1999 Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300
The 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts V8 300 was a one-off touring car endurance race run by the Australian Racing Driver's Club at the Mount Panorama Circuit. It was held on 3 October 1999.
The race was held for a combination of the then new Future Touring Car class and by the former Superspeedway category called AUSCAR. Originally these two classes of cars were to take part in the race that became the 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts 500.
Class structure
The race was held for a grid of Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons complying to one of two categories.Class A was for AUSCAR stock cars, the Australised lower cost and lower specification interpretation of NASCAR.
Class B was for Bathurst Tourers, known previously as New Millennium AUSCARs and later known as Future Touring Cars. The category was invented to provide a road racing category for the AUSCAR stock cars, which were in decline in their home environment at the Calder Park Thunderdome, to be converted relatively inexpensively into circuit racing touring cars.
Official results
Results as follows:Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos |
1 | B | 7 | Biante Model Cars | James Brock | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 3 |
2 | B | 10 | Jason Wylie Racing | Jason Wylie | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 5 |
3 | B | 84 | Australian Petroleum Supplies | Ray Sidebottom Andrew McInnes | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 4 |
4 | A | 4 | Revell Model Kits | Graham Crawford Ken James | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 17 |
5 | B | 2 | Pretty Motorsport | Nathan Pretty Nicole Pretty | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 9 |
6 | A | 44 | Powermac Racing Products | Darren McDonald Peter Fitzgerald | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 1 |
7 | B | 6 | SVO Motorsport | Paul Pedersen Miles Worsley | Ford EF Falcon | 38 | 7 |
8 | A | 31 | I & V Truck & Trailer Repairs | Daryl Speers Gerry Raleigh | Holden VS Commodore | 37 | 20 |
9 | A | 3 | Mothers Polishes, Waxes & Clean | Andrew Fawcett Lewis Scott | Holden VS Commodore | 37 | 14 |
10 | A | 28 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Matthew White Rodney Jane | Holden VS Commodore | 37 | 6 |
11 | A | 18 | Snowy Mountains Milk Company | Amin Chahda Mark Sutherland | Ford EF Falcon | 37 | 19 |
12 | A | 5 | John Agosta | John Agosta Eddie Woods | Holden VP Commodore | 37 | 12 |
13 | A | 38 | Wayne Smith Racing | Wayne Smith Mark Telfer | Holden VS Commodore | 36 | 15 |
14 | A | 96 | Keech Castings | Shane Houlahan Greg East | Holden VS Commodore | 36 | 8 |
15 | A | 15 | HPC Constructions Ascot Car Rentals | Hector Gutierrez | Holden VS Commodore | 35 | 21 |
16 | A | 09 | Pennzoil B & A Automotive | Andrew Gillespie Con Vereker | Ford EL Falcon | 35 | 10 |
17 | A | 11 | Ross Racing | Leanne Ross | Ford EL Falcon | 30 | 16 |
DNF | B | 85 | Bendix Mintex Ultimate Brake Pads | Tim D'Ombrain Graeme Gilliland | Holden VR Commodore | 33 | 13 |
DNF | B | 8 | Bruce Williams Motorsport | Terry Wyhoon Marshall Brewer | Holden VS Commodore | 28 | 2 |
DNF | B | 13 | Goanna Racing Team | Christian D'Agostin | Ford EL Falcon | 27 | DNS |
DNF | A | 22 | Diamond Valley Cooling & Heating | Leigh Yarnall Tony Edwards | Holden VS Commodore | 14 | DNS |
DNF | A | 04 | Barreau Hotel Group | Nigel Benson Rod Wilson | Holden VS Commodore | 3 | 18 |
DNF | B | 12 | Bruce Williams Motorsport | Dean Wanless Todd Wanless | Holden VS Commodore | 3 | 11 |
Statistics
- Pole Position - #44 Peter Fitzgerald - 2:28.0188
- Fastest Lap - #44 Peter Fitzgerald - 2:55.1241
- Average Speed - 105 km/h