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1999 Australian Drivers' Championship

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1999 Australian Drivers' Championship
Company typeMotorsport competition
IndustryAuto racing
Founded1999
FounderConfederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS)
Area served
Australia
Key people
Simon Wills (Champion)
ProductsFormula Holden racing series

The 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship represented the 43rd iteration of the CAMS-sanctioned competition for drivers piloting Formula Holden vehicles.[1] This edition conferred the 1999 CAMS Gold Star upon the champion.[2] With sponsorship from Holden, the series was marketed under the title "Holden Australian Drivers' Championship".

Simon Wills secured the championship title driving a Reynard 94D, entered by Birrana Racing Pty Ltd.

Schedule

The championship featured seven rounds, each consisting of two races.[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

Points were allocated to the leading ten finishers in each race on a descending scale of 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1.[1]

Championship results

Pos. Driver No Car Entrant Eastern Ck Adelaide Phillip Is Sandown Queenld Rwy Winton Rwy Oran Pk Rwy Total
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 Retired 8 12 4 3 12 12 15 Retired 15 15 126
3 Matt Halliday 12 Reynard 91D
Reynard 94D 		Ralt Australia 10 4 12 15 4 1 12 15 DNS 10 Retired 12 12 align=center 107
4 'Adam Macrow' '25' 'Reynard' (91D and later a '95D) 'Arthur Abrahams' '12' '12' '15' '12' '10' '3' '6' 'DNS'

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5 'Akihiro Asai' '20' 'Reynard' '95D' 'Arthur Abrahams'

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6 'Paul Dumbrell' '7' 'Reynard' '94D' 'Badia Court Pty Ltd'

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7 'Brenton Ramsay' '9' - 8 'Todd Kelly' '22' 'Reynard' '92D' 'Greg Murphy Racing' -

... (remaining drivers omitted for brevity) ...

Notes:

% The regulations for Formula Holden at the time required competitors to use a 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine.

+ The first race of Round Six was cancelled due to multiple incidents, resulting in no points being awarded for that event.

External links
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CAMSManual
  2. ↑ CAMS Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star Retrieved 17 November 2016
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Aaron Noonan, Where there's a Wills..., V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pp. 106-107
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named natsoft
  5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named racetime
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