 Neil Crowe
Gary Baxter 4
Wayne Wakefield 6
Kim Jane 8
David Parsons 9–10
Dean Canto 11
Barry Cassidy 13
Power Racing Ford EL Falcon 134 Alan Heath 2–3, 5, 7–8, 12–13 Warren Luff*
Mick Donaher**
PAE Motorsport Ford EL Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
600 John Bowe All Jim Richards

* = Drove in the Queensland 500 only

** = Drove in the FAI 1000 only

Race Calendar

The 1999 Shell Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds which included eleven sprint rounds of two or three races and two endurance races (Queensland 500 and FAI 1000). It was the first time since 1977 that endurance races had been included in the championship.

Rd. Race Title
Circuit
Location / State Date Winner(s) Team Report
1 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 26–28 March Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
2 Sensational Adelaide 500
Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide, South Australia 8–11 April Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Report
3 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 30 April – 2 May Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team
4 Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 14–16 May Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team
5 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 4–6 June Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing
6 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 25–27 June Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
7 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 9–11 July Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport
8 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 23–25 July Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team
9 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 6–8 August Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
10 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 20–22 August Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport
11 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 3–5 September Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
12 Queensland 500
Queensland Raceway
Ipswich, Queensland 17–19 September Russell Ingall
Larry Perkins
Perkins Engineering Report
13 FAI 1000
Mount Panorama Circuit
Bathurst, New South Wales 11–14 November Steven Richards
Greg Murphy
Gibson Motorsport Report

