1999 Shell Championship Series

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. 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. For the first time in the championship's history, tyres supplied by Bridgestone specified for all cars.[2]

This series was won by Craig Lowndes of the Holden Racing Team.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1999 Shell Championship Series. The series consisted of 11 rounds of sprint racing with one driver per car and two rounds (the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car shared by two drivers.

Team Car Level No. Driver Events Co-Driver Events
Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VT O 1 Craig Lowndes 1-8, 11-13 Cameron McConville 12-13
Holden Commodore VS 10 —
15 Cameron McConville 9
Holden Commodore VT O 2 Mark Skaife All Paul Morris 12-13
Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VS P 3 Trevor Ashby 1-2, 6-7, 11-13 Steve Reed 12-13
Steve Reed 3-5, 8-10 —
Bob Forbes Racing 28 Rodney Forbes All Geoff Full 12-13
Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon AU O 4 Jason Bright All Craig Baird 12-13
Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon AU O 5 Glenn Seton All Neil Crompton 12-13
O 6 Geoff Brabham 12-13 Neal Bates 12-13
Neil Crompton 2-11 —
Ford Falcon EL 1
Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore VT O 7 Steven Richards All Greg Murphy 12-13
O 12 Greg Murphy 1-11 —
P 73 David Parsons 12-13 David Parsons 12-13
Holden Commodore VS 4-11 —
Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VT O 8 Russell Ingall 1-11 —
O 11 Larry Perkins All Russell Ingall 12-13
O 16 Dugal McDougall 6-13 Andrew Miedecke 12-13
Holden Commodore VS 1-4 —
Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon AU O 10 Mark Larkham All Brad Jones 12-13
Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 14 Mike Imrie 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12-13 Rodney Crick 12-13
Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore VT O 15 Todd Kelly 13 Mark Noske 13
Holden Commodore VS 1, 6-7, 12 12
O 99 Mark Noske 1-7 —
Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon AU O 17 Dick Johnson 1-7, 9-13 Steven Johnson 12-13
Steven Johnson 8 —
O 18 Paul Radisich All Steven Ellery 12-13
Wayne Gardner Racing Holden Commodore VT O 19 Wayne Gardner 2, 13 David Brabham 13
Peters Motorsport Ford Falcon AU O 22 Daniel Osborne 13 Brett Peters 13
Ford Falcon EL 1-2, 6-7, 10, 12 12
Brett Peters 3 —
P 42 Mark Williams 13 Scott Fleming 13
Romano Racing Holden Commodore VS O 24 Paul Romano 1, 3-4, 7-13 Tomas Mezera 12
Darren Hossack 13
Longhurst Racing Ford Falcon AU O 25 Tony Longhurst All Adam Macrow 12-13
M3 Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 26 John Cotter 1, 6-7, 12-13 Peter Doulman 12-13
Peter Doulman 2, 4, 8, 10-11 —
Terry Finnigan Racing Team Holden Commodore VS P 27 Terry Finnigan 1, 13 Darren Pate 13
Darren Pate 8, 10-11 —
Greg Crick Motorsport Ford Falcon EL O 30 Greg Crick 1 —
Harris Racing Ford Falcon EL P 30 Craig Harris 7, 10-11, 13 Tim Shaw 13
Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon EL O 31 Steven Ellery 1, 4-5, 7, 10-11 —
Tomas Mezera Motorsport Holden Commodore VT O 32 Tomas Mezera 1-2, 4, 6-7, 13 Tony Ricciardello 13
Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 33 Allan McCarthy 6 —
Phil Ward 7, 13 Allan McCarthy 13
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VS O 34 Garth Tander 1-10 —
