1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

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1999 Australian Drivers' Championship
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The 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to drivers of Formula Holden racing cars. [1] The winner of the championship, which was the 43rd Australian Drivers' Championship, [2] was awarded the 1999 CAMS Gold Star. [1] Due to a sponsorship arrangement with Holden, the championship was promoted as the "Holden Australian Drivers' Championship".

Contents

The championship was won by Simon Wills driving a Reynard 94D for Birrana Racing Pty Ltd.

Schedule

Brenton Ramsay placed 7th driving a Reynard 94D (image from 2015) Reynard 94D of Brenton Ramsay.JPG
Brenton Ramsay placed 7th driving a Reynard 94D (image from 2015)

The championship was contested over a seven-round series, with two races per round. [3]

Round [3] Circuit [3] StateDate [4] [5]
1 Eastern Creek Raceway New South Wales 27 & 28 March
2 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 10 & 11 April
3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 15 & 16 May
4 Sandown International Motor Raceway Victoria 27 June
5 Queensland Raceway Queensland 10 & 11 July
6 Winton Motor Raceway Victoria 21 & 22 August
7 Oran Park Raceway New South Wales 4 & 5 September

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race. [1]

Championship results

Pos. [6] [7] Driver [6] [7] No [4] [5] Car % [4] [5] Entrant [4] [5] Eastern CkAdelaidePhillip IsSandownQueenld RwyWinton RwyOran Pk RwyTotal [6] [7]
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1+R2R1R2
1 Simon Wills 8 Reynard 94DBirrana Racing Pty Ltd2020202015020202020202020235
2Chris Staff11Reynard 92DRalt Australia1515Ret81243121215Ret1515126
3 Matt Halliday 12Reynard 91D
Reynard 94D		Ralt Australia1041215411215DNS10Ret1212107
4 Adam Macrow 25Reynard 91D
Reynard 95D		Arthur Abrahams121215121036DNSRet070
5Akihiro Asai20Reynard 95DArthur Abrahams310Ret106Ret08RetRet12101069
6 Paul Dumbrell 7Reynard 94DBadia Court Pty Ltd4Ret86DNSDNS81010806Ret60
7Brenton Ramsay9Reynard 94DBirrana Racing Pty LtdRetRetRetRet8015DNS1512RetRet454
8 Todd Kelly 22Reynard 92D Greg Murphy 202040
9Les Crampton15Reynard 91DFIAA Australia Racing Team012336240344234
10Tim Leahey47Reynard 92DSH Racing10DNSRetRet15Ret833
11Dale Brede27Reynard 94DNational Capital Motors2RetRetRetDNS120384RetDNS29
12Damien Digby69Reynard 92DDamien Digby004402122Ret103Ret28
13Sam Astuti16Reynard 94DTony Astuti1010Ret115RetDNS27
14Kevin Bell10Reynard 91DRalt Australia68DNSDNS0620
15Peter Hill66Reynard 91DGreg MurphyRetDNS66618
16 Arthur Abrahams 19Reynard 95DArthur Abrahams8614
17Roger Oakeshott28Lola T93-50Roger Oakeshott0231200DNS102Ret314
18Jason Liefting25Reynard 95DArthur AbrahamsRet8614
19Chas Jacobsen87Reynard 92DChas Jacobsen0100010
20Craig Bastian23Reynard 92DCraig Bastian08RetRet8
21Bob Power48 Ralt RT23TAS Racing88
22Ian Peters24Reynard 91DIan Peters0Ret000142Ret108
23Stan Keen5 Shrike NB89HStan Keen6Ret6
24Garry Haywood26Reynard 90DGarry HaywoodRet24DNS06
25Lars Johansson36Reynard 94DLars Johansson0Ret3216
26Mark Ellis17Reynard 94DMark Ellis000000DNSDNS311RetRet5
27Ray Stubber22Reynard 92DGreg MurphyRet33
28Martyn Porter74Reynard 94DChris Hocking1Ret1
John de Vries74Reynard 94DChris HockingRetDNS
Steve Kelly18Reynard 94DNPS / Plumbtec RacingRetRetRet00
Chris Hocking74Reynard 94DChris Hocking0Ret00
Chas Talbot14 March 87BChas Talbot000
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)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Note:

% Contemporary Formula Holden regulations mandated the use of a 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine. [8]

+ No points were awarded for the first race of Round 6 [7] as the race was cancelled due to a series of accidents. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1999, page 7-11
  2. ↑ CAMS Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, www.cams.com.au via web.archive.com Retrieved 17 November 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 Aaron Noonan, Where there's a Wills..., V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pages 106-107
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Natsoft Race Results - 1999". Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 4 www.racetime.com.au Retrieved in 2000 - link no longer live
  6. 1 2 3 Motorsport Almanac Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 10 October 2009
  7. 1 2 3 4 1999 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship Pointscore Archived 28 November 2001 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fholden.asn.au on 31 December 1999 - Link no longer valid
  8. ↑ The Lion Kings, Official Program, Sensational Adelaide 500, 9,10,11 April 1999
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