1999 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round

Auto race in New South Wales, Australia New South Wales 1999 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round 1 13 1999 SCS Eastern Creek Circuit.svg 26–28 March Eastern Creek, New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway Fine 13 50 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 1:30.6556 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 20:08.3796 13 50 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 20:10.9749 9 30 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team 13:53.5105 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 146 Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team 140 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 128 The 1999 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round was the first round of the 1999 Shell Championship Series. It was held from 26 to 28 March at Eastern Creek International Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales. The opening round of the 1999 season would be dominated by the Holden Racing Team outfit with Mark Skaife claiming pole position and won the first two races en route to claiming overall round honours. Teammate and defending champion Craig Lowndes won the third race and finished second overall in points for the weekend. Garth Tander rounded out the overall podium. Background 1999 Shell Championship Series#Teams and drivers Race results Qualifying Pos No Name Team Vehicle Time 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VT) 1:30.6556 2 1 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VT) 1:31.0781 3 5 AUS Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:31.2666 4 4 AUS Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:31.2904 5 34 AUS Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 1:31.4553 6 11 AUS Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VT) 1:31.4683 7 35 AUS Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 1:31.4787 8 8 AUS Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VT) 1:31.7573 9 25 AUS Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:31.8193 10 10 AUS Mark Larkham Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:31.8237 11 18 NZL Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:32.0274 12 31 AUS Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 1:32.0283 13 600 AUS John Bowe PAE Motorsport Ford Falcon (EL) 1:32.0295 14 6 AUS Neil Crompton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 1:32.1645 15 7 NZL Steven Richards Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 1:32.1853 16 12 NZL Greg Murphy Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 1:32.3531 17 17 AUS Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:32.5782 18 24 AUS Paul Romano Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:32.7169 19 46 NZL John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 1:32.7260 20 99 AUS Mark Noske Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VS) 1:32.7369 21 30 AUS Greg Crick Greg Crick Motorsport Ford Falcon (EL) 1:33.0975 22 28 AUS Rodney Forbes Bob Forbes Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:33.2135 23 3 AUS Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VS) 1:33.3729 24 15 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VS) 1:33.5292 25 32 AUS Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 1:33.6144 26 27 AUS Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:33.7467 27 16 AUS Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 1:33.8565 28 50 AUS Mick Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:34.1022 29 55 AUS Rod Nash Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:34.3099 30 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 1:34.3414 31 54 AUS Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 1:34.5784 32 72 AUS David Parsons Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:34.7508 33 22 AUS Danny Osborne Colourscan Motorsport Ford Falcon (EL) 1:35.1501 34 39 AUS Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 1:35.4810 35 79 AUS Mike Conway Cadillac Productions Ford Falcon (EL) 1:35.5506 36 26 AUS John Cotter Doulman Automotive Holden Commodore (VS) 1:35.7770 37 40 AUS Cameron McLean Greenfield Mowers Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 1:36.2352 38 80 AUS Bob Thorn Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:36.6523 39 37 AUS Bill Attard Alan Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:36.9707 40 52 AUS Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 1:37.3086 Did not qualify: Circuit capacity (40 cars) 41 77 AUS Richard Mork V8 Racing Holden Commodore (VR) time withdrawn - 43 AUS Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) no time - 51 AUS Charles Ryman Charles Ryman Racing Ford Falcon (EL) no time - 96 AUS Paul Dumbrell John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) no time Sources:https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1999_Eastern_Creek_Race_1/V8 1999 Eastern Creek #1 Racing-Reference.info 9 January 2021 Privateers Race Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Vehicle Laps Time Grid 1 28 AUS Rodney Forbes Bob Forbes Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 8 12min 40.2488sec 1 2 40 AUS Cameron McLean Greenfield Mowers Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 8 + 0.533 15 3 50 AUS Michael Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 8.647 4 4 3 AUS Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 11.791 2 5 39 AUS Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 22.265 8 6 26 AUS John Cotter M3 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 28.261 10 7 52 AUS Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 35.094 14 8 77 AUS Richard Mork V8 Racing Holden Commodore (VR) 8 + 36.030 11 9 80 AUS Bob Thorn Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 8 + 36.377 12 10 55 AUS Rod Nash Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 38.134 5 11 37 AUS Bill Attard