Holden Commodore VT 11-13 Jason Bargwanna 12-13
O 35 Jason Bargwanna 1-11 —
Greg Ritter 12-13 Matthew Coleman 12
Steve Owen 13
Gearbox Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 36 Neil Schembri 13 Gary Quartly 13
Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore VS P 37 Bill Attard 1, 11, 13 Alan Taylor 13
South Pacific Motor Racing Holden Commodore VS P 38 Peter Field 13 Shane Howison 13
Challenge Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 39 Chris Smerdon 1-2, 6-8, 10-13 Mal Rose 12
Charlie Cox 13
Greenfield Mowers Racing Ford Falcon EL P 40 Cameron McLean All Wayne Park 12
John Cleland 13
Emerzidis Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 41 Garry Willmington 4 —
Ford Falcon EL Garry Holt 13 Bill Sieders 13
P 54 Simon Emerzidis 1-2, 4, 7, 11-13 Garry Willmington 12-13
Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon AU O 43 Paul Weel 1, 4-13 Greg Crick 12-13
John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore VT O 46 John Faulkner All Simon Wills 12-13
Holden Commodore VS O 96 Paul Dumbrell 1, 9, 12-13 Matthew White 12-13
Cameron McConville 6-8 —
Matthew White 10
Daily Planet Racing Holden Commodore VS P 47 John Trimbole 12-13 Kevin Heffernan 12-13
Rod Smith Racing Holden Commodore VS P 48 D'Arcy Russell 2-5, 8, 12-13 Grant Johnson 12-13
Crambrook Racing Holden Commodore VS P 49 Layton Crambrook 8-13 Dean Crosswell 12-13
Clive Wiseman Racing Holden Commodore VS P 50 Michael Donaher 1-7, 10-11 —
Dean Lindstrom 12-13 Melinda Price 12-13
Charles Ryman Racing Ford Falcon EL P 51 Charles Ryman 1 —
Wayne Wakefield 5, 7
Barry Morcom Racing Holden Commodore VS P 52 Barry Morcom 1-2, 6-7, 11 —
Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore VS P 55 Rod Nash 1-5, 7-8, 10-12 Dean Wanless 12
Holden Commodore VT 13 13
Pretty Motorsport Holden Commodore VS P 60 Nathan Pretty 3, 10, 13 Andrew Fawcet 13
Nicole Pretty 8 —
James Rosenberg Racing Holden Commodore VT P 66 Mark Poole 8-10, 12-13 Tony Scott 12-13
Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon AU P 70 John Briggs 2, 4-7, 10-13 Tim Leahey 12-13
P 80 Bob Thorn 1 —
Ford Falcon EL 4-5, 7-8, 11-13 Todd Wanless 12-13
Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore VS P 72 David Parsons 1-2 —
Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon EL O 75 Anthony Tratt 1, 4-6 —
Ford Falcon AU 8-10, 12-13 Alan Jones 12-13
V8 Racing Holden Commodore VS P 77 Richard Mork 1, 6, 11, 13 Christian D'Agostin 13
Cadillac Productions Ford Falcon EL P 79 Mike Conway 1-2, 6-7, 10-13 Ric Shaw 12-13
Bob Jones 8 —
Rowse Motors Holden Commodore VP P 81 Tim Rowse 13 Ron Barnacle 13
Miller Racing Holden Commodore VS P 84 Daniel Miller 2-3, 5, 12-13 Tony Ricciardello 12
Geoff Kendrick 13
Rod Salmon Racing Holden Commodore VS P 87 Damien White 11, 13 Rod Salmon 13
Kendrick Racing Holden Commodore VS P 92 Geoff Kendrick 3, 5 —
Graphic Skills Racing Holden Commodore VS P 97 Wayne Wakefield 12-13 Dean Canto 12-13
Owen Parkinson Racing Holden Commodore VS P 98 Kerryn Brewer 2 —
Gary Baxter 4
Wayne Wakefield 6
Kim Jane 8
David Parsons 9-10
Dean Canto 11
Barry Cassidy 13 Neil Crowe 13
Power Racing Ford Falcon EL P 134 Alan Heath 2-3, 5, 7-8, 12-13 Warren Luff 12
Mick Donaher 13
PAE Motorsport Ford Falcon EL O 600 John Bowe 1-2 —
Ford Falcon AU 3-13 Jim Richards 12-13
Icon Class
O Outright
P Privateers

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.

