Motor racing series for V8 Supercars
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 .
The Ford Falcon EL in which Bob Thorn contested the Championship for Briggs Motor Sport . The car is pictured in 2018 in its 1999 colours.
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
—
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
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
Championship standings [ edit ]
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
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (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)
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]