1999 Australian GT Production Car Championship
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The 1999 Australian GT Production Car Championship
Australian GT Production Car Championship
The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production based cars in 1994...

was a CAMS
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of cars complying with CAMS Group 3E Series Production Car regulations. The championship was contested over an eight round series with two races per round.
  • Round 1, Eastern Creek International Raceway
    Eastern Creek Raceway
    Eastern Creek International Raceway is a motorsports circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek , New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway. It was built and is owned by the New South Wales Government and is operated by the...

    , New South Wales
    New South Wales
    New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

    , 28 March
  • Round 2, Phillip Island
    Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
    The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...

    , Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)
    Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

    , 16 May
  • Round 3, Hidden Valley
    Hidden Valley Raceway
    Hidden Valley Raceway is part of the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The race track is used as a round of the V8 Supercar series...

    , Northern Territory
    Northern Territory
    The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

    , 6 June
  • Round 4, Sandown International Motor Raceway
    Sandown Raceway
    Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...

    , Victoria, 27 June
  • Round 5, Queensland Raceway
    Queensland Raceway
    Queensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....

    , Ipswich, Queensland
    Ipswich, Queensland
    Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...

    , 11 July
  • Round 6, Calder Park
    Calder Park Raceway
    Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...

    , Victoria, 25 July
  • Round 7, Winton
    Winton Motor Raceway
    Winton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.-History:The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958. In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and was completed in twelve months...

    , Victoria, 22 August
  • Round 8, Oran Park
    Oran Park Raceway
    Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....

    , New South Wales, 5 September


Outright championship points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten outright finishers in each race with an additional point awarded to the driver gaining pole position position for each race. Class points were awarded on the same 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale to the top ten finishers in each class in each race.

Results

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Position Driver No. Car Entrant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Total
1 Jim Richards
Jim Richards (race driver)
Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship...

5 Porsche 911 RSCS
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998...

Jim Richards 18 21.5 29 25 23 22 24 25 187.5
2 Peter Fitzgerald 3 Porsche 911 RSCS Falken Tyres 25 8 8 20 29 31 17 24 162
3 Domenic Beninca 1
27
Porsche 911 RSCS
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Ferrari F355 Challenge is a racing game based on the actual race car and Ferrari event. It was developed by the AM2 division of Sega for arcades under supervision of producer Yu Suzuki, and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2...

Beninca Motors
Ross Palmer Motorsport
31 21 25 10 14 - 16 6 123
4 Ed Aitken 8 Porsche 911 RSCS Ed Aitken 10 4 14 8 18 14 16 11 95
5 Wayne Park 27 Ferrari F355 Challenge Ross Palmer Motorsport - - 22 12 - 23 23 12 92
6 Geoff Morgan 12 Porsche 911 RSCS Vodafone Network Pty Ltd 6 5 10 12 20 14 8 16 91
7 Garry Waldon 29 Dodge Viper GTS Garry Waldon - - - 17 - - - 15 32
Jamie Cartwright 11 Toyota Supra RZ
Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica...

Car Imports Australia 5 14 10 3 - - - - 32
9 Terry Bosnjak 41 Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7
Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...

Terry Bosnjak 18 9 - - - - - - 27
10 Rod Salmon 38 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Rod Salmon - 2 - 1 8 10 - 3 24
11 Perry Spiridis 30 Maserati Ghibli Cup
Maserati Ghibli
The Maserati Ghibli is a Gran Turismo car produced by Italian manufacturer Maserati in two generations: first from 1966–73, and again as the Maserati Ghibli II from 1992–97.- Ghibli I :...

Perry Spiridis 10 - - 12 - - - - 22
12 John Teulan 45 Nissan Skyline GT-R
Nissan Skyline GT-R
The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a Japanese sports car based on the Nissan Skyline range.The first GT-Rs were produced from 1969–1973. After a 16 year hiatus since the KPGC110 in 1972, the GT-R name was revived in 1989 with the Skyline R32. This car was nicknamed "Godzilla" by the Australian motoring...

