1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition January 2020 March 2014 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship 1998 2000 The 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to drivers of Formula Holden racing cars.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1999, page 7-11 The winner of the championship, which was the 43rd Australian Drivers' Championship,CAMS Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, www.cams.com.au via web.archive.com Retrieved 17 November 2016 was awarded the 1999 CAMS Gold Star. Due to a sponsorship arrangement with Holden, the championship was promoted as the "Holden Australian Drivers' Championship". The championship was won by Simon Wills driving a Reynard 94D for Birrana Racing Pty Ltd. Teams and drivers Team Chassis No Driver Rounds Stan Keen Shrike NB89H 5 AUS Stan Keen 2 Badia Court Pty Ltd Reynard 94D 7 AUS Paul Dumbrell All Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 8 NZL Simon Wills All Reynard 94D 9 AUS Brenton Ramsay All Ralt Australia Reynard 91D 10 NZL Kevin Bell 1–2, 4 Reynard 92D 11 AUS Chris Staff All Reynard 91D 12 NZL Matt Halliday All Chas Talbot March 87B 14 AUS Chas Talbot 4, 6 PIAA Australia Racing Team Reynard 91D 15 AUS Les Crampton All Astuti Motorsport Reynard 94D 16 AUS Sam Astuti 1–4 Mantis Racing Cars Ralt RT23 17 AUS Mark Ellis All Plumbtec Racing Reynard 94D 18 NZL Steven Kelly 2, 4, 6 NRC International Reynard 95D 19 AUS Arthur Abrahams 1 Reynard 95D 20 JPN Akihiro Asai All Reynard 92D 25 AUS Adam Macrow 1–5 Reynard 95D NZL Jason Liefting 6–7 Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 92D 22 AUS Ray Stubber 1 AUS Todd Kelly 3 Reynard 91D 66 AUS Peter Hill 4–6 Craig Bastian Reynard 92D 23 AUS Craig Bastian 3, 7 Ian Peters Reynard 91D 24 AUS Ian Peters 2–7 Gary Haywood Reynard 90D 26 AUS Garry Haywood 2, 4, 6 National Capital Motors Reynard 94D 27 AUS Dale Brede 1–5, 7 Barshott Racing Lola T93/50 28 AUS Roger Oakeshott All Lars Johansson Reynard 94D 36 SWE Lars Johansson 5–7 SH Racing Reynard 92D 47 AUS Tim Leahey 4–7 TAS Racing Ralt RT23 48 AUS Robert Power 6 Digby Motorsport Reynard 92D 69 AUS Damien Digby All Hocking Motorsport Reynard 94D 74 AUS John de Vries 1 AUS Chris Hocking 2–4 Digby Motorsport Reynard 92D 87 AUS Chas Jacobsen 3–4 Schedule thumb|Brenton Ramsay placed 7th driving a Reynard 94D (image from 2015) The championship was contested over a seven-round series, with two races per round.Aaron Noonan, Where there's a Wills..., V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pages 106-107 Round Circuit State Datehttp://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?1999 Natsoft Race Results - 1999 5 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070919201724/http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?1999 19 September 2007 dead www.racetime.com.au Retrieved in 2000 - link no longer live 1 Eastern Creek Raceway New South Wales 27 & 28 March 2 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 10 & 11 April 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 15 & 16 May 4 Sandown International Motor Raceway Victoria 27 June 5 Queensland Raceway Queensland 10 & 11 July 6 Winton Motor Raceway Victoria 21 & 22 August 7 Oran Park Raceway New South Wales 4 & 5 September Points system 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. Championship results Pos.Motorsport Almanac Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 10 October 20091999 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship Pointscore https://web.archive.org/web/20011128115100/http://www.fholden.asn.au/ 28 November 2001 Retrieved from www.fholden.asn.au on 31 December 1999 - Link no longer validDriverNoCar % EntrantEastern CkAdelaidePhillip IsSandownQueenld RwyWinton RwyOran Pk RwyTotal R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1+ R2 R1 R2 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 91DReynard 94D Ralt Australia 10 4 12 15 4 1 12 15 DNS 10 Ret 12 12 107 4 Adam Macrow 25 Reynard 91DReynard 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 Note: % Contemporary Formula Holden regulations mandated the use of a 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine.The Lion Kings, Official Program, Sensational Adelaide 500, 9,10,11 April 1999 + No points were awarded for the first race of Round 6 as the race was cancelled due to a series of accidents. References External links 1999 Australian open wheeler images at autopics.com.au Category:Australian Drivers' Championship Drivers' Championship Category:Formula Holden Australian Drivers