The 1999 Sensational Adelaide 500 was the first running of the Adelaide 500 race, the first motor racing meeting held on the Adelaide Street Circuit since the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. Despite racing at the Mount Panorama Circuit notwithstanding, it was the first domestic racing meeting held on public roads since the closure of the Longford Circuit in Tasmania in the 1960s.

Format Racing was held from Friday 9 April until Sunday 11 April 1999. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 2 of the 1999 Shell Championship Series. The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, consisted of two 250 km races.

The original format called for the two races to form a single race, separated by an overnight rest at half distance, however with several significant competitors retiring from the first leg a change to the regulations was announced on the Saturday evening, allowing retired cars to be repaired and restarted for Sunday's Leg 2.

Official results Top ten shootout Results sourced from:

Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 4 Stone Brothers Racing Jason Bright Ford AU Falcon 1:25.2366 2 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 1:25.6572 3 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore 1:25.6821 4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden VS Commodore 1:26.0117 5 18 Dick Johnson Racing Paul Radisich Ford AU Falcon 1:26.0615 6 6 Glenn Seton Racing Neil Crompton Ford EL Falcon 1:26.4795 7 8 Perkins Engineering Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore 1:26.5728 8 5 Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 1:26.6091 9 10 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham Ford AU Falcon 1:26.7478 10 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner Holden VT Commodore 1:26.7741