Statewide GT-R Racing - - - 1 - 2 8 9 20
13 Graham Alexander 57 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Graham Alexander - 3.5 - - - 7 2 5 17.5
14 Craig Dean 65 Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang
The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, as a "1964½" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A...

 Saleen S351
Crossover Car Conversions - 6 - 6 - 5 - - 17
Geoff Full 6 Subaru Impreza WRX
Subaru Impreza WRX
The Subaru Impreza WRX is a turbocharged version of the Subaru Impreza, an all-wheel drive, four-door passenger vehicle. It is available as a sedan or wagon....

Nepean EFI 1 4 7 - 5 - - - 17
16 Beric Lynton 23 BMW M3R
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...

Bruce Lynton 3 - - - 5 4 - 4 16
17 Murray Carter
Murray Carter
Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that...

18 Chevrolet Corvette C5
Chevrolet Corvette C5
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1997 through 2004 model years.- Overview :...

Murray Carter - 2.5 - 2 8 1 - - 13.5
18 Ray Lintott 9 Dodge Viper GTS Wagon Wheels Chrysler Jeep - - - 5 - - 8 - 13
19 Mark King 34 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo III Mark King - - 3 - 2 1 1 2 9
20 Paul Freestone 48 Lotus Esprit Sport 3 - - - - - - 8 - 8
21 Paula Elstrek 66 Mazda RX-7 Gregory Jupp - - 2 - - - 3 - 5
22 Peter Boylan 7 Subaru Impreza WRX
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V
Ross Almond - - 3 - - - - 1 4
Darren Palmer 27 Ferrari F355 Challenge Darren Palmer 4 - - - - - - - 4
24 Damien White 38 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Rod Salmon 3 - - - - - - - 3
25 Michael Simpson 32 BMW 323i
BMW E36
The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still...

Bruce Lynton - - - - 1 - - - 1
John Cowley 2 HSV
HSV
HSV may refer to:* Herpes simplex virus* HSV color space * HSV television station, the Melbourne station of Australia's Seven television network...

 VS GTS-R 215i
John T Cowley - - 1 - - - - - 1
Ric Shaw 35 Toyota MR2
Toyota MR2
The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Central Motors, a part of Toyota, from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan...

 Bathurst
Osborne Motorsport - - 1 - - - - - 1
Bob Hughes 15 Mazda RX-7 Bob Hughes - - - - 1 - - - 1
Garry Holt 99 Subaru Impreza WRX Garry Holt - - - - - - - 1 1
30 Wayne Vinckx 76 Nissan 200SX
Nissan 200SX
From 1995 to 1998 Nissan applied the name "200SX" to two different lines of automobiles in different markets these years.In 1995, Nissan reintroduced the 200SX nameplate in United States and Canada to designate a two-door version of the Nissan Sentra , known in Japan and Mexico as Lucino, replacing...

Wayne Vinckx - 0.5 - - - - - - 0.5

Class Results

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Position Driver No. Car Entrant Total
Class A - Super Cars
1 Jim Richards 5 Porsche 911 RSCS Jim Richards 185.5
2 Peter Fitzgerald 3 Porsche 911 RSCS Falken Tyres 154
3 Domenic Beninca 1
27
Porsche 911 RSCS
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Ferrari F355 Challenge
Ferrari F355 Challenge is a racing game based on the actual race car and Ferrari event. It was developed by the AM2 division of Sega for arcades under supervision of producer Yu Suzuki, and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2...

