1999 Queensland 500

**1999 Queensland 500**
Event Information
Round 12 of 13 in the 1999 Shell Championship Series
Date	17–19 September 1999
Location	Ipswich, Queensland
Venue	Queensland Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	161 laps
Pole position	Jason Bright; Stone Brothers Racing
Winner	Larry Perkins; Russell Ingall; Perkins Engineering
First
Round Results
First	Larry Perkins; Russell Ingall; Perkins Engineering;
Second	Garth Tander; Jason Bargwanna; Garry Rogers Motorsport;
Third	Craig Lowndes; Mark Skaife; Holden Racing Team;

The 1999 Queensland 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars held at the Queensland Raceway, near Ipswich, in Queensland, Australia on 19 September 1999. It was Round 12 of the 1999 Shell Championship Series and the inaugural running of the Queensland 500.

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying results:^[1]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	4	Jason Bright Craig Baird	Stone Brothers Racing	1:09.8946
2	1	Craig Lowndes Cameron McConville	Holden Racing Team	1:09.9013
3	18	Paul Radisich Steven Ellery	Dick Johnson Racing	1:10.3066
4	2	Mark Skaife Paul Morris	Holden Racing Team	1:10.3117
5	34	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:10.4587
6	11	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	1:10.6035
7	10	Mark Larkham Brad Jones	Larkham Motor Sport	1:10.6218
8	73	David Parsons David Parsons	Challenge Recruitment Racing	1:10.6985
9	7	Steven Richards Greg Murphy	Gibson Motorsport	1:10.7468
10	25	Tony Longhurst Adam Macrow	Longhurst Racing	1:10.8671
11	600	John Bowe Jim Richards	Briggs Motor Sport	1:10.8857
12	5	Glenn Seton Neil Crompton	Glenn Seton Racing	1:10.9039
13	17	Dick Johnson Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	1:10.9922
14	70	John Briggs Tim Leahey	Briggs Motor Sport	1:11.1680
15	24	Paul Romano Tomas Mezera	Romano Racing	1:11.2484
16	16	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke	Perkins Engineering	1:11.2659
17	6	Geoff Brabham Neal Bates	Glenn Seton Racing	1:11.3275
18	46	John Faulkner Simon Wills	John Faulkner Racing	1:11.3659
19	40	Cameron McLean Wayne Park	Greenfields Mowers Racing	1:11.5287
20	28	Rodney Forbes Geoff Full	Rodney Forbes Racing	1:11.5977
21	35	Matthew Coleman Greg Ritter	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:11.6303
22	15	Todd Kelly Mark Noske	Holden Young Lions	1:11.7372
23	3	Trevor Ashby Steve Reed	Lansvale Racing Team	1:11.7968
24	43	Paul Weel Greg Crick	Paul Weel Racing	1:11.8447
25	26	John Cotter Peter Doulman	M3 Motorsport	1:12.0861
26	66	Mark Poole Tony Scott	James Rosenberg Racing	1:12.1456
27	80	Bob Thorn Todd Wanless	Briggs Motor Sport	1:12.3286
28	22	Danny Osborne Brett Peters	Colourscan Motorsport	1:12.3773
29	97	Wayne Wakefield Dean Canto	Graphic Skills Racing	1:12.4254
30	96	Paul Dumbrell Matthew White	John Faulkner Racing	1:12.6061
31	49	Layton Crambrook Dean Crosswell	Crambrook Racing	1:12.7478
32	75	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones	Paul Little Racing	1:12.8091
33	55	Rod Nash Dean Wanless	Rod Nash Racing	1:12.8109
34	134	Alan Heath Warren Luff	Team South Australia	1:12.9223
35	54	Simon Emerzidis Gary Willmington	Simon's Earthworks	1:13.2246
36	14	Mike Irmie Rodney Crick	Saabwreck Motorsport	1:13.5804
37	47	John Trimbole Kevin Heffernan	Metropolis City Promotions	1:13.5850
38	50	Melinda Price Dean Lindstrom	UltraTune Racing	1:13.6370
39	48	D'arcy Russell Grany Johnson	Rod Smith Racing	1:14.1084
40	79	Mike Conway Ric Shaw	Cadillac Productions	1:14.2031
41	84	Daniel Miller Tony Ricciardello	Miller Racing	1:14.4924
42	39	Chris Smerdon Mal Rose	Smerdon Racing	1:16.6660

Top ten shootout

Top ten shootout results:^[2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	4	Jason Bright	Stone Brothers Racing	1:10.2952
2	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:10.7549
3	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	1:10.8215
4	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	1:10.8350
5	1	Craig Lowndes	Holden Racing Team	1:11.0101
6	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	1:11.1080
7	7	Steven Richards	Gibson Motorsport	1:11.2981
8	73	David Parsons	Challenge Recruitment Racing	1:11.4687
9	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	1:11.4863
10	25	Tony Longhurst	Longhurst Racing	1:11.7786

Race

Level 1 teams raced in Class A. Level 2 teams, usually referred to as privateers, raced in Class B. Race results:^[3]

