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
Drivers
Events
Endurance Event Drivers
Holden Racing Team
Holden VT Commodore
1
Craig Lowndes
1–8, 10–13
Cameron McConville
2
Mark Skaife
All
Paul Morris
Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore
15
Todd Kelly
1, 6–7, 12–13
Mark Noske
Cameron McConville
9
99
Mark Noske
1–7
N/A
Lansvale Racing Team
Holden VS Commodore
3
Trevor Ashby
1–2, 6–7, 11–13
Steve Reed
3–5, 8–10
28
Rodney Forbes
All
Stone Brothers Racing
Ford AU Falcon
4
Jason Bright
All
Craig Baird
Glenn Seton Racing
Ford AU Falcon
5
Glenn Seton
All
Geoff Brabham Neal Bates
Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon
6
Neil Crompton
All
Gibson Motorsport
Holden VT Commodore
7
Steven Richards
All
Greg Murphy
12
Greg Murphy
1–11
N/A
Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore
73
David "Truckie" Parsons
4–13
David "Skippy" Parsons
Perkins Engineering
Holden VT Commodore
8
Russell Ingall
1–11
N/A
11
Larry Perkins
All
Russell Ingall
Larkham Motor Sport
Ford AU Falcon
10
Mark Larkham
All
Brad Jones
Imrie Motor Sport
Holden VS Commodore
14
2, 4–6, 8–10, 12–13
McDougall Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore
16
1–4 6–13
Andrew Miedecke
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford AU Falcon
17
Dick Johnson
1–7, 9–13
Steven Johnson
8
18
Paul Radisich
All
Steven Ellery
Wayne Gardner Racing
Holden VT Commodore
19
Wayne Gardner
2, 13
David Brabham
Colourscan Motorsport
Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon
22
1–2, 6–7, 10, 12–13
3, 11
Ford EL Falcon
42
Romano Racing
Holden VS Commodore
24
Paul Romano
1–4, 6–13
Tomas Mezera * Darren Hossack **
Longhurst Racing
Ford AU Falcon
25
Tony Longhurst
All
Adam Macrow
M3 Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore
26
John Cotter
1, 6–7
Peter Doulman
2, 4, 8, 10–13
Terry Finnigan
Holden VS Commodore
27
1, 13
8, 10–11
Greg Crick Motorsport
Ford EL Falcon
30
1
N/A
Harris Racing
Ford EL Falcon
30
7, 10–11, 13
Steven Ellery Racing
Ford EL Falcon
31
Steven Ellery
1, 4–5, 7, 10–11
N/A
Tomas Mezera Motorsport
Holden VT Commodore
32
Tomas Mezera
1–2, 4, 6–7, 13
Tony Ricciardello
Pro-Duct Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore
33
6, 13
Phil Ward
7
Garry Rogers Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore
34
Garth Tander
All
Greg Ritter Matthew Coleman * Steve Owen **
Holden VT Commodore
35
Jason Bargwanna
All
Schembri Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore
36
13
Scotty Taylor Racing
Holden VS Commodore
37
1, 11, 13
South Pacific Motor Sport
Holden VS Commodore
38
13
Challenge Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore
39
1–2, 6–8, 10–13
* Charlie Cox **
Greenfield Mowers Racing
Ford EL Falcon
40
Cameron McLean
All
* John Cleland **
Simon Emerzidis
Holden VS Commodore Ford EL Falcon
41
4
13
Ford EL Falcon
54
1–2, 4, 7, 11–13
Paul Weel Racing
Ford AU Falcon
43
Paul Weel
1, 4–13
John Faulkner Racing
Holden VT Commodore
46
John Faulkner
All
Simon Wills
Holden VS Commodore
96
Paul Dumbrell
1, 9, 12–13
Matthew White
Cameron McConville
6–8
Matthew White
10–11
Daily Planet Racing
Holden VS Commodore
47
12–13
Rod Smith Racing
Holden VS Commodore
48
2–5, 8, 11–13
Layton Crambrook
Holden VS Commodore
