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

Bathurst 500

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

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

Statistics

• Pole Position - #3 Jim Richards - 2:18.6886
• Fastest Lap - #3 Jim Richards - 2:38.1390
• Average Speed - 106 km/h
• Race Time - 2:55:31.5969

Further reading

• Morris Reigns on Mountain, Auto Action, 14 October 1999, pages 17–19

External links

• Race results Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 8 May 2009
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• Images of the top three placegetters (incorrectly captioned as competing in the "AMP 1000 Bathurst 1999") Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 8 May 2009