Rd. Race Title
Circuit		 Location / State Date Winner(s) Team Report
1 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 26–28 March Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
2 Sensational Adelaide 500
Adelaide Street Circuit		 Adelaide, South Australia 8–11 April Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Report
3 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 30 April – 2 May Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team
4 Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 14–16 May Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team
5 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 4–6 June Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing
6 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 25–27 June Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
7 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 9–11 July Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport
8 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 23–25 July Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team
9 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 6–8 August Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
10 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 20–22 August Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport
11 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 3–5 September Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
12 Queensland 500
Queensland Raceway		 Ipswich, Queensland 17–19 September Russell Ingall
Larry Perkins		 Perkins Engineering Report
13 FAI 1000
Mount Panorama Circuit		 Bathurst, New South Wales 11–14 November Steven Richards
Greg Murphy		 Gibson Motorsport Report
Event locations

Championship standings
Format  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th 
Sprint races 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
Endurance races 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
Pos. Driver ECK ADE PER PHI DAR SAN IPS1 CAL TAS WIN OPK IPS2 BAT Total
R1 R2 R3 R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R1
1 Craig Lowndes 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 Ret 2 2 1 3 1 5 1 Ret WD 16 7 5 2 2 2 3 2 1918
2 Russell Ingall 9 8 5 4 Ret 10 4 3 5 6 1 1 14 18 11 6 1 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 7 5 2 4 3 2 6 11 8 1 7 1804
3 Mark Skaife 1 1 2 Ret 2 8 17 1 1 2 7 7 5 1 1 2 4 4 11 2 1 2 2 1 1 8 6 11 1 1 1 22 3 1656
= Glenn Seton 5 7 4 9 3 2 2 4 3 3 2 4 21 6 5 7 Ret 17 9 9 5 4 10 6 4 Ret WD WD 9 16 11 4 5 =
5 Garth Tander 4 4 3 24 10 Ret 7 8 9 Ret 5 6 2 7 4 3 2 3 2 5 4 1 8 4 Ret 3 4 6 5 4 4 2 Ret 1470
6 Greg Murphy 13 9 6 2 Ret Ret 13 13 24 14 15 10 19 13 7 10 9 11 12 20 11 12 1 10 7 14 17 12 Ret 17 12 6 1 1428
7 Steven Richards 11 Ret 20 5 11 7 5 7 8 4 17 Ret Ret 8 Ret 19 17 9 Ret 8 WD WD 11 8 WD 14 9 15 Ret 14 10 6 1 1310
8 Jason Bright 2 6 30 3 4 3 6 14 14 8 4 2 1 5 6 5 6 6 4 3 Ret DNS 5 Ret 14 2 2 4 3 3 3 Ret Ret 1276
9 Larry Perkins 6 3 Ret 7 7 16 11 WD WD WD 11 11 8 14 10 9 Ret DNS WD 14 10 13 14 11 6 27 Ret Ret 14 10 16 1 7 1232
10 Dick Johnson 16 24 14 10 14 9 29 11 10 10 9 13 13 12 9 8 Ret 14 Ret Ret 16 9 11 10 10 12 12 Ret 7 4 1160
11 Jason Bargwanna 8 5 15 8 9 24 16 Ret WD WD 8 8 4 10 17 Ret 7 26 8 Ret 15 10 4 2 3 1 1 1 28 9 Ret 2 Ret 1148
12 Neil Crompton Ret Ret 16 13 5 5 Ret Ret 22 24 6 24 Ret Ret 19 15 8 8 3 6 WD WD 3 3 Ret 25 14 9 8 19 26 4 5 1107
13 John Bowe 12 Ret DNS 11 8 Ret 14 9 7 5 10 5 3 3 Ret 16 11 7 1 7 3 3 16 9 5 Ret 12 8 11 8 12 18 Ret 1078
14 Tony Longhurst 7 10 7 Ret 12 6 21 15 6 12 12 15 6 9 16 12 15 16 7 12 9 9 12 17 11 6 13 Ret Ret 15 9 Ret Ret 830
15 John Faulkner341211Ret613Ret54RetRet239118Ret12101613881912Ret108713RetDNS9Ret 824
16 Paul RadisichRet1517Ret1343613RetDNS912434556Ret127RetRetWD5531055RetRet 812
17 Cameron McConville22131330RetWD117667WD32 770
18 Cameron McLeanRet1710121611929Ret13Ret1924171211Ret2515171311913Ret181614776RetRet 721
19 Mark Noske151186Ret2110Ret167141215Ret2217RetWDWDRet6 688