Scotty Taylor Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 8 + 39.868 13 12 79 AUS Mike Conway Cadillac Productions Ford Falcon (EL) 8 + 48.774 9 13 54 AUS Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 8 + 1:02.554 6 14 72 AUS David Parsons Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 7 + 1 lap 7 Ret 27 AUS Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 6 Retired 3 Fastest Lap: Cameron McLean (Greenfield Mowers Racing), 1:33.0613 Sources: http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638390800/object_540756.87K/Result?23 Shell Championship For V8 Supercars - Round One - ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway - V8 Supercars Privateers Race National Software 2016-11-18 1999-03-27 March 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Race 1 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Laps Time Grid 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 13 20min 08.3796sec 1 2 4 AUS Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing 13 + 0.521 s 4 3 1 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team 13 + 3.678 s 2 4 34 AUS Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 13 + 5.154 s 5 5 5 AUS Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 13 + 5.259 s 3 6 11 AUS Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering 13 + 13.686 s 6 7 25 AUS Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing 13 + 14.852 s 9 8 35 AUS Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport 13 + 15.385 s 7 9 8 AUS Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering 13 + 15.650 s 8 10 31 AUS Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing 13 + 16.184 s 12 11 7 NZL Steven Richards Gibson Motorsport 13 + 16.459 s 15 12 600 AUS John Bowe PAE Motorsport 13 + 17.642 s 13 13 12 NZL Greg Murphy Gibson Motorsport 13 + 17.739 s 16 14 10 AUS Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport 13 + 19.675 s 10 15 99 AUS Mark Noske Holden Young Lions 13 + 21.095 s 20 16 17 AUS Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 13 + 24.139 s 17 17 27 AUS Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing 13 + 33.996 s 26 18 32 AUS Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera Motorsport 13 + 43.418 s 25 19 3 AUS Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team 13 + 48.637 s 23 20 16 AUS Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport 13 + 51.064 s 27 21 50 AUS Michael Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing 13 + 51.321 s 28 22 24 AUS Paul Romano Romano Racing 13 + 52.714 s 18 23 72 AUS David Parsons Robert Smith Racing 13 + 53.708 s 32 24 39 AUS Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport 13 + 54.833 s 34 25 30 AUS Greg Crick Greg Crick Motorsport 13 + 58.593 s 21 26 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing 13 + 1:07.295 s 30 27 55 AUS Rod Nash Rod Nash Racing 13 + 1:07.671 s 29 28 80 AUS Bob Thorn Briggs Motor Sport 13 + 1:07.962 s 38 29 54 AUS Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Racing 13 + 1:08.707 s 31 30 79 AUS Mike Conway Cadillac Productions 13 + 1:14.861 s 35 31 37 AUS Bill Attard Scotty Taylor Racing 13 + 1:19.488 s 39 32 26 AUS John Cotter M3 Motorsport 12 + 1 lap 36 33 52 AUS Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Racing 12 + 1 lap 40 34 46 NZL John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing 10 + 3 laps 19 Ret 6 AUS Neil Crompton Glenn Seton Racing 10 Retired 14 Ret 28 AUS Rodney Forbes Lansvale Racing Team 8 Collision 22 Ret 40 AUS Cameron McLean Greenfield Mowers Racing 8 Collision 41 Ret 18 NZL Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing 8 Overheating 11 Ret 22 AUS Danny Osbourne Colourscan Motorsport 4 Retired 33 Ret 15 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Young Lions 3 Accident 24 DNS 43 AUS Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Did not start DNS 51 AUS Charles Ryman Charles Ryman Racing Did not start DNS 77 AUS Richard Mork V8 Racing Did not start DNS 96 AUS Paul Dumbrell John Faulkner Racing Did not start Fastest Lap: Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team), 1:31.8943 Sources: http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638390800/object_540756.87K/Result?32 Shell Championship For V8 Supercars - Round One - ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway - Shell Championship Series, Round 1, Race 1 National Software 2016-11-18 1999-03-27 March 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Race 2 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Laps Time Grid 1 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 13 20min 10.9749sec 1 2 1 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team 13 + 3.424 s 3 3 11 AUS Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering 13 + 5.457 s 6 4 34 AUS Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 13 + 5.755 s 4 5 35 AUS Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport 13 + 6.338 s 8 6 4 AUS Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing 13 + 6.920 s 2 7 5 AUS Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 13 + 7.095 s 5 8 8 AUS Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering 13 + 11.978 s 9 9 12 NZL Greg Murphy Gibson Motorsport 13 + 13.371 s 13 10 25 AUS Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing 13 + 15.390 s 7 11 99 AUS Mark Noske Holden Young Lions 13 + 15.545 s 15 12 46 NZL John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing 13 + 25.209 s 34 13 16 AUS Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport 13 + 26.684 s 20 14 32 AUS Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera Motorsport 13 + 28.750 s 18 15 18 NZL Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing 13 + 28.933 s 38 16 28 AUS Rodney Forbes Lansvale Racing Team 13 + 29.862 s 36 17 40 AUS Cameron McLean Greenfield Mowers Racing 13 + 29.952 s 37 18 24 AUS Paul Romano Romano Racing 13 + 30.791 s 22 19 3 AUS Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team 13 + 30.988 s 19 20 30 