1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to drivers of Formula Holden racing cars.^[1] The winner of the championship, which was the 43rd Australian Drivers' Championship,^[2] was awarded the 1999 CAMS Gold Star.^[1] 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.

Team	Chassis	No	Driver	Rounds
Stan Keen	Shrike NB89H	5	Stan Keen	2
Badia Court Pty Ltd	Reynard 94D	7	Paul Dumbrell	All
Birrana Racing	Reynard 94D	8	Simon Wills	All
Birrana Racing	Reynard 94D	9	Brenton Ramsay	All
Ralt Australia	Reynard 91D	10	Kevin Bell	1–2, 4
	Reynard 92D	11	Chris Staff	All
	Reynard 91D	12	Matt Halliday	All
Chas Talbot	March 87B	14	Chas Talbot	4, 6
PIAA Australia Racing Team	Reynard 91D	15	Les Crampton	All
Astuti Motorsport	Reynard 94D	16	Sam Astuti	1–4
Mantis Racing Cars	Ralt RT23	17	Mark Ellis	All
Plumbtec Racing	Reynard 94D	18	Steven Kelly	2, 4, 6
NRC International	Reynard 95D	19	Arthur Abrahams	1
	Reynard 95D	20	Akihiro Asai	All
	Reynard 92D	25	Adam Macrow	1–5
	Reynard 95D	25	Jason Liefting	6–7
Greg Murphy Racing	Reynard 92D	22	Ray Stubber	1
	Reynard 92D	22	Todd Kelly	3
	Reynard 91D	66	Peter Hill	4–6
Craig Bastian	Reynard 92D	23	Craig Bastian	3, 7
Ian Peters	Reynard 91D	24	Ian Peters	2–7
Gary Haywood	Reynard 90D	26	Garry Haywood	2, 4, 6
National Capital Motors	Reynard 94D	27	Dale Brede	1–5, 7
Barshott Racing	Lola T93/50	28	Roger Oakeshott	All
Lars Johansson	Reynard 94D	36	Lars Johansson	5–7
SH Racing	Reynard 92D	47	Tim Leahey	4–7
TAS Racing	Ralt RT23	48	Robert Power	6
Digby Motorsport	Reynard 92D	69	Damien Digby	All
Hocking Motorsport	Reynard 94D	74	John de Vries	1
Hocking Motorsport	Reynard 94D	74	Chris Hocking	2–4
Digby Motorsport	Reynard 92D	87	Chas Jacobsen	3–4

Schedule

The championship was contested over a seven-round series, with two races per round.^[3]

Round^[3]	Circuit^[3]	State	Date^[4]^[5]
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.^[1]

Championship results

Pos.^[6]^[7]	Driver^[6]^[7]	No^[4]^[5]	Car % ^[4]^[5]	Entrant^[4]^[5]	Eastern Ck		Adelaide		Phillip Is		Sandown		Queenld Rwy		Winton Rwy		Oran Pk Rwy		Total^[6]^[7]
Pos.^[6]^[7]	Driver^[6]^[7]	No^[4]^[5]	Car % ^[4]^[5]	Entrant^[4]^[5]	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1+	R2	R1	R2	Total^[6]^[7]
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 91D Reynard 94D	Ralt Australia	10	4	12	15	4	1	12	15	DNS	10		Ret	12	12	107
4	Adam Macrow	25	Reynard 91D Reynard 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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Note:

% Contemporary Formula Holden regulations mandated the use of a 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine.^[8]

+ No points were awarded for the first race of Round 6^[7] as the race was cancelled due to a series of accidents.^[3]

1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

Schedule

Points system

Championship results

References

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