1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500

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The 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 3 October 1999. [1] It was the 37th and last in a sequence of annual touring car endurance races to be organized by the Australian Racing Driver's Club at the Mount Panorama Circuit, previous events having included Bathurst 500 races and, from 1973, the Bathurst 1000.

The race was open to Super Touring cars, [1] with FIA Production cars, GT Production cars and Schedule S cars [2] also invited to compete. Qualifying established the grid for a 100 kilometer preliminary race, the Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 100, which in turn determined grid positions for the 500 kilometer main event.

The Super Touring 500 was won by Paul Morris driving a BMW 320i.

Race

The race was very heavily weather affected with rain wreathing the circuit for much of the day, earlier blighting the Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300 race held for a combined field of AUSCARs and Future Touring Cars. The race spent many laps behind a safety car because of heavy rain and poor visibility caused by fog across the top of the Mountain, including the final 17 laps and was eventually declared after 50 laps, 31 short of the intended full race distance. Paul Morris avenged his disqualification from victory in the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 taking victory over the two-car factory supported Volvo team, Jim Richards driving solo as Cameron McLean was unable to take his scheduled middle stint because of the weather and because of tyre issues, and Craig Baird and Matthew Coleman. Fourth place and leading independent driver was young New Zealander Mark Porter who had impressed team owner Mike Downard that he kept Porter in the car rather than take his own turn at the wheel. Leading independent team Knight Racing saw the Dean Canto / Leanne Ferrier buried in a sand trap at The Chase while the lead car of Peter Hills / Ron Searle struggled with water leaks and electrical issues.

Official results

Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 100

Pos [3] NoTeamDriversCarLapsQual
Pos
13 Volvo Dealer Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards Volvo S40 161
21 Paul Morris Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris BMW 320i 162
34Volvo Dealer Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird Volvo S40 163
488Knight Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 165
544Knight Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto Ford Mondeo 164
69Aaron McGill Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron McGill Ford Mondeo 158
710TC Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Newman Peugeot 406 156
820TC Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Robson Peugeot 406 157
995Phoenix Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Miller Toyota Camry 1510
1014MPD Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Porter BMW 320i 1512
1138Rod Salmon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 1513
1212Rodney Jones Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton Vauxhall Cavalier 1515
1315Archerfield Speed Karts Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Kilpatrick Porsche 930 1516
1422Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation Flag of New Zealand.svg Debbie Chapman BMW 320i 1517
DNF7Anthony Robson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Letcher BMW 318i 1014
DNF24Bruce Miles Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Miles BMW 318i 311
DNF97Triple P Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Claude Elias Hyundai Lantra 218
DNF8Project Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Cornish Nissan Primera 09

Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500

Pos [3] NoTeamDriversCarLapsB100
Pos
Qual
Pos
11 Paul Morris Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris BMW 320i 5022
23 Volvo Dealer Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McLean
Volvo S40 5011
34Volvo Dealer Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Coleman
Volvo S40 5033
414MPD Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Porter
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mike Downard
BMW 320i 491012
538Rod Salmon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien White
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 491113
612Rodney Jones Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Lloyd
Vauxhall Cavalier 491215
78Project Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jim Cornish
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Townshend
Nissan Primera 49DNF9
888Knight Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Hills
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Searle
Ford Mondeo 4945
995Phoenix Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Kilpatrick
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Miller
Toyota Camry 48910
1022Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation Flag of New Zealand.svg Dennis Chapman
Flag of New Zealand.svg Debbie Chapman
BMW 320i 481417
1124Bruce Miles Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Miles
Flag of New Zealand.svg Murray Cleland
BMW 318i 47DNF11
127Grid Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Letcher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenni Thompson
BMW 318i 46DNF14
139Aaron McGill Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron McGill
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Quartly
Ford Mondeo 3968
1477Motorsport Developments Flag of Australia (converted).svg Malcolm Rea
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dennis Cribbin
Toyota Carina 38DNSDNS
DNF97Triple P Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Claude Elias
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Leabeater
Hyundai Lantra 34DNF18
DNF10TC Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Newman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Zonneveld
Peugeot 406 2576
DNF44Knight Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Ferrier
Ford Mondeo 2454
DNF30Roadchill Express Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Searle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Searle
BMW 320i 9DNSDNS
DNF99Motorsport Developments Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clayton Haynes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carlos Rolfo
Toyota Carina 6DNS19
DNS20TC Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Robson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Zonneveld
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rick Armstrong
Peugeot 406 87
DNS15Archerfield Speed Karts Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Kilpatrick Porsche 930 1316

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References

  1. 1 2 Official Programme, Mt Panorama, Sunday 3 October 1999
  2. 1 2 Entry, Bathurst 500, Auto Action, 7 October 1999
  3. 1 2 3 Results, racing.natsoft.com.au
  4. Morris Reigns on Mountain, Auto Action, 14 October 1999, pages 17–19
  5. 1 2 Race results, www.teamdan.com Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 14 April 2018