Championship standings

Format  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th 
Sprint races 50 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Endurance races 300 276 264 252 240 228 216 204 192 180 168 156 144 132 120 108 96 84 72 60 48 36 24 12 6
Pos. Driver ECK ADE PER PHI DAR SAN IPS1 CAL TAS WIN OPK IPS2 BAT Total
R1 R2 R3 R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R1
1 Craig Lowndes 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 Ret 2 2 1 3 1 5 1 Ret WD 16 7 5 2 2 2 3 2 1918
2 Russell Ingall 9 8 5 4 Ret 10 4 3 5 6 1 1 14 18 11 6 1 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 7 5 2 4 3 2 6 11 8 1 7 1804
3 Mark Skaife 1 1 2 Ret 2 8 17 1 1 2 7 7 5 1 1 2 4 4 11 2 1 2 2 1 1 8 6 11 1 1 1 22 3 1656
= Glenn Seton 5 7 4 9 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 4 21 6 5 7 Ret 17 9 9 5 4 10 6 4 Ret WD WD 9 16 11 4 5 =
5 Garth Tander 4 4 3 24 10 Ret 7 8 9 Ret 5 6 2 7 4 3 2 3 2 5 4 1 8 4 Ret 3 4 6 5 4 4 2 Ret 1470
6 Greg Murphy 13 9 6 2 Ret Ret 13 13 24 14 15 10 19 13 7 10 9 11 12 20 11 12 1 10 7 14 17 12 Ret 17 12 6 1 1428
7 Steven Richards 11 Ret 20 5 11 7 5 7 8 4 17 Ret Ret 8 Ret 19 17 9 Ret 8 WD WD 11 8 WD 14 9 15 Ret 14 10 6 1 1310
8 Jason Bright 2 6 30 3 4 3 6 14 14 8 4 2 1 5 6 5 6 6 4 3 Ret DNS 5 Ret 14 2 2 4 3 3 3 Ret Ret 1276
9 Larry Perkins 6 3 Ret 7 7 16 11 WD WD WD 11 11 8 14 10 9 Ret DNS WD 14 10 13 14 11 6 27 Ret Ret 14 10 16 1 7 1232
10 Dick Johnson 16 24 14 10 14 9 29 11 10 10 9 13 13 12 9 8 Ret 14 Ret Ret 16 9 11 10 10 12 12 Ret 7 4 1160
11 Jason Bargwanna 8 5 15 8 9 24 16 Ret WD WD 8 8 4 10 17 Ret 7 26 8 Ret 15 10 4 2 3 1 1 1 28 9 Ret 2 Ret 1148
12 Neil Crompton Ret Ret 16 13 5 5 Ret Ret 22 24 6 24 Ret Ret 19 15 8 8 3 6 WD WD 3 3 Ret 25 14 9 8 19 26 4 5 1107
13 John Bowe 12 Ret DNS 11 8 Ret 14 9 7 5 10 5 3 3 Ret 16 11 7 1 7 3 3 16 9 5 Ret 12 8 11 8 12 18 Ret 1078
14 Tony Longhurst 7 10 7 Ret 12 6 21 15 6 12 12 15 6 9 16 12 15 16 7 12 9 9 12 17 11 6 13 Ret Ret 15 9 Ret Ret 830
15 John Faulkner341211Ret613Ret54RetRet239118Ret12101613881912Ret108713RetDNS9Ret 824
16 Paul RadisichRet1517Ret1343613RetDNS912434556Ret127RetRetWD5531055RetRet 812
17 Cameron McConville22131330RetWD117667WD32 770
18 Cameron McLeanRet1710121611929Ret13Ret1924171211Ret2515171311913Ret181614776RetRet 721
19 Mark Noske151186Ret2110Ret167141215Ret2217RetWDWDRet6 688
20 David Parsons2325DNS1820172819Ret1724252319Ret2123202017218RetRetRet22RetWD511 670
21 Mark Larkham142613Ret181412Ret15Ret2616715151410131028141415Ret1328192521RetRet16Ret 617
22 Steve Reed191515101226131711251616181821172116816 595
23 Steven Johnson106574 576
24 Paul WeelWDWDWD21181518182321232127RetRetRet2219231410Ret242027Ret15148 536
25 Trevor Ashby191922232021242220Ret171313816 514
26 Paul Romano221828Ret17128121111RetRetRet15RetDNS202012915131518RetRet13 498
27 Dugal McDougall2013RetDNS20182316WDWD162027RetRetWD1824Ret2823RetRet25221820171120 451
28 David Parsons212415212828511 446
29 Rodney ForbesRet1621161522Ret1730192521DNS26182020Ret2516Ret22132217263327Ret2725Ret12 423
30 Greg Crick252012148 373
31 Neal Bates1010 360
= Geoff Brabham1010 =
33 Mick Donaher21231915Ret172018192016201633272518RetRet1211Ret16Ret23Ret 355
34 Greg Ritter129 348
35 Steve Ellery10219262892714101612RetRet1818467RetRet 342
36 Todd KellyRetWDWD232422141514Ret6 304
37 Paul Morris223 300
38 Layton Crambrook191718221518232617DNQDNQDNQ13Ret 246
39 Andrew Miedecke1120 228
40 Wayne Gardner1414 220
41 Rod Nash27RetWDRet24191922292322Ret20WDWDWD26RetWD27RetRet19322124251915Ret 207
42 Simon Wills9Ret 192
= Steve Owen9 =
44 Peter Doulman19Ret2318242521DNQDNQDNQ2524Ret19Ret 181
45 Tomas Mezera1814DNS20RetWDWD191418281918RetRet 174
46 Anthony Tratt26272319RetWD20RetRet25RetWD262125251916Ret2930WDWDWD17Ret 163
47 Mark Poole21191524RetRetRet31RetWDWDWDRet15 162
48 Dean Lindstrom2017 156
= Melinda Price2017 =
= Geoff FullRet12 =
= Matthew Coleman12 =
52 Dean Crosswell13Ret 144
= Darren Hossack13 =
54 David Brabham14 132
55 D'Arcy Russell2227232424Ret2524RetWDDNQDNQDNQWDWDWDRet19 123
56 John BriggsRetRet2016RetWDWD302828131813202031DNQDNQ20RetRet 120
= Tony ScottRet15 =
= Dean Wanless15Ret =
59 Nathan Pretty2220187Ret2321 118
60 Brad Jones16Ret 108
61 Chris Smerdon2433Ret1728262623RetRetDNS23Ret222724232618RetRet 100
62 Darren Pate221817132219202224Ret 96
= Alan Jones17Ret =
64 Simon Emerzidis29Ret29212321172129Ret26232224Ret 90
65 Jim Richards18Ret 84
= Gary Quartly18 =
= Neil Schembri18 =
68 John Cotter32Ret25313132DNQRet2219Ret 78
69 Grant JohnsonRet19 72
70 Mike Conway3028242632293129RetWDWDWDWDDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ21Ret 70
71 Craig Harris2527Ret152329192114Ret 67
72 Wayne WakefieldRet2218273230Ret221725Ret 58
73 Ric Shaw21Ret 48
= Andrew Fawcet21 =
75 Danny OsborneRetWDWDRetRetWDWD242320DNQ302623Ret 40
76 Terry Finnigan172218Ret 36
= Peter Field22 =
= Shane Howison22 =
79 Mike ImrieRet2725Ret232722DNQDNQ29DNQ26232725RetDNQDNQDNQRetRet 28
80 Brett Peters26RetDNSWDWDWD23Ret 24
81 Phil WardRet2119WD 20
82 Geoff Kendrick21RetDNS2125RetRet 17
83 Alan Heath25252522WDWDWDDNQ2424DNQDNQDNQRetRet 16
84 Bob Thorn2829RetRet2622Ret26RetWDWDWDRet2823DNQ2824DNQDNQDNQRetRet 12
= Garry Willmington28WD2724Ret =
86 Gary Baxter252721 9
87 Dean CantoDNQDNQDNQ25Ret 6
88 Daniel MillerDNS2326RetWDWDWDRetRet 4
NC Richard MorkDNQ3126DNQ30RetDNQDNQDNQRet 0
= Bob JonesDNQDNQ26 =
= Paul DumbrellWDWDWD26RetRetRetRet =
= Kevin Heffernan26Ret =
= John Trimbole26Ret =
= Barry Morcom333227RetDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ =
= Kim JaneDNQ2727 =
= Allan McCarthy29RetRetWD =
= Bill Attard3130RetDNQDNQDNQRet =
= Kerryn BrewerRet =
= Matthew WhiteDNQDNQDNQWDWDWDRetRet =
= Damien WhiteDNQDNQDNQRet =
= Wayne ParkRet =
= Warren LuffRet =
= Craig BairdRetRet =
= Tim LeaheyRetRet =
= Adam MacrowRetRet =
= Rodney CrickRetRet =
= Todd WanlessRetRet =
= Tony RicciardelloRet =
= John ClelandRet =
= Charlie CoxRet =
= Christian D'AgostinRet =
= Tim ShawRet =
= Rod SalmonRet =
= Mark WilliamsRet =
= Scott FlemingRet =
= Mal RoseRet =
= Ron BarnacleRet =
= Tim RowseRet =
= Garry HoltRet =
= Bill SiedersRet =
= Alan TaylorRet =
= Nicole Pretty DNQ DNQ DNQ =
= Charles Ryman WD WD WD =
= Robert Smith WD WD WD =
= Barry Cassidy WD =
= Neil Crowe WD =
Sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Privateers award

