1999 Shell Championship Series
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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. Australia’s national title series for V8 Supercar drivers, 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.
This series was won by Holden Racing Team driver Craig Lowndes.
Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1999 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series consisted of 11 rounds of sprint racing and two rounds (the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car shared by two drivers.
Team | Car | Car # | Drivers | Endurance Event Drivers |
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Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | 1 | ![]() |
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Holden VS Commodore | 15 | ![]() | ||
Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 3 | ![]() ![]() |
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Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 4 | ![]() |
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Glenn Seton Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 5 | ![]() |
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Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon |
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Gibson Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 7 | ![]() |
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Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | 8 | ![]() |
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Larkham Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 10 | ![]() |
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Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 14 | ![]() |
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Holden Young Lions | Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore |
15 | ![]() |
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Holden VS Commodore | 99 | ![]() | ||
McDougall Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore |
16 | ![]() |
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Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 17 | ![]() ![]() |
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Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VT Commodore | 19 | ![]() |
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Colourscan Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon |
22 | ![]() ![]() |
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Ford EL Falcon | 42 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 24 | ![]() |
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Longhurst Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 25 | ![]() |
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M3 Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore |
26 | ![]() ![]() |
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Terry Finnigan | Holden VS Commodore | 27 | ![]() ![]() |
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Greg Crick Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 30 | ![]() |
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Harris Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 30 | ![]() |
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Steven Ellery Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 31 | ![]() |
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Tomas Mezera Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 32 | ![]() |
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Pro-Duct Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 33 | ![]() ![]() |
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Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore |
34 | ![]() |
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Holden VT Commodore | 35 | ![]() | ||
Schembri Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 36 | ![]() ![]() | |
Scotty Taylor Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 37 | ![]() |
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South Pacific Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | ![]() ![]() | |
Challenge Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 39 | ![]() |
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Greenfield Mowers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 40 | ![]() |
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Simon Emerzidis | Holden VS Commodore Ford EL Falcon |
41 | ![]() |
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Ford EL Falcon | 54 | ![]() | ||
Paul Weel Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 43 | ![]() |
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John Faulkner Racing | Holden VT Commodore | 46 | ![]() |
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Holden VS Commodore | 96 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Daily Planet Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 47 | ![]() |
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Rod Smith Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 48 | ![]() |
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Layton Crambrook | Holden VS Commodore | 49 | ![]() |
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Clive Wiseman Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 50 | ![]() |
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Charles Ryman | Ford EL Falcon | 51 | ![]() |
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Barry Morcom | Holden VS Commodore | 52 | ![]() |
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Rod Nash Racing | Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore |
55 | ![]() |
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Pretty Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 60 | ![]() ![]() |
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James Rosenberg Racing | Holden VT Commodore | 66 | ![]() |
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Briggs Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 70 | ![]() |
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Ford EL Falcon | 80 | ![]() |
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Robert Smith Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 72 | ![]() |
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Challenge Recruitment | Holden VS Commodore | 73 | ![]() |
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Paul Little Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 75 | ![]() |
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V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 77 | ![]() |
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Cadillac Productions | Ford EL Falcon | 79 | ![]() ![]() |
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Rowse Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 81 | ![]() ![]() | |
Miller Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 84 | ![]() |
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Rod Salmon | Holden VS Commodore | 87 | ![]() |
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Geoff Kendrick | Holden VS Commodore | 92 | ![]() |
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Graphic Skills Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 97 | ![]() ![]() | |
Owen Parkinson Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 98 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Power Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 134 | ![]() |
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PAE Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon |
600 | ![]() |
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* = Drove in Queensland 500 only
** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only
Results and Standings
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.
Drivers Championship
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Note:[2]
- All rounds except Rounds 2, 12 & 13 were contested over three races.
- Points were awarded on a 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 basis to the first 25 finishers in each race.
- Round 2 was contested over two races.
- Points were awarded on a 150–138–132–126–120–114–108–102–96–90–84–78–72–66–60–54–48–42–36–30–24–18–12–6–3 basis to the first 25 finishers in each race.
- Rounds 12 & 13 were contested over a single race with two drivers per car.
- Points were awarded on a 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 basis to the first 25 finishers in each race with both drivers scoring the full points for the position filled by their car.
See also
1999 Australian Touring Car season
References
- ↑ Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 3 December 2008. Archived 14 May 2009.
- ↑ V8 Supercars 1999 Review magazine, pages 102–105
External links
- Official V8 Supercar site
- 1999 Racing Results Archive
- Images from the 1999 Shell Championship Series Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 3 December 2008
- Images from the Bathurst round of the 1999 Shell Championship Series Retrieved from www.flickr.com on 3 December 2008
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