1999 Australian Touring Car season explained
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.
| Date | Series | Circuit | City / State | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
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| 5–7 Mar | | Albert Park street circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 28 Mar | SCS Round 1 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 10–11 Apr | Sensational Adelaide 500 SCS Round 2 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 18 Apr | ASTC Round 1 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 1–2 May | SCS Round 3 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 2 May | ASTC Round 2 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Jim Richards | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo S40 | |
| 16 May | SCS Round 4 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 30 May | ASTC Round 3 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 6 Jun | SCS Round 5 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Jason Bright | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | |
| 20 Jun | ASTC Round 4 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 27 Jun | SCS Round 6 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 11 Jul | SCS Round 7 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 18 Jul | ASTC Round 5 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | |
| 25 Jul | SCS Round 8 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 1 Aug | ASTC Round 6 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Jim Richards | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo S40 | |
| 8 Aug | SCS Round 9 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 15 Aug | ASTC Round 7 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Jim Richards | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo S40 | |
| 22 Aug | SCS Round 10 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Jason Bargwanna | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 29 Aug | ASTC Round 8 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Jim Richards | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo S40 | |
| 5 Sep | SCS Round 11 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 19 Sep | Queensland 500 SCS Round 12 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Larry Perkins
Russell Ingall | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 3 Oct | Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | James Brock | Biante Model Cars | Holden VS Commodore | report |
| Bob Jane T-Marts 500 | Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | BMW 320i | report |
| 17–18 Oct | | Surfers Paradise street circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Paul Radisich | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | report |
| 14 Nov | FAI 1000 Classic SCS Round 13 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Steven Richards
Greg Murphy | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | report |
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Hot Wheels V8 Supercar Showdown
This meeting was a support event of the 1999 Australian Grand Prix.
Shell Championship Series
See main article: 1999 Shell Championship Series.
Australian Super Touring Championship
See main article: 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship.
Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300
See main article: 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300.
Bob Jane T-Marts 500
See main article: 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts 500.
V8 Supercar Challenge
This meeting was a support event of the 1999 Honda Indy 300.[1]
References
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gold Coast 17/10/1999 1999 Honda Indy 300 Support Categories . National Software . 17 October 1999 . 2008-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080527045856/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17%2F10%2F1999.GOLD . 27 May 2008 . dead . dmy-all .