Beninca Motors
Ross Palmer Motorsport
122
4 Ed Aitken 8 Porsche 911 RSCS Ed Aitken 96
5 Geoff Morgan 12 Porsche 911 RSCS Vodafone Network Pty Ltd 92
6 Wayne Park 27 Ferrari F355 Challenge Ross Palmer Motorsport 91
7 Jamie Cartwright 11 Toyota Supra RZ Car Imports Australia 32
8 Garry Waldon 29 Dodge Viper GTS Garry Waldon 30
9 Terry Bosnjak 41 Mazda RX-7 Terry Bosnjak 27
10 Rod Salmon 38 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Rod Salmon 26
11 Perry Spiridis 30 Maserati Ghilbi Cup Perry Spiridis 22
Craig Dean 65 Ford Mustang Saleen S351 Crossover Car Conversions 22
13 John Teulan 45 Nissan Skyline GT-R Statewide GT-R Racing 20
14 Graham Alexander 57 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Graham Alexander 18.5
15 Murray Carter
Murray Carter
Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that...

18 Chevrolet Corvette C5 Murray Carter 16.5
16 Beric Lynton 23 BMW M3R Bruce Lynton 16
17 Ray Lintott 9 Dodge Viper GTS Wagon Wheels Chrysler Jeep 13
18 Paul Freestone 48 Lotus Esprit Sport 3 8
19 Darren Palmer 27 Ferrari F355 Challenge Darren Palmer 4
20 Damien White 38 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Rod Salmon 3
21 Peter Boylan 7 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo V Ross Almond 1
Class B - High Performance Cars
1 Geoff Full 6 Subaru Impreza WRX Nepean EFI 166.5
2 Mark King 34 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo III Mark King 163
3 Paula Elstrek 66 Mazda RX-7 Gregory Jupp 103
4 Bob Hughes 15 Mazda RX-7 Bob Hughes 83
5 Peter Boylan 7 Subaru Impreza WRX Ross Almond 43
6 Wayne Vinckx 76 Nissan 200SX Wayne Vinckx 40
7 Richard Davis 25 HSV GTS-R Jayco Caravans 35
8 Scott Jacob 51 Subaru Impreza WRX Scott Jacob 32
9 John Cowley 2 HSV VS GTS-R 215i John T Cowley 27
10 Dwayne Bewley 40 Subaru Impreza WRX Ben Kerrigan 22
11 Rod Wilson 66 Mazda RX-7 16
12 Clyde Lawrence 14 Subaru Impreza WRX 12
Garry Holt 99 Subaru Impreza WRX Garry Holt 12
14 Richard Hing 81 Nissan Pulsar
Nissan Pulsar
The Nissan Pulsar is an automobile that was produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan from 1978, when it debuted as a subcompact car, to 2007, when it was replaced in all markets by the Nissan Tiida. It was originally conceived as a replacement for Nissan's first front-wheel drive platform, the...

 GTi-R
10
Don Pulver 96 Subaru Impreza WRX Don Pulver 10
16 Jim McKnoulty 91 Subaru Impreza WRX Jim McKnoulty 5
17 Gary Deane 91 Subaru Impreza WRX James McKnoulty 4
Class C - Production Cars (Over 2500cc)
1 Peter Phelan 16 Holden VT Commodore SS
Holden VT Commodore
The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...

Peter Phelan 172
2 Mark Cohen 55 Holden VS Commodore SS
Holden VS Commodore
The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...

Mark Cohen 136.6
3 David Ratcliff 88 Toyota Camry
Toyota Camry
The Toyota Camry is a series of mid-size automobiles manufactured by Toyota since 1982, and sold in the majority of automotive markets throughout the world...

 CSi V6
Nepean EFI 133
4 Robert Chadwick 20 Mitsubishi TH Magna
Mitsubishi Magna
The Mitsubishi Magna was a mid-size car offered between May 1985 and September 2005 by Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited . Manufactured at the Tonsley Park assembly plant, Magna spanned three generations before being replaced by the Mitsubishi 380...

Robert Chadwick 104
5 Ryan McLeod 46 Ford EL Falcon XR8
Ford EL Falcon
The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...

Ryan McLeod 94
6 Daryl Coon 70 Ford AU Falcon XR6
Ford AU Falcon
The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...