20 David Parsons2325DNS1820172819Ret1724252319Ret2123202017218RetRetRet22RetWD511 670
21 Mark Larkham142613Ret181412Ret15Ret2616715151410131028141415Ret1328192521RetRet16Ret 617
22 Steve Reed191515101226131711251616181821172116816 595
23 Steven Johnson106574 576
24 Paul WeelWDWDWD21181518182321232127RetRetRet2219231410Ret242027Ret15148 536
25 Trevor Ashby191922232021242220Ret171313816 514
26 Paul Romano221828Ret17128121111RetRetRet15RetDNS202012915131518RetRet13 498
27 Dugal McDougall2013RetDNS20182316WDWD162027RetRetWD1824Ret2823RetRet25221820171120 451
28 David Parsons212415212828511 446
29 Rodney ForbesRet1621161522Ret1730192521DNS26182020Ret2516Ret22132217263327Ret2725Ret12 423
30 Greg Crick252012148 373
31 Neal Bates1010 360
= Geoff Brabham1010 =
33 Mick Donaher21231915Ret172018192016201633272518RetRet1211Ret16Ret23Ret 355
34 Greg Ritter129 348
35 Steve Ellery10219262892714101612RetRet1818467RetRet 342
36 Todd KellyRetWDWD232422141514Ret6 304
37 Paul Morris223 300
38 Layton Crambrook191718221518232617DNQDNQDNQ13Ret 246
39 Andrew Miedecke1120 228
40 Wayne Gardner1414 220
41 Rod Nash27RetWDRet24191922292322Ret20WDWDWD26RetWD27RetRet19322124251915Ret 207
42 Simon Wills9Ret 192
= Steve Owen9 =
44 Peter Doulman19Ret2318242521DNQDNQDNQ2524Ret19Ret 181
45 Tomas Mezera1814DNS20RetWDWD191418281918RetRet 174
46 Anthony Tratt26272319RetWD20RetRet25RetWD262125251916Ret2930WDWDWD17Ret 163
47 Mark Poole21191524RetRetRet31RetWDWDWDRet15 162
48 Dean Lindstrom2017 156
= Melinda Price2017 =
= Geoff FullRet12 =
= Matthew Coleman12 =
52 Dean Crosswell13Ret 144
= Darren Hossack13 =
54 David Brabham14 132
55 D'Arcy Russell2227232424Ret2524RetWDDNQDNQDNQWDWDWDRet19 123
56 John BriggsRetRet2016RetWDWD302828131813202031DNQDNQ20RetRet 120
= Tony ScottRet15 =
= Dean Wanless15Ret =
59 Nathan Pretty2220187Ret2321 118
60 Brad Jones16Ret 108
61 Chris Smerdon2433Ret1728262623RetRetDNS23Ret222724232618RetRet 100
62 Darren Pate221817132219202224Ret 96
= Alan Jones17Ret =
64 Simon Emerzidis29Ret29212321172129Ret26232224Ret 90
65 Jim Richards18Ret 84
= Gary Quartly18 =
= Neil Schembri18 =
68 John Cotter32Ret25313132DNQRet2219Ret 78
69 Grant JohnsonRet19 72
70 Mike Conway3028242632293129RetWDWDWDWDDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ21Ret 70
71 Craig Harris2527Ret152329192114Ret 67
72 Wayne WakefieldRet2218273230Ret221725Ret 58
73 Ric Shaw21Ret 48
= Andrew Fawcet21 =
75 Danny OsborneRetWDWDRetRetWDWD242320DNQ302623Ret 40
76 Terry Finnigan172218Ret 36
= Peter Field22 =
= Shane Howison22 =
79 Mike ImrieRet2725Ret232722DNQDNQ29DNQ26232725RetDNQDNQDNQRetRet 28
80 Brett Peters26RetDNSWDWDWD23Ret 24
81 Phil WardRet2119WD 20
82 Geoff Kendrick21RetDNS2125RetRet 17
83 Alan Heath25252522WDWDWDDNQ2424DNQDNQDNQRetRet 16
84 Bob Thorn2829RetRet2622Ret26RetWDWDWDRet2823DNQ2824DNQDNQDNQRetRet 12
= Garry Willmington28WD2724Ret =
86 Gary Baxter252721 9
87 Dean CantoDNQDNQDNQ25Ret 6
88 Daniel MillerDNS2326RetWDWDWDRetRet 4
NC Richard MorkDNQ3126DNQ30RetDNQDNQDNQRet 0
= Bob JonesDNQDNQ26 =
= Paul DumbrellWDWDWD26RetRetRetRet =
= Kevin Heffernan26Ret =
= John Trimbole26Ret =
= Barry Morcom333227RetDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ =
= Kim JaneDNQ2727 =
= Allan McCarthy29RetRetWD =
= Bill Attard3130RetDNQDNQDNQRet =
= Kerryn BrewerRet =
= Matthew WhiteDNQDNQDNQWDWDWDRetRet =
= Damien WhiteDNQDNQDNQRet =
= Wayne ParkRet =
= Warren LuffRet =
= Craig BairdRetRet =
= Tim LeaheyRetRet =
= Adam MacrowRetRet =
= Rodney CrickRetRet =
= Todd WanlessRetRet =
= Tony RicciardelloRet =
= John ClelandRet =
= Charlie CoxRet =
= Christian D'AgostinRet =
= Tim ShawRet =
= Rod SalmonRet =
= Mark WilliamsRet =
= Scott FlemingRet =
= Mal RoseRet =
= Ron BarnacleRet =
= Tim RowseRet =
= Garry HoltRet =
= Bill SiedersRet =
= Alan TaylorRet =
= Nicole Pretty DNQ DNQ DNQ =
= Charles Ryman WD WD WD =
= Robert Smith WD WD WD =
= Barry Cassidy WD =
= Neil Crowe WD =
Sources:[3][4][5][6][7][8]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Privateers award

