1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

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".

Schedule

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

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

Points

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.	Driver	No	Car	Entrant	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Round 6		Round 7		Total ^[4]^[5]
Pos.	Driver	No	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1+	R2	R1	R2	Total ^[4]^[5]
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	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

+ Note: No points were awarded for the first race of Round 6 ^[5] as the race was cancelled due to a series of accidents.^[6]

References

1 2 3 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, 1999, page 7-11
↑ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles-CAMS Gold Star Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 10 October 2009
↑ Where there's a Wills... , V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pages 106-107
↑ Motorsport Almanac Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 10 October 2009
1 2 1999 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship Pointscore Retrieved from www.fholden.asn.au on 31 December 1999 - Link no longer valid
↑ Where there's a Wills... , V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, page 107

External links

Natsoft 1999 Race results
www.racetime.com.au (retrieved 2000)
The GEL Motorsport Information Page: Motorsport Almanac

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