49
8–13
Clive Wiseman Racing
Holden VS Commodore
50
1–7, 10–11
12–13
Charles Ryman
Ford EL Falcon
51
1
N/A
5, 7
Barry Morcom
Holden VS Commodore
52
1–2, 6–7, 11
N/A
Rod Nash Racing
Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore
55
1–8, 10–13
Pretty Motorsport
Holden VS Commodore
60
Nathan Pretty
3, 10, 13
8
James Rosenberg Racing
Holden VT Commodore
66
8–13
Briggs Motor Sport
Ford AU Falcon
70
2, 4–7, 10–13
Ford EL Falcon
80
1, 4–8, 12–13
Robert Smith Racing
Holden VS Commodore
72
David Parsons
1–2
N/A
6
Paul Little Racing
Ford AU Falcon
75
Anthony Tratt
1, 4–6, 8–13
Alan Jones
V8 Racing
Holden VS Commodore
77
1, 6, 11, 13
Cadillac Productions
Ford EL Falcon
79
1–2, 6–7, 9–13
8
Rowse Motorsport
Holden VP Commodore
81
13
Miller Racing
Holden VS Commodore
84
2–3, 5, 11–13
Tony Ricciardello * **
Rod Salmon
Holden VS Commodore
87
11, 13
Geoff Kendrick
Holden VS Commodore
92
3, 5
N/A
Graphic Skills Racing
Holden VS Commodore
97
12–13
Dean Canto
Owen Parkinson Racing
Holden VS Commodore
98
2
4
6
8
David Parsons
9–10
Dean Canto
11
13
Power Racing
Ford EL Falcon
134
2–3, 5, 7–8, 12–13
Warren Luff * **
PAE Motorsport
Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon
600
John Bowe
All
Jim Richards
* = Drove in the Queensland 500 only
** = Drove in the FAI 1000 only
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
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 Faulkner
34
12
11
Ret
6
13
Ret
5
4
Ret
Ret
23
9
11
8
Ret
12
10
16
13
8
8
19
12
Ret
10
8
7
13
Ret
DNS
9
Ret
824
16
Paul Radisich
Ret
15
17
Ret
13
4
3
6
13
Ret
DNS
9
12
4
3
4
5
5
6
Ret
12
7
Ret
Ret
WD
5
5
3
10
5
5
Ret
Ret
812
17
Cameron McConville
22
13
13
30
Ret
WD
11
7
6
6
7
WD
3
2
770
18
Cameron McLean
Ret
17
10
12
16
11
9
29
Ret
13
Ret
19
24
17
12
11
Ret
25
15
17
13
11
9
13
Ret
18
16
14
7
7
6
Ret
Ret
721
19
Mark Noske
15
11
8
6
Ret
21
10
Ret
16
7
14
12
15
Ret
22
17
Ret
WD
WD
Ret
6
688
20
David Parsons
23
25
DNS
18
20
17
28
19
Ret
17
24
25
23
19
Ret
21
23
20
20
17
21
8
Ret
Ret
Ret
22
Ret
WD
5
11
670
21
Mark Larkham
14
26
13
Ret
18
14
12
Ret
15
Ret
26
16
7
15
15
14
10
13
10
28
14
14
15
Ret
13
28
19
25
21
Ret
Ret
16
Ret
617
22
Steve Reed
19
15
15
10
12
26
13
17
11
25
16
16
18
18
21
17
21
16
8
16
595
23
Steven Johnson
10
6
5
7
4
576
24
Paul Weel
WD
WD
WD
21
18
15
18
18
23
21
23
21
27
Ret
Ret
Ret
22
19
23
14
10
Ret
24
20
27
Ret
15
14
8
536
25
Trevor Ashby
19
19
22
23
20
21
24
22
20
Ret
17
13
13
8
16
514
26
Paul Romano
22
18
28
Ret
17
12
8
12
11
11
Ret
Ret
Ret
15
Ret
DNS
20
20
12
9
15
13
15
18
Ret
Ret
13
498
27
20
13
Ret
DNS
20
18
23
16
WD
WD
16
20
27
Ret
Ret
WD
18
24
Ret
28
23
Ret
Ret
25
22
18
20
17
11
20
451
28
David Parsons
21
24
15
21
28
28
5
11
446
29
Rodney Forbes
Ret
16
21
16
15
22
Ret
17
30
19
25
21
DNS
26
18
20
20
Ret
25
16
Ret
22
13
22
17
26
33
27
Ret
27
25
Ret
12
423
30
25
20
12
14
8
373
31
Neal Bates
10
10
360
=
Geoff Brabham
10
10
=
33
21
23
19
15
Ret
17
20
18
19
20
16
20
16
33
27
25
18
Ret
Ret
12
11
Ret
16
Ret
23
Ret
355
34
Greg Ritter
12
9
348
35
Steve Ellery
10
21
9
26
28
9
27
14
10
16
12
Ret
Ret
18
18
4
6
7
Ret
Ret
342
36
Todd Kelly
Ret
WD
WD
23
24
22
14
15
14
Ret
6
304
37
Paul Morris
22
3
300
38
19
17
18
22
15
18
23
26
17
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
13
Ret
246
