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The 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Super Touring Cars. It began on 18 April 1999 at Lakeside International Raceway and ended on 29 August at Calder Park Raceway after eight rounds and twenty one races. Promoted as the BOC Gases Australian Touring Car Championship, organised by TOCA Australia and sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian Title, it was the seventh annual Australian championship for Super Touring Cars and the fifth to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name.

Paul Morris won the Drivers Championship, Volvo won the Manufacturers Championship and Volvo Racing was awarded the Teams Championship.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship.

Team	Car	No	Driver
Audi Sport Australia	Audi A4	1	Brad Jones
		2	Matthew Coleman
Volvo Racing	Volvo S40	3	Jim Richards
		4	Mark Williamson Mark Adderton Cameron McLean
Anthony Robson	BMW 318i	5	Anthony Robson
		7	Allan Letcher
Project Racing (Racing Projects)	Honda Accord	5	Anthony Robson
		7	Jamie Wall Roger Townshend
	Nissan Primera	8	Jim Cornish
Aaron McGill Motorsport	Ford Mondeo	9	Aaron McGill
TC Motorsport	Peugeot 406	10	Tony Newman
	Peugeot 405	20	Mark Zonneveld
AAP Racing	Toyota Carina	11	Milton Leslight
Starion Enterprises	Peugeot 406	12	Patrick Watts
MPD Racing	BMW 318i	14	Mike Downard
MF Racing	Peugeot 405	21	Mike Fitzgerald
Paul Morris Motorsport	BMW 320i	23	Paul Morris
		24	John Teulan
Novacastrian Motorsport	BMW 320i	30	Luke Searle Troy Searle
Nigel Stones	Hyundai Lantra	37	Nigel Stones
Knight Racing (Team Mondeo)	Ford Mondeo	44	Dean Canto
		88	Peter Hills
Gun Racing	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	45	David Auger
John Henderson Racing	Opel Vectra	56	John Henderson
Motorsport Developments	Toyota Carina	77	Malcolm Rea
Triple P Racing	Hyundai Lantra	97	Claude Elias

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship consisted of twenty one races at eight rounds held in four different states. Two races were held at each of the first three rounds and three races were held at each of the remaining five rounds.

Rd.	Race	Race Title	Circuit	Location	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	1	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	17–18 Apr	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	2	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	17–18 Apr	Patrick Watts	Starion Enterprises
2	1	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	1–2 May	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
	2	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	1–2 May	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
3	1	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	29–30 May	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	2	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	29–30 May	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
4	1	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	19–20 Jun	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing
	2	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	19–20 Jun	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	3	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	19–20 Jun	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
5	1	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	17–18 Jul	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	2	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	17–18 Jul	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	3	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	17–18 Jul	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
6	1	Queensland Raceway	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	31 Jul – 1 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
	2	Queensland Raceway	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	31 Jul – 1 Aug	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	3	Queensland Raceway	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	31 Jul – 1 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
7	1	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	14–15 Aug	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	2	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	14–15 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
	3	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	14–15 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
8	1	Calder Park	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	28–29 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
	2	Calder Park	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	28–29 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
	3	Calder Park	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	28–29 Aug	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia
NC	1	Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 100	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	2–3 Oct	Jim Richards	Volvo Cars Australia	Report
	2	Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	2–3 Oct	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Report

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 based on the top ten race positions in each race. There was a bonus point allocated for pole position. The first three race meetings had a qualifying session for each race. After that there was just one qualifying session per round.

Manufacturers Championship

Manufacturers Championship points were awarded on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for relative positions achieved by the best placed car from each eligible manufacturer at each race. Only two manufacturers were eligible to score points in the 1999 championship.

Teams Championship

Teams Championship points were awarded on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for relative positions achieved by entries from multi-car teams at each race.

TOCA Challenge – Independents Cup

Independents Cup points were awarded on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for relative positions achieved by drivers in entries nominated as Independents at each race.

References

1. ^ Australian Title Conditions, 1999 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-10
2. ^ Program, BOC Gases Australian Touring Championship, Mallala, 28–30 May 1999
3. 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, as archived at web.archive.org
4. ^ TOCA Australia Bulletin No 99/020 of 1 September 1999
5. ^ 1999 ASTC race results and progressive points totals Archived 7 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from Motorsport Almanac on 3 October 2008

External links

• 1999 Racing Results Archive
• 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship, www.supertouringregister.com

• Australian Super Touring Championship
• 1999 in Australian motorsport