1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Simon Wills

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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".

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

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Stan Keen	Shrike NB89H	5	Stan Keen	2
Badia Court Pty Ltd	Reynard 94D	7	Paul Dumbrell	All
Birrana Racing	Reynard 94D	8	Simon Wills	All
	Reynard 94D	9	Brenton Ramsay	All
Ralt Australia	Reynard 91D	10	Kevin Bell	1–2, 4
	Reynard 92D	11	Chris Staff	All
	Reynard 91D	12	Matt Halliday	All
Chas Talbot	March 87B	14	Chas Talbot	4, 6
PIAA Australia Racing Team	Reynard 91D	15	Les Crampton	All
Astuti Motorsport	Reynard 94D	16	Sam Astuti	1–4
Mantis Racing Cars	Ralt RT23	17	Mark Ellis	All
Plumbtec Racing	Reynard 94D	18	Steven Kelly	2, 4, 6
NRC International	Reynard 95D	19	Arthur Abrahams	1
	Reynard 95D	20	Akihiro Asai	All
	Reynard 92D	25	Adam Macrow	1–5
	Reynard 95D		Jason Liefting	6–7
Greg Murphy Racing	Reynard 92D	22	Ray Stubber	1
			Todd Kelly	3
	Reynard 91D	66	Peter Hill	4–6
Craig Bastian	Reynard 92D	23	Craig Bastian	3, 7
Ian Peters	Reynard 91D	24	Ian Peters	2–7
Gary Haywood	Reynard 90D	26	Garry Haywood	2, 4, 6
National Capital Motors	Reynard 94D	27	Dale Brede	1–5, 7
Barshott Racing	Lola T93/50	28	Roger Oakeshott	All
Lars Johansson	Reynard 94D	36	Lars Johansson	5–7
SH Racing	Reynard 92D	47	Tim Leahey	4–7
TAS Racing	Ralt RT23	48	Robert Power	6
Digby Motorsport	Reynard 92D	69	Damien Digby	All
Hocking Motorsport	Reynard 94D	74	John de Vries	1
			Chris Hocking	2–4
Digby Motorsport	Reynard 92D	87	Chas Jacobsen	3–4

Schedule

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]	State	Date [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 Ck Adelaide Phillip Is Sandown Queenld Rwy Winton Rwy Oran Pk Rwy Total [6] [7] R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1+ R2 R1 R2 1 Simon Wills 8 Reynard 94D Birrana Racing Pty Ltd 20 20 20 20 15 0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 235 2 Chris Staff 11 Reynard 92D Ralt Australia 15 15 Ret 8 12 4 3 12 12 15 Ret 15 15 126 3 Matt Halliday 12 Reynard 91D Reynard 94D Ralt Australia 10 4 12 15 4 1 12 15 DNS 10 Ret 12 12 107 4 Adam Macrow 25 Reynard 91D Reynard 95D Arthur Abrahams 12 12 15 12 10 3 6 DNS Ret 0 70 5 Akihiro Asai 20 Reynard 95D Arthur Abrahams 3 10 Ret 10 6 Ret 0 8 Ret Ret 12 10 10 69 6 Paul Dumbrell 7 Reynard 94D Badia Court Pty Ltd 4 Ret 8 6 DNS DNS 8 10 10 8 0 6 Ret 60 7 Brenton Ramsay 9 Reynard 94D Birrana Racing Pty Ltd Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 0 15 DNS 15 12 Ret Ret 4 54 8 Todd Kelly 22 Reynard 92D Greg Murphy 20 20 40 9 Les Crampton 15 Reynard 91D FIAA Australia Racing Team 0 1 2 3 3 6 2 4 0 3 4 4 2 34 10 Tim Leahey 47 Reynard 92D SH Racing 10 DNS Ret Ret 15 Ret 8 33 11 Dale Brede 27 Reynard 94D National Capital Motors 2 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 0 3 8 4 Ret DNS 29 12 Damien Digby 69 Reynard 92D Damien Digby 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 2 2 Ret 10 3 Ret 28 13 Sam Astuti 16 Reynard 94D Tony Astuti 1 0 10 Ret 1 15 Ret DNS 27 14 Kevin Bell 10 Reynard 91D Ralt Australia 6 8 DNS DNS 0 6 20 15 Peter Hill 66 Reynard 91D Greg Murphy Ret DNS 6 6 6 18 16 Arthur Abrahams 19 Reynard 95D Arthur Abrahams 8 6 14 17 Roger Oakeshott 28 Lola T93-50 Roger Oakeshott 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 DNS 1 0 2 Ret 3 14 18 Jason Liefting 25 Reynard 95D Arthur Abrahams Ret 8 6 14 19 Chas Jacobsen 87 Reynard 92D Chas Jacobsen 0 10 0 0 10 20 Craig Bastian 23 Reynard 92D Craig Bastian 0 8 Ret Ret 8 21 Bob Power 48 Ralt RT23 TAS Racing 8 8 22 Ian Peters 24 Reynard 91D Ian Peters 0 Ret 0 0 0 1 4 2 Ret 1 0 8 23 Stan Keen 5 Shrike NB89H Stan Keen 6 Ret 6 24 Garry Haywood 26 Reynard 90D Garry Haywood Ret 2 4 DNS 0 6 25 Lars Johansson 36 Reynard 94D Lars Johansson 0 Ret 3 2 1 6 26 Mark Ellis 17 Reynard 94D Mark Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 DNS DNS 3 1 1 Ret Ret 5 27 Ray Stubber 22 Reynard 92D Greg Murphy Ret 3 3 28 Martyn Porter 74 Reynard 94D Chris Hocking 1 Ret 1 John de Vries 74 Reynard 94D Chris Hocking Ret DNS Steve Kelly 18 Reynard 94D NPS / Plumbtec Racing Ret Ret Ret 0 0 Chris Hocking 74 Reynard 94D Chris Hocking 0 Ret 0 0 Chas Talbot 14 March 87B Chas Talbot 0 0 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did 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]

References

1. 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. Aaron Noonan, Where there's a Wills..., V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pages 106-107
4. "Natsoft Race Results - 1999". Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
5. www.racetime.com.au Retrieved in 2000 - link no longer live
6. Motorsport Almanac Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 10 October 2009
7. 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

External links

• 1999 Australian open wheeler images at autopics.com.au