The Privateers award was contested over all rounds except Rounds 2, 12 & 13.[9] Unlike 1998, points were awarded to the driver rather than the team.[9] The best five scores from the ten rounds could be retained by each driver.[9]

Pos.[9] Driver[9] Car Entrant Points[9]
1 Cameron McLean Ford EL Falcon Greenfield Mowers Racing 250
2 Rodney Forbes Holden VS Commodore Bob Forbes Corporation 242
3 Steve Reed Holden VS Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 230
4 Mick Donaher Holden VS Commodore Ultra Tune Racing 220
5 David Parsons Holden VS Commodore Smiths Trucks & Challenge Recruitment 214
6 Mike Imrie Holden VS Commodore Saabwreck Motorsport 176
7 Chris Smerdon Holden VS Commodore Challenge Motorsport 156
8 Bob Thorn Ford EL Falcon Supercheap Auto 142
9 Mike Conway Ford EL Falcon Cadillac Productions 128
10 Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 126

See also

References
  1. Australian TitlesRetrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 3 December 2008. 14 May 2009.
  2. Some things never change, V8 Supercars 1999 Review magazine, pages 4 to 8
  3. "Shell Championship Series standings for 1999". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  4. "Nicole Pretty (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  5. "Charles Ryman (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  6. "Robert Smith (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  7. "Barry Cassidy (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  8. "Neil Crowe (AUS) – Virgin Australia Supercars Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 25 June 2020.
  9. 1999 SCS Privateers Review, V8 Supercars 1999 Review magazine, pages 98 to 101
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