The 1999 Australian Drivers' Championship was a
CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to drivers of
Formula Holden
Formula Holden was an Australian open wheel racing category introduced in 1989.
History
Known during its development as Formula Australia, it was initially for chassis constructed from aluminium only, running a 3.8-litre Buick V6 engine a ...
racing cars.
[CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1999, page 7-11] The winner of the championship, which was the 43rd
Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing championship contested annually from 1957 to 2014 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor ...
, was awarded the 1999 CAMS Gold Star.
[ Due to a sponsorship arrangement with Holden, the championship was promoted as the "Holden Australian Drivers' Championship".
The championship was won by Simon Wills driving a ]Reynard
Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. The first extant versions of the cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The genre was popular throughout the Late Middle Ages, a ...
94D for Birrana Racing Pty Ltd.
Schedule
The championship was contested over a seven-round series, with two races per round.[Aaron Noonan, Where there's a Wills..., V8 Supercars 1999 Review Magazine, pages 106-107]
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race.[
]
Championship results
Note:
% Contemporary Formula Holden regulations mandated the use of a 3.8 litre Holden V6 engine.[The Lion Kings, Official Program, Sensational Adelaide 500, 9,10,11 April 1999]
+ No points were awarded for the first race of Round 6 as the race was cancelled due to a series of accidents.[
]
References
External links
1999 Australian open wheeler images at autopics.com.au
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