1999 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

This article is about the Super Touring car race. For the V8Supercar race, see 1999 FAI 1000.

The 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the 37th and last touring car endurance race run by the Australian Racing Driver's Club at the Mount Panorama Circuit, which had included the Bathurst 1000. It was held on 3 October 1999.

The race was held for International Class II Touring Cars, otherwise known as Supertouring with several other classes invited, but only two cars from other categories entered. Qualifying established the grid for a 100 kilometre prelude race, which in turn established the grid for the 500 kilometre main event.

Race

The race was very heavily weather affected with rain wreathing the circuit for much of the day, earlier blighting the Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300 race held for a combined field of AUSCARs and Future Touring Cars. The race spent many laps behind a safety car because of low visibility caused by fog, including the final 17 laps and was eventually declared after 50 laps, 31 short of the intended full race distance. Paul Morris avenged his disqualification from victory in the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 taking victory over the two-car factory supported Volvo team, Jim Richards driving solo as Cameron McLean was unable to take his scheduled middle stint because of the weather and because of tyre issues, and Craig Baird and Matthew Coleman. Fourth place and leading independent driver was young New Zealander Mark Porter who had so impressed team owner Mike Downard that he kept Porter in the car rather than take his own turn at the wheel. Leading independent team Knight Racing saw the Dean Canto / Leanne Ferrier buried in a sand trap while the lead car of Peter Hills / Ron Searle struggled with water leaks and electrical issues.

Official results

Bathurst 100

Pos [1] No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
1 3 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Jim Richards Volvo S40 16 1
2 1 Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Paul Morris BMW 320i 16 2
3 4 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Craig Baird Volvo S40 16 3
4 88 Knight Racing Australia Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 16 5
5 44 Knight Racing Australia Dean Canto Ford Mondeo 16 4
6 9 Aaron McGill Motorsport Australia Aaron McGill Ford Mondeo 15 8
7 10 TC Motorsport New Zealand Tony Newman Peugeot 406 15 6
8 20 TC Motorsport Australia Anthony Robson Peugeot 406 15 7
9 95 Archerfield Speed Karts Australia Jamie Miller Toyota Camry 15 10
10 14 MPD Racing New Zealand Mark Porter BMW 320i 15 12
11 38 Rod Salmon Australia Rod Salmon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 15 13
12 12 Rodney Jones Racing United Kingdom Mike Newton Vauxhall Cavalier 15 15
13 15 Archerfield Speed Karts Australia Mike Kilpatrick Porsche 930 15 16
14 22 Dennis Chapman New Zealand Debbie Chapman BMW 320i 15 17
DNF 7 Anthony Robson Australia Allan Letcher BMW 318i 10 14
DNF 24 Bruce Miles New Zealand Bruce Miles BMW 318i 3 11
DNF 97 Triple P Racing Australia Claude Elias Hyundai Lantra 2 18
DNF 8 Project Racing Australia Jim Cornish Nissan Primera 0 9

Bathurst 500

Pos [1] No Team Drivers Car Laps B100
Pos		 Qual
Pos
1 1 Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Paul Morris BMW 320i 50 2 2
2 3 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Cameron McLean		 Volvo S40 50 1 1
3 4 Volvo Dealer Racing New Zealand Craig Baird
Australia Matt Coleman		 Volvo S40 50 3 3
4 14 MPD Racing New Zealand Mark Porter
Australia Mike Downard		 BMW 320i 49 10 12
5 38 Rod Salmon Australia Rod Salmon
Australia Damien White		 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 49 11 13
6 12 Rodney Jones Racing United Kingdom Mike Newton
United Kingdom Andy Lloyd		 Vauxhall Cavalier 49 12 15
7 8 Project Racing Australia Jim Cornish
Australia Roger Townshend		 Nissan Primera 49 DNF 9
8 88 Knight Racing Australia Peter Hills
Australia Ron Searle		 Ford Mondeo 49 4 5
9 95 Archerfield Speed Karts Australia Mike Kilpatrick
Australia Jamie Miller		 Toyota Camry 48 9 10
10 22 Dennis Chapman New Zealand Dennis Chapman
New Zealand Debbie Chapman		 BMW 320i 48 14 17
11 24 Bruce Miles New Zealand Bruce Miles
New Zealand Murray Cleland		 BMW 318i 47 DNF 11
12 7 Anthony Robson Australia Allan Letcher
Australia Jenni Thompson		 BMW 318i 46 DNF 14
13 9 Aaron McGill Motorsport Australia Aaron McGill
Australia Gary Quartly		 Ford Mondeo 39 6 8
14 77 Motorsport Developments Australia Malcolm Rea
Australia Dennis Cribbin		 Toyota Carina 38 DNS DNS
DNF 97 Triple P Racing Australia Claude Elias
Australia Paul Leabeater		 Hyundai Lantra 34 DNF 18
DNF 10 TC Motorsport New Zealand Tony Newman Peugeot 406 25 7 6
DNF 44 Knight Racing Australia Dean Canto
Australia Leanne Ferrier		 Ford Mondeo 24 5 4
DNF 30 Roadchill Express Australia Troy Searle
Australia Luke Searle		 BMW 320i 9 DNS DNS
DNF 99 Motorsport Developments Australia Clayton Haynes
Australia Carlos Rolfo		 Toyota Carina 6 DNS 19
DNS 20 TC Motorsport Australia Anthony Robson
Australia Mark Zonneveld		 Peugeot 406 8 7
DNS 15 Archerfield Speed Karts Australia Mike Kilpatrick Porsche 930 13 16

Italics indicate the driver practiced the car but did not compete in the race.

Statistics

References

  1. 1 2 Official race results

Further reading

External links

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