The Privateers award was contested over all rounds except Rounds 2, 12 & 13.[9] Unlike 1998, points were awarded to the driver rather than the team.[9] The best five scores from the ten rounds could be retained by each driver.[9]

Pos.[9] Driver [9] Car Entrant Points [9]
1 Cameron McLean Ford EL Falcon Greenfield Mowers Racing 250
2 Rodney Forbes Holden VS Commodore Bob Forbes Corporation 242
3 Steve Reed Holden VS Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 230
4 Mick Donaher Holden VS Commodore Ultra Tune Racing 220
5 David Parsons Holden VS Commodore Smiths Trucks & Challenge Recruitment 214
6 Mike Imrie Holden VS Commodore Saabwreck Motorsport 176
7 Chris Smerdon Holden VS Commodore Challenge Motorsport 156
8 Bob Thorn Ford EL Falcon Supercheap Auto 142
9 Mike Conway Ford EL Falcon Cadillac Productions 128
10 Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 126

See also

References

  1. Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 3 December 2008. Archived 14 May 2009.
  2. Some things never change, V8 Supercars 1999 Review magazine, pages 4 to 8
  3. "Shell Championship Series standings for 1999". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  4. "Nicole Pretty (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  5. "Charles Ryman (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  6. "Robert Smith (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  7. "Barry Cassidy (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  8. "Neil Crowe (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  9. 1999 SCS Privateers Review, V8 Supercars 1999 Review magazine, pages 98 to 101
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