1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500

Motor race the Super Touring car race the V8Supercar race 1999 FAI 1000 May 2020 October 2011 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500 1998 none thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit The 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 3 October 1999.Official Programme, Mt Panorama, Sunday 3 October 1999 It was the 37th and last in a sequence of annual touring car endurance races to be organized by the Australian Racing Driver's Club at the Mount Panorama Circuit, previous events having included Bathurst 500 races and, from 1973, the Bathurst 1000. The race was open to Super Touring cars, with FIA Production cars, GT Production cars and Schedule S carsEntry, Bathurst 500, Auto Action, 7 October 1999 also invited to compete. Qualifying established the grid for a 100 kilometer preliminary race, the Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 100, which in turn determined grid positions for the 500 kilometer main event. The Super Touring 500 was won by Paul Morris driving a BMW 320i. Race January 2019 The race was very heavily weather affected with rain wreathing the circuit for much of the day, earlier blighting the Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300 race held for a combined field of AUSCARs and Future Touring Cars. The race spent many laps behind a safety car because of heavy rain and poor visibility caused by fog across the top of the Mountain, including the final 17 laps and was eventually declared after 50 laps, 31 short of the intended full race distance. Paul Morris avenged his disqualification from victory in the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 taking victory over the two-car factory supported Volvo team, Jim Richards driving solo as Cameron McLean was unable to take his scheduled middle stint because of the weather and because of tyre issues, and Craig Baird and Matthew Coleman. Fourth place and leading independent driver was young New Zealander Mark Porter who had impressed team owner Mike Downard that he kept Porter in the car rather than take his own turn at the wheel. Leading independent team Knight Racing saw the Dean Canto / Leanne Ferrier buried in a sand trap at The Chase while the lead car of Peter Hills / Ron Searle struggled with water leaks and electrical issues. Official results Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 100 PosResults, racing.natsoft.com.au No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos 1 3 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Jim Richards Volvo S40 16 1 2 1 Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Paul Morris BMW 320i 16 2 3 4 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Craig Baird Volvo S40 16 3 4 88 Knight Racing Australia Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 16 5 5 44 Knight Racing Australia Dean Canto Ford Mondeo 16 4 6 9 Aaron McGill Motorsport Australia Aaron McGill Ford Mondeo 15 8 7 10 TC Motorsport New Zealand Tony Newman Peugeot 406 15 6 8 20 TC Motorsport Australia Anthony Robson Peugeot 406 15 7 9 95 Phoenix Motorsport Australia Jamie Miller Toyota Camry 15 10 10 14 MPD Racing New Zealand Mark Porter BMW 320i 15 12 11 38 Rod Salmon Australia Rod Salmon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 15 13 12 12 Rodney Jones Racing United Kingdom Mike Newton Vauxhall Cavalier 15 15 13 15 Archerfield Speed Karts Australia Mike Kilpatrick Porsche 930 15 16 14 22 Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation New Zealand Debbie Chapman BMW 320i 15 17 DNF 7 Anthony Robson Australia Allan Letcher BMW 318i 10 14 DNF 24 Bruce Miles New Zealand Bruce Miles BMW 318i 3 11 DNF 97 Triple P Racing Australia Claude Elias Hyundai Lantra 2 18 DNF 8 Project Racing Australia Jim Cornish Nissan Primera 0 9 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500 Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps B100Pos QualPos 1 1 Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Paul Morris BMW 320i 50 2 2 2 3 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Jim RichardsAustralia Cameron McLean Volvo S40 50 1 1 3 4 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Craig BairdAustralia Matthew Coleman Volvo S40 50 3 3 4 14 MPD Racing New Zealand Mark PorterNew Zealand Mike Downard BMW 320i 49 10 12 5 38 Rod Salmon Australia Rod SalmonAustralia Damien White Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 49 11 13 6 12 Rodney Jones Racing Great Britain Mike NewtonGreat Britain Andy Lloyd Vauxhall Cavalier 49 12 15 7 8 Project Racing Australia Jim CornishAustralia Roger Townshend Nissan Primera 49 DNF 9 8 88 Knight Racing Australia Peter HillsAustralia Ron Searle Ford Mondeo 49 4 5 9 95 Phoenix Motorsport Australia Mike KilpatrickAustralia Jamie Miller Toyota Camry 48 9 10 10 22 Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation New Zealand Dennis Chapman New Zealand Debbie Chapman BMW 320i 48 14 17 11 24 Bruce Miles New Zealand Bruce MilesNew Zealand Murray Cleland BMW 318i 47 DNF 11 12 7 Grid Motorsport Australia Allan LetcherAustralia Jenni Thompson BMW 318i 46 DNF 14 13 9 Aaron McGill Motorsport Australia Aaron McGillAustralia Gary Quartly Ford Mondeo 39 6 8 14 77 Motorsport Developments Australia Malcolm ReaAustralia Dennis Cribbin Toyota Carina 38 DNS DNS DNF 97 Triple P Racing Australia Claude EliasAustralia Paul Leabeater Hyundai Lantra 34 DNF 18 DNF 10 TC Motorsport New Zealand Tony NewmanAustralia Mark Zonneveld Peugeot 406 25 7 6 DNF 44 Knight Racing Australia Dean CantoAustralia Leanne Ferrier Ford Mondeo 24 5 4 DNF 30 Roadchill Express Australia Troy SearleAustralia Luke Searle BMW 320i 9 DNS DNS DNF 99 Motorsport Developments Australia Clayton HaynesAustralia Carlos Rolfo Toyota Carina 6 DNS 19 DNS 20 TC Motorsport Australia Anthony RobsonAustralia Mark ZonneveldNew Zealand Rick Armstrong Peugeot 406 8 7 DNS 15 Archerfield Speed Karts Australia Mike Kilpatrick Porsche 930 13 16 Note: Italics indicate the driver practiced the car but did not compete in the race. The Rod Salmon / Damien White Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V was entered as a GT Production car. Statistics Pole Position – #3 Jim Richards (Determined from results of 100 km race)Morris Reigns on Mountain, Auto Action, 14 October 1999, pages 17–19 Fastest Lap – #3 Jim Richards – 2:38.1390Race results, www.teamdan.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120214024833/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1999/astc9.html 14 February 2012 Retrieved on 14 April 2018 Race time of winning car – 2:55:31.5969 Average Race Speed – 106 km/h References Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500