AUS Greg Crick Greg Crick Motorsport 13 + 31.444 s 25 21 31 AUS Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing 13 + 32.209 s 10 22 27 AUS Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing 13 + 37.787 s 17 23 50 AUS Michael Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing 13 + 38.193 s 21 24 17 AUS Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 13 + 44.600 s 16 25 72 AUS David Parsons Robert Smith Racing 13 + 46.427 s 23 26 10 AUS Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport 13 + 1:02.064 s 14 27 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing 13 + 1:03.592 s 26 28 79 AUS Mike Conway Cadillac Productions 13 + 1:06.111 s 30 29 80 AUS Bob Thorn Briggs Motor Sport 13 + 1:07.239 s 28 30 37 AUS Bill Attard Scotty Taylor Racing 13 + 1:26.805 s 31 31 77 AUS Richard Mork V8 Racing 13 + 1:32.066 s 39 32 52 AUS Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Racing 12 + 1 lap 33 NC 39 AUS Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport 4 Not Classified 24 Ret 6 AUS Neil Crompton Glenn Seton Racing 8 Spun Off 35 Ret 54 AUS Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Racing 7 Spun Off 24 Ret 26 AUS John Cotter M3 Motorsport 3 Retired 32 Ret 600 AUS John Bowe PAE Motorsport 1 Water Pump 12 Ret 7 NZL Steven Richards Gibson Motorsport 0 Retired 11 Ret 55 AUS Rod Nash Rod Nash Racing 0 Accident 27 DNS 15 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Young Lions Did not start DNS 22 AUS Danny Osbourne Colourscan Motorsport Did not start DNS 43 AUS Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Did not start DNS 51 AUS Charles Ryman Charles Ryman Racing Did not start DNS 96 AUS Paul Dumbrell John Faulkner Racing Did not start Fastest Lap: Glenn Seton (Glenn Seton Racing), 1:32.0343 Sources: http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638390800/object_540756.87K/Result?36 Shell Championship For V8 Supercars - Round One - ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway - Shell Championship Series, Round 1, Race 2 National Software 2016-11-18 1999-03-28 March 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Race 3 Pos. Position No. Car number Name Team Laps Time Grid 1 1 AUS Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team 9 13min 53.5105sec 2 2 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 9 + 1.718 s 1 3 34 AUS Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 9 + 6.868 s 4 4 5 AUS Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 9 + 9.714 s 7 5 8 AUS Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering 9 + 10.555 s 8 6 12 NZL Greg Murphy Gibson Motorsport 9 + 11.249 s 9 7 25 AUS Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing 9 + 11.492 s 10 8 99 AUS Mark Noske Holden Young Lions 9 + 13.167 s 11 9 31 AUS Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing 9 + 18.497 s 21 10 40 AUS Cameron McLean Greenfield Mowers Racing 9 + 19.724 s 17 11 46 NZL John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing 9 + 20.096 s 12 12 30 AUS Greg Crick Greg Crick Motorsport 9 + 20.747 s 20 13 10 AUS Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport 9 + 21.814 s 26 14 17 AUS Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 9 + 22.811 s 24 15 35 AUS Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport 9 + 23.774 s 5 16 6 AUS Neil Crompton Glenn Seton Racing 9 + 25.797 s 34 17 18 NZL Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing 9 + 32.130 s 15 18 27 AUS Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing 9 + 34.229 s 22 19 50 AUS Michael Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing 9 + 36.134 s 23 20 7 NZL Steven Richards Gibson Motorsport 9 + 39.134 s 38 21 28 AUS Rodney Forbes Lansvale Racing Team 9 + 42.110 s 16 22 3 AUS Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team 9 + 42.273 s 19 23 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing 9 + 50.152 s 27 24 79 AUS Mike Conway Cadillac Productions 9 + 53.922 s 28 25 26 AUS John Cotter M3 Motorsport 9 + 53.938 s 36 26 77 AUS Richard Mork V8 Racing 9 + 55.176 s 31 27 52 AUS Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Racing 9 + 55.299 s 32 28 24 AUS Paul Romano Romano Racing 9 + 58.442 s 18 29 54 AUS Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Racing 9 + 1:00.401 s 35 30 4 AUS Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing 9 + 1:01.582 s 6 Ret 11 AUS Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering 8 Collision 3 Ret 80 AUS Bob Thorn Briggs Motor Sport 0 Retired 29 Ret 37 AUS Bill Attard Scotty Taylor Racing 0 Retired 30 Ret 39 AUS Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport 0 Retired 33 DNS 15 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Young Lions Did not start DNS 16 AUS Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Did not start DNS 22 AUS Danny Osbourne Colourscan Motorsport Did not start DNS 32 AUS Tomas Mezera Tomas Mezera Motorsport Did not start DNS 43 AUS Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Did not start DNS 51 AUS Charles Ryman Charles Ryman Racing Did not start DNS 55 AUS Rod Nash Rod Nash Racing Did not start DNS 72 AUS David Parsons Robert Smith Racing Did not start DNS 96 AUS Paul Dumbrell John Faulkner Racing Did not start DNS 600 AUS John Bowe PAE Motorsport Did not start Fastest Lap: Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team), 1:31.7301 Sources: http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638402375/object_685745.87R/Result?39 Shell Championship For V8 Supercars - Round One - ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway - Shell Championship Series, Round 1, Race 3 National Software 2016-11-18 1999-03-28 March 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes References External links Eastern Creek Raceway 1999 opening round 1999 Sensational Adelaide 500 1998 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round 2000 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round Eastern Creek Category:Motorsport at Eastern Creek Raceway