1999 Sensational Adelaide 500
The 1999 Sensational Adelaide 500 was the first running of the Adelaide 500 race, the first motor racing meeting held on the Adelaide Street Circuit since the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. Racing at the Mount Panorama Circuit notwithstanding, it was the first domestic racing meeting held on public roads since the closure of the Longford Circuit in Tasmania in the 1960s.
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Round 2 of 13 in the 1999 Shell Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
Date | 9–11 April 1999 | |||||||||||||
Location | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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Format
Racing was held from Friday 9 April until Sunday 11 April 1999. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 2 of the 1999 Shell Championship Series. The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, consisted of two 250 km races.
The original format called for the two races to form a single race, separated by an overnight rest at half distance, however with several significant competitors retiring from the first leg a change to the regulations was announced on the Saturday evening, allowing retired cars to be repaired and restarted for Sunday's Leg 2.
Official results
Top ten shootout
Results sourced from:[1]
Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
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Pole | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Jason Bright | Ford AU Falcon | 1:25.2366 |
2 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden VT Commodore | 1:25.6572 |
3 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes | Holden VT Commodore | 1:25.6821 |
4 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Garth Tander | Holden VS Commodore | 1:26.0117 |
5 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Paul Radisich | Ford AU Falcon | 1:26.0615 |
6 | 6 | Glenn Seton Racing | Neil Crompton | Ford EL Falcon | 1:26.4795 |
7 | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Russell Ingall | Holden VT Commodore | 1:26.5728 |
8 | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford AU Falcon | 1:26.6091 |
9 | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham | Ford AU Falcon | 1:26.7478 |
10 | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | John Faulkner | Holden VT Commodore | 1:26.7741 |
Leg 1
Results sourced from:[2]
Leg 2
Round results
Pos | No | Driver | Leg 1 Points |
Leg 2 Points |
Total Points |
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1 | 1 | Craig Lowndes | 100 | 200 | 300 |
2 | 12 | Greg Murphy | 84 | 184 | 268 |
3 | 8 | Russell Ingall | 80 | 168 | 248 |
4 | 4 | Jason Bright | 68 | 176 | 244 |
5 | 5 | Glenn Seton | 92 | 128 | 210 |
6 | 7 | Steven Richards | 36 | 160 | 196 |
7 | 99 | Mark Noske | 44 | 152 | 196 |
8 | 40 | Cameron McLean | 76 | 104 | 180 |
9 | 600 | John Bowe | 40 | 112 | 152 |
10 | 11 | Larry Perkins | 144 | 144 | |
11 | 35 | Jason Bargwanna | 136 | 136 | |
12 | 50 | Michael Donaher | 52 | 80 | 132 |
13 | 17 | Dick Johnson | 4 | 120 | 124 |
14 | 6 | Neil Crompton | 2 | 96 | 98 |
15 | 34 | Garth Tander | 88 | 8 | 96 |
16 | 19 | Wayne Gardner | 88 | 88 | |
17 | 72 | David Parsons | 32 | 56 | 88 |
18 | 26 | Peter Doulman | 28 | 48 | 76 |
19 | 28 | Rodney Forbes | 72 | 72 | |
20 | 3 | Trevor Ashby | 56 | 16 | 72 |
21 | 10 | Mark Larkham | 72 | 72 | |
22 | 39 | Chris Smerdon | 64 | 64 | |
23 | 32 | Tomas Mezera | 24 | 40 | 64 |
24 | 25 | Tony Longhurst | 64 | 64 | |
25 | 2 | Mark Skaife | 60 | 60 | |
26 | 16 | Dugal McDougall | 48 | 48 | |
27 | 48 | D'arcy Russell | 16 | 24 | 40 |
28 | 54 | Simon Emerzidis | 32 | 32 | |
29 | 79 | Mike Conway | 20 | 20 | |
30 | 14 | Mike Imrie | 12 | 12 | |
31 | 46 | John Faulkner | 8 | 8 | |
32 | 134 | Alan Heath | 4 | 4 | |
DNF | 18 | Paul Radisich | |||
DNF | 55 | Rod Nash | |||
DNF | 98 | Kerryn Brewer | |||
DNF | 52 | Barry Morcom | |||
DNF | 24 | Paul Romano | |||
DNF | 22 | Danny Osborne | |||
DNF | 70 | John Briggs | |||
DNS | 84 | Daniel Miller | |||
References
- "1999 Sensational Adelaide 500 Adelaide Parklands Circuit V8 Supercars Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 9 April 1999. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- "VESRIX V8Supercar Statistics Unofficial Result 1999 SCS Round 2 (Adelaide 500) Heat 1 Event 101 Adelaide Parklands Circuit - 10/04/1999". Conrod Network. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- "1999 Sensational Adelaide 500 Adelaide Parklands Circuit V8 Supercars Qualifying". National Software. 9 April 1999. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- "1999 Sensational Adelaide 500 Adelaide Parklands Circuit V8 Supercars Sensational Adelaide 500". National Software. 10 April 1999. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
Statistics
- Provisional Position - #5 Glenn Seton - 1:25.0825
- Pole Position - #4 Jason Bright - 1:25.2366
- Fastest Lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:26.2491 (lap record)