1999 Symmons Plains V8 Supercar round

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Flag of Tasmania.svg 1999 Oran Park V8 Supercar round
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 1999 Shell Championship Series
Symmons Plains Raceway (Australia) track map.svg
Date6–8 August 1999
Location Launceston, Tasmania
Venue Symmons Plains Raceway
WeatherOvercast, Light Rain
Results
Race 1
Distance 19 laps 50 km
Pole position Paul Radisich
Dick Johnson Racing
0:53.4381
Winner Greg Murphy
Gibson Motorsport
24:48.0020
Race 2
Distance 24 laps 50 km
Winner Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
27:33.7757
Race 3
Distance 23 laps 50 km
Winner Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team
25:43.4972
Round Results
First 146 pts
Second 132 pts
Third 122 pts

The 1999 Symmons Plains V8 Supercar round was the ninth round of the 1999 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 6 to 8 August at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania.

The 1999 Shell Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars which began on 28 March 1999 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 14 November at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 rounds. Australia’s national title series for V8 Supercar drivers, the Australian Touring Car Championship, was renamed for 1999 in what was essentially a marketing decision, however the winner of the newly named series was also awarded the 1999 Australian Touring Car Championship title by CAMS. 1999 was the first season since 1977 in which the longer distance, endurance race events were included in the championship. For the first time in the championship's history, a control tyre, supplied by Bridgestone, was specified for all cars.

Symmons Plains Raceway race track

Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres (18.64 mi) south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility. The circuit is one of the longest serving circuits of the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Since 2005 it has hosted the Falken Tasmania Challenge for V8 Supercars.

Contents

Background

Craig Lowndes was absent from the Symmons Plains round following his accident in the previous round at Calder Park, where he sustained injuries.

Craig Lowndes Australian racing driver

Craig Andrew LowndesOAM is an Australian racing driver in the Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. Lowndes is a three-time V8 Supercar champion, a five-time Barry Sheene Medalist, and a seven-time winner of Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000 and two-time winner of the Blancpain Bathurst 12 Hour.

Calder Park Raceway motorsport track in Australia

Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a dragstrip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Race results

Qualifying

PosNoNameTeamVehicleTime
118 Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:53.4381
212 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 0:53.5134
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore 0:53.5885
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:53.5946
54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:53.6079
635 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 0:53.7319
740 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McLean Greenfield Mowers Racing Ford EL Falcon 0:53.7775
815 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 0:53.8103
934 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 0:53.8107
108 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VT Commodore 0:53.8251
1110 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 0:53.8756
12600 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe PAE Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 0:53.9175
135 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:53.9196
1417 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:53.9735
157 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards Gibson Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 0:54.0436
1625 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:54.0870
1746 Flag of New Zealand.svg John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing Holden VT Commodore 0:54.1761
1866 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole James Rosenberg Racing Holden VT Commodore 0:54.2125
1924 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Romano Romano Racing Holden VS Commodore 0:54.2644
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VT Commodore 0:54.3549
2128 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodney Forbes Lansvale Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 0:54.5116
2273 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Challenge Recruitment Holden VS Commodore 0:54.6194
2316 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 0:54.6203
243 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Reed Lansvale Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 0:54.6583
2543 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:54.9022
2698 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Challenge Recruitment Holden VS Commodore 0:55.0695
2775 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford AU Falcon 0:55.1572
2849 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Layton CrambrookCrambrook Racing Holden VS Commodore 0:55.4286
2996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell John Faulkner Racing Holden VS Commodore 0:55.7524
3014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike ImrieImrie Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 0:56.5527
Sources: [1]

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References

  1. "1999 SHELL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Round 9 - SYMMONS PLAINS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - V8 QUALIFYING". National Software. 1999-08-07. Retrieved 2016-11-20.[ permanent dead link ]
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