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.
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.[ 3]
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
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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]
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 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 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 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]
^ a b c CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1999, page 7-11
^ CAMS Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, www.cams.com.au via web.archive.com Retrieved 17 November 2016
^ a b c d Aaron Noonan, Where there's a Wills..., V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pages 106-107
^ a b c d "Natsoft Race Results - 1999" . Archived from the original on 19 September 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008 .
^ a b c d www.racetime.com.au Retrieved in 2000 - link no longer live
^ a b c Motorsport Almanac Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 10 October 2009
^ a b c d 1999 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship Pointscore Archived 28 November 2001 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fholden.asn.au on 31 December 1999 - Link no longer valid
^ The Lion Kings, Official Program, Sensational Adelaide 500, 9,10,11 April 1999