Pos	No	Class	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	11	A	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Holden VT Commodore	161	6	6	300
2	34	A	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Holden VT Commodore	161	5	2	276
3	1	A	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Cameron McConville	Holden VT Commodore	161	2	5	264
4	5	A	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton Neil Crompton	Ford AU Falcon	161	12		252
5	73	B	Challenge Recruitment Racing	David Parsons David Parsons	Holden VT Commodore	161	8	8	240
6	7	A	Gibson Motorsport	Steven Richards Greg Murphy	Holden VT Commodore	161	9	7	228
7	17	A	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson Steven Johnson	Ford AU Falcon	160	13		216
8	3	B	Lansvale Racing Team	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VS Commodore	160	23		204
9	46	A	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner Simon Wills	Holden VT Commodore	159	18		192
10	6	A	Glenn Seton Racing	Geoff Brabham Neal Bates	Ford AU Falcon	159	17		180
11	16	A	McDougall Motorsport	Dugal McDougall Andrew Miedecke	Holden VS Commodore	158	16		168
12	35	A	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Greg Ritter Matthew Coleman	Holden VT Commodore	158	21		156
13	49	B	Layton Crambrook	Layton Crambrook Dean Crosswell	Holden VS Commodore	158	31		144
14	43	A	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel Greg Crick	Ford AU Falcon	158	24		132
15	55	B	Rod Nash Racing	Rod Nash Dean Wanless	Holden VS Commodore	157	33		120
16	10	A	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham Brad Jones	Ford AU Falcon	157	7	9	108
17	75	A	Paul Little Racing	Anthony Tratt Alan Jones	Ford AU Falcon	157	32		96
18	600	A	Briggs Motor Sport	John Bowe Jim Richards	Ford AU Falcon	156	11		84
19	26	B	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	Holden VT Commodore	155	25		72
20	50	B	Clive Wiseman Racing	Dean Lindstrom Melinda Price	Holden VS Commodore	153	38		60
21	79	B	Cadillac Productions	Mike Conway Ric Shaw	Ford EL Falcon	153	40		48
22	2	A	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife Paul Morris	Holden VT Commodore	150	4	3	36
23	22	A	Colourscan Racing	Danny Osborne Brett Peters	Ford EL Falcon	147	28		24
24	54	B	Simon's Earthworks	Simon Emerzidis Garry Willmington	Ford EL Falcon	143	35		12
25	97	B	Graphic Skills Racing	Wayne Wakefield Dean Canto	Holden VS Commodore	133	29		6
26	47	B	Daily Planet Racing	John Trimbole Kevin Heffernan	Holden VS Commodore	126	37
DNF	15	A	Holden Young Lions	Todd Kelly Mark Noske	Holden VS Commodore	155	22
DNF	66	A	James Rosenberg Racing	Mark Poole Tony Scott	Holden VT Commodore	150	26
DNF	28	B	Rodney Forbes Racing	Rodney Forbes Geoff Full	Holden VS Commodore	132	20
DNF	24	A	Romano Racing	Paul Romano Tomas Mezera	Holden VS Commodore	127	15
DNF	96	A	John Faulkner Racing	Paul Dumbrell Matthew White	Holden VS Commodore	125	30
DNF	70	A	Briggs Motor Sport	John Briggs Tim Leahey	Ford AU Falcon	118	14
DNF	4	A	Stone Brothers Racing	Jason Bright Craig Baird	Ford AU Falcon	111	1	1
DNF	80	B	Briggs Motor Sport	Bob Thorn Todd Wanless	Ford EL Falcon	111	27
DNF	40	B	Greenfield Mowers Racing	Cameron McLean Wayne Park	Ford EL Falcon	97	19
DNF	134	B	Power Racing	Alan Heath Warren Luff	Ford EL Falcon	97	34
DNF	48	B	Rod Smith Racing	D'arcy Russell Grant Johnson	Holden VS Commodore	75	39
DNF	14	B	Imrie Motor Sport	Mike Imrie Rodney Crick	Holden VS Commodore	69	36
DNF	25	A	Longhurst Racing	Tony Longhurst Adam Macrow	Ford AU Falcon	58	10	10
DNF	18	A	Dick Johnson Racing	Paul Radisich Steve Ellery	Ford AU Falcon	56	3	4
DNF	84	B	Miller Racing	Daniel Miller Tony Ricciardello	Holden VS Commodore	4	41
DNF	39	B	Challenge Motorsport	Chris Smerdon Mal Rose	Holden VS Commodore	3	42

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position - #4 Jason Bright - 1:09.8946
Pole Position - #4 Jason Bright - 1:10.2952
Fastest Lap - #5 Glenn Seton - 1:11.8804
Average Speed - 143.70 km/h

References

^ "1999 Shell Championship Series - Queensland 500 - Round 12 - V8 Supercars Qualifying". National Software. 18 September 1999. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
^ "1999 Shell Championship Series - Queensland 500 - Round 12 - V8 Supercars Top 10 Qualifying". National Software. 18 September 1999. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
^ "1999 Shell Championship Series - Queensland 500 - Round 12 - Queensland 500". National Software. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

External links

Supercars Championship
Previous race: 1999 Oran Park V8 Supercar Round	1999 Supercars Championship	Next race: 1999 FAI 1000
Previous year: inaugural event	Queensland 500	Next year: 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500

[1] "1999 Shell Championship Series - Queensland 500 - Round 12 - V8 Supercars Qualifying". National Software. 18 September 1999. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[2] "1999 Shell Championship Series - Queensland 500 - Round 12 - V8 Supercars Top 10 Qualifying". National Software. 18 September 1999. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[3] "1999 Shell Championship Series - Queensland 500 - Round 12 - Queensland 500". National Software. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 28 December 2008.

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