39
Andrew Miedecke
11
20
228
40
Wayne Gardner
14
14
220
41
Rod Nash
27
Ret
WD
Ret
24
19
19
22
29
23
22
Ret
20
WD
WD
WD
26
Ret
WD
27
Ret
Ret
19
32
21
24
25
19
15
Ret
207
42
Simon Wills
9
Ret
192
=
Steve Owen
9
=
44
Peter Doulman
19
Ret
23
18
24
25
21
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
25
24
Ret
19
Ret
181
45
Tomas Mezera
18
14
DNS
20
Ret
WD
WD
19
14
18
28
19
18
Ret
Ret
174
46
Anthony Tratt
26
27
23
19
Ret
WD
20
Ret
Ret
25
Ret
WD
26
21
25
25
19
16
Ret
29
30
WD
WD
WD
17
Ret
163
47
21
19
15
24
Ret
Ret
Ret
31
Ret
WD
WD
WD
Ret
15
162
48
20
17
156
=
20
17
=
=
Ret
12
=
=
Matthew Coleman
12
=
52
13
Ret
144
=
Darren Hossack
13
=
54
David Brabham
14
132
55
22
27
23
24
24
Ret
25
24
Ret
WD
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
WD
WD
WD
Ret
19
123
56
Ret
Ret
20
16
Ret
WD
WD
30
28
28
13
18
13
20
20
31
DNQ
DNQ
20
Ret
Ret
120
=
Ret
15
=
=
15
Ret
=
59
Nathan Pretty
22
20
18
7
Ret
23
21
118
60
Brad Jones
16
Ret
108
61
24
33
Ret
17
28
26
26
23
Ret
Ret
DNS
23
Ret
22
27
24
23
26
18
Ret
Ret
100
62
22
18
17
13
22
19
20
22
24
Ret
96
=
Alan Jones
17
Ret
=
64
29
Ret
29
21
23
21
17
21
29
Ret
26
23
22
24
Ret
90
65
Jim Richards
18
Ret
84
=
18
=
=
18
=
68
John Cotter
32
Ret
25
31
31
32
DNQ
Ret
22
19
Ret
78
69
Ret
19
72
70
30
28
24
26
32
29
31
29
Ret
WD
WD
WD
WD
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
21
Ret
70
71
25
27
Ret
15
23
29
19
21
14
Ret
67
72
Ret
22
18
27
32
30
Ret
22
17
25
Ret
58
73
21
Ret
48
=
21
=
75
Ret
WD
WD
Ret
Ret
WD
WD
24
23
20
DNQ
30
26
23
Ret
40
76
17
22
18
Ret
36
=
22
=
=
22
=
79
Ret
27
25
Ret
23
27
22
DNQ
DNQ
29
DNQ
26
23
27
25
Ret
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Ret
Ret
28
80
26
Ret
DNS
WD
WD
WD
23
Ret
24
81
Phil Ward
Ret
21
19
WD
20
82
21
Ret
DNS
21
25
Ret
Ret
17
83
25
25
25
22
WD
WD
WD
DNQ
24
24
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Ret
Ret
16
84
28
29
Ret
Ret
26
22
Ret
26
Ret
WD
WD
WD
Ret
28
23
DNQ
28
24
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Ret
Ret
12
=
28
WD
27
24
Ret
=
86
25
27
21
9
87
Dean Canto
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
25
Ret
6
88
DNS
23
26
Ret
WD
WD
WD
Ret
Ret
4
NC
DNQ
31
26
DNQ
30
Ret
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Ret
0
=
DNQ
DNQ
26
=
=
Paul Dumbrell
WD
WD
WD
26
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
=
=
26
Ret
=
=
John Trimbole
26
Ret
=
=
33
32
27
Ret
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
=
=
DNQ
27
27
=
=
29
Ret
Ret
WD
=
=
31
30
Ret
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Matthew White
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
WD
WD
WD
Ret
Ret
=
=
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Warren Luff
Ret
=
=
Craig Baird
Ret
Ret
=
=
Ret
Ret
=
=
Adam Macrow
Ret
Ret
=
=
Ret
Ret
=
=
Ret
Ret
=
=
Tony Ricciardello
Ret
=
=
John Cleland
Ret
=
=
Charlie Cox
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
Ret
=
=
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
=
=
WD
WD
WD
=
=
WD
WD
WD
=
=
WD
=
=
WD
=
Sources:[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd 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 participate (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]
See also
References
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