1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

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

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