# 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500

The 1999 Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 500 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 3 October 1999. It was the 37th and last in a sequence of annual touring car endurance races to be organised by the Australian Racing Driver's Club at the Mount Panorama Circuit, previous events having included Bathurst 500 races and, from 1973, the Bathurst 1000.
The race was open to Super Touring cars, with FIA Production cars, GT Production cars and Schedule S cars also invited to compete. Qualifying established the grid for a 100 kilometre preliminary race, the Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 100, which in turn determined grid positions for the 500 kilometre main event.
The Super Touring 500 was won by Paul Morris driving a BMW 320i.

## 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 heavy rain and poor visibility caused by fog across the top of the Mountain, 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 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 at The Chase while the lead car of Peter Hills / Ron Searle struggled with water leaks and electrical issues.

## Official results
### Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 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 | Phoenix Motorsport | 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 | Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation | 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 |

### Bob Jane T-Marts Super Touring 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 Matthew 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 | Phoenix Motorsport | Mike Kilpatrick Jamie Miller | Toyota Camry | 48 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | 22 | Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation | Dennis Chapman Debbie Chapman | BMW 320i | 48 | 14 | 17 |
| 11 | 24 | Bruce Miles | Bruce Miles Murray Cleland | BMW 318i | 47 | DNF | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | Grid Motorsport | 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 Mark Zonneveld | 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 Rick Armstrong | Peugeot 406 | | 8 | 7 |
| DNS | 15 | Archerfield Speed Karts | Mike Kilpatrick | Porsche 930 | | 13 | 16 |
Note:
* Italics indicate the driver practiced the car but did not compete in the race.
* The Rod Salmon / Damien White Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V was entered as a GT Production car.

## Statistics

* Pole Position – #3 Jim Richards (Determined from results of 100 km race)
* Fastest Lap – #3 Jim Richards – 2:38.1390
* Race time of winning car – 2:55:31.5969
* Average Race Speed – 106 km/h