1999 Shell Championship Series Explained

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]

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

Teams and drivers

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

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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 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 34 12 11 Ret 6 13 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 23 9 11 8 Ret 12 10 16 13 8 8 19 12 Ret 10 8 7 13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 824 16 Ret 15 17 Ret 13 4 3 6 13 Ret DNS 9 12 4 3 4 5 5 6 Ret 12 7 Ret Ret WD 5 5 3 10 5 5 Ret Ret 812 17 22 13 13 30 Ret WD 11 7 6 6 7 WD 3 2 770 18 Ret 17 10 12 16 11 9 29 Ret 13 Ret 19 24 17 12 11 Ret 25 15 17 13 11 9 13 Ret 18 16 14 7 7 6 Ret Ret 721 19 15 11 8 6 Ret 21 10 Ret 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= = DNQ DNQ DNQ WD WD WD Ret Ret = = DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret Ret = = Ret Ret = = Ret Ret = = Ret Ret = = Ret Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = Ret = = 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]

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.	Driver	Car	Entrant	Points
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

• 1999 Australian Touring Car season

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 1999 Racing Results Archive
• 1999 Australian Touring Car racing images (including the 1999 Shell Championship Series) at autopics.com.au

Notes and References

1. http://www.camsmanual.com.au/01_about.asp Australian Titles
2. Some things never change, V8 Supercars 1999 Review magazine, pages 4 to 8
3. News: Shell Championship Series standings for 1999. Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
4. News: Nicole Pretty (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics. Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
5. News: Charles Ryman (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics. Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
6. News: Robert Smith (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics. Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
7. News: Barry Cassidy (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics. Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
8. News: 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