Daryl Coon 47
7 Denis Cribben 33
46
Holden VS Commodore V8
Ford EL Falcon
Roland Hill
Ryan McLeod
39
8 Roland Hill 33 Holden VS Commodore SS Roland Hill 33
9 Brian Carr 64 Ford AU Falcon XR8 Brian Carr 19
10 John McIlroy 95 Ford AU Falcon XR8 18
11 Warren Millett 68 Holden VT Commodore 3
Class D - Production Cars (1851cc - 2500cc)
1 Phil Kirkham 71 Mazda 626
Mazda 626
The Mazda 626 is an automobile that was produced by Mazda for the export market. It was based on the Japan-market Mazda Capella. The 626 replaced the 616/618 and RX-2 in 1979 and was sold through 2002, when the new Mazda6 took over as Mazda's large family car...

Rebound Clothing Company 180
2 Melinda Price 28 Holden Vectra GL Gibson Motor Sport
Gibson Motor Sport
Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...

118
3 Sam Newman
Sam Newman
John Noel William "Sam" Newman is a retired Australian rules football player and current television personality. He is a featured presenter on the AFL version of The Footy Show.-VFL career:...

17 Holden Vectra GL Gibson Motor Sport
Gibson Motor Sport
Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...

98
4 Megan Kirkham 71 Mazda 626 Rebound Clothing Company 30
5 Carol Jackson 10 Honda Civic
Honda Civic
The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...

Pace Racing 22
Class E - Production Cars (Up to 1851cc)
1 Kosi Kalaitzidis 21 Proton M21 Coupe Kosi Kalaitzidis 158
2 Nathan Thomas 37 Suzuki Swift
Suzuki Swift
The Suzuki Swift is a subcompact car produced by Suzuki in Japan since 2000. Prior to this, the "Swift" nameplate had been applied to the Suzuki Cultus in export markets such as Australasia, Europe, India and North America.- Predecessor :...

 GTi
Nathan Thomas 134
3 Sue Hughes 74 Suzuki Swift GTi Formtech Competition Services 126
4 Craig Dontas 75 Suzuki Swift GTi Buy-A-Drive 74
5 Warren Luff 36 Peugeot 306
Peugeot 306
The Peugeot 306 is a small family car built by the French car manufacturer Peugeot from 1993 to 2002 replacing the 309. Peugeot gave the 306 many updates and aesthetic changes to keep up the competition but it was replaced by the 307 in 2001. Cabriolet and estate versions continued until 2002...

 Style
Northshore Rallysport 73.5
6 Darren Best 78 Hyundai Excel
Hyundai Excel
The Hyundai Excel , also known as the Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto and the Mitsubishi Precis, was the first front wheel drive car produced by Hyundai. The Excel was built from 1985 to 1994...

 Sprint
Darren Best 65
7 Peter McKay 26 Peugeot 306 Northshore Rallysport 30
8 Paul Buda 74 Suzuki Swift GTi VW Parts Service 13
9 David Crowe 49 Suzuki Swift GTi David Crowe 8
Class S - Sports/Performance Cars
1 Ric Shaw 35 Toyota MR2 Bathurst Osborne Motorsport 209
2 Wayne Russell 26 BMW 323i Wayne Russell 148.5
3 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota MR2 Bathurst Colin Osborne 140
4 Megan Kirkham 54 Mazda MX-5
Mazda MX-5
The MX-5, also known as Miata in North America and Eunos Roadster in Japan, is a lightweight two-seater roadster, of front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout, built by Mazda in Hiroshima, Japan. The model was introduced in 1989 at the Chicago Auto Show...

Rebound Clothing Company 68
5 Michael Simpson 32 BMW 323i Bruce Lynton 42
6 Clayton Haynes 4 Toyota MR2 GT Clayton Haynes 20
7 Dean Wanless 54 Mazda MX-5 Rebound Clothing Company 16
8 Phil Kirkham 17 Mazda MX-5 Rebound Clothing Company 12
9 Matt Lehmann 54 Mazda MX-5 10
Nicolas Lucas 77 Toyota MR2 GT Nicolas Lucas 10
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