1999 Australian Super Touring Championship

The 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Super Touring Cars. It began on 18 April 1999 at Lakeside International Raceway and ended on 29 August at Calder Park Raceway after eight rounds and twenty one races. Promoted as the BOC Gases Australian Touring Car Championship, organised by TOCA Australia and sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian Title, it was the seventh annual Australian championship for Super Touring Cars and the fifth to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name.
Paul Morris won the Drivers Championship, Volvo won the Manufacturers Championship and Volvo Racing was awarded the Teams Championship.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship.

Team

Car

Driver

Audi Sport Australia

Audi A4

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1999 Australian Super Touring Championship consisted of twenty one races at eight rounds held in four different states. Two races were held at each of the first three rounds and three races were held at each of the remaining five rounds.

Rd.

Race

Race title

Circuit

Location

Date

Winner

Team

Report

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 based on the top ten race positions in each race. There was a bonus point allocated for pole position. The first three race meetings had a qualifying session for each race. After that there was just one qualifying session per round.

Manufacturers Championship

Manufacturers Championship points were awarded on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for relative positions achieved by the best placed car from each eligible manufacturer at each race. Only two manufacturers were eligible to score points in the 1999 championship.

Position	Manufacturer	Lak	Ora	Mal	Win	Ora	Que	Ora	Cal	Total
1	Volvo	30	30	30	27	42	45	45	45	294
2	Audi	24	24	24	42	39	36	36	36	261

Teams Championship

Teams Championship points were awarded on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for relative positions achieved by entries from multi-car teams at each race.

Position	Team	Lak	Ora	Mal	Win	Ora	Que	Ora	Cal	Total
1	Volvo Racing	41	42	36	35	54	62	58	79	407
2	Audi Sport Australia	42	44	42	74	59	48	43	45	397
3	Team Mondeo	16	28	23	40	37	20	29	26	219
4	Paul Morris Motorsport	–	–	–	–	–	40	39	36	115
5	Racing Projects	16	13	13	18	17	15	8	9	109
6	TC Motorsport	–	–	–	–	17	13	10	4	44

TOCA Challenge – Independents Cup

Independents Cup points were awarded on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for relative positions achieved by drivers in entries nominated as Independents at each race.

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Lak	Ora	Mal	Win	Ora	Que	Ora	Cal	Total
1	Peter Hills	88	Ford Mondeo	Peter Hills	27	24	28	39	46	42	42	25	273
2	Dean Canto	44	Ford Mondeo	Peter Hills	–	20	12	31	24	15	38	38	178
3	Anthony Robson	5	BMW 318i Honda Accord	Grid Motorsport Nigel Barclay	11	4	6	32	18	35	22	24	152
4	Tony Newman	10	Peugeot 406	TC Motorsports	–	8	16	4	28	28	24	10	118
5	David Auger	45	Alfa Romeo 155	David Auger	16	7	19	8	20	4	21	16	111
6	John Henderson	56	Opel Vectra Holden Vectra	John Henderson	10	14	15	16	–	–	–	39	94
7	Aaron McGill	9	Ford Mondeo	Aaron McGill	–	6	10	21	11	16	–	12	76
8	Luke Searle	30	BMW 320i	Roadchill Express	11	–	–	12	17	–	–	17	57
9	Patrick Watts	12	Peugeot 406	Starion Enterprises	17	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	49
10	Jim Cornish	8	Nissan Primera	Nigel Barclay	4	9	10	–	5	12	4	–	44
11	Milton Leslight	11	Toyota Carina	Milton Leslight	6	–	8	–	–	10	10	3	37
12	Troy Searle	30	BMW 320i	Roadchill Express	–	–	7	–	–	10	11	–	28
13	Jamie Wall	7	Honda Accord	Nigel Barclay	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	22
14	Mark Zonneveld	20	Ford Mondeo	TC Motorsports	–	–	–	–	5	8	8	–	21
15	Malcolm Rea	77	Toyota Carina E	Malcolm Rea	6	–	–	13	–	–	–	–	19
15	Claude Elias	97	Hyundai Lantra	Claude Elias	–	–	–	10	4	–	5	–	19
17	Nigel Stones	37	Hyundai Lantra	Nigel Stones	–	1	–	–	9	–	9	–	19
18	John Teulan	24	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport	–	–	–	–	–	12	–	–	12
19	Roger Townshend	7	Honda Accord	Nigel Barclay	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
20	Allan Letcher	7	BMW 318i	Grid Motorsport	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	7
21	Michael Downard	14	BMW 320i	MPD Racing	–	–	–	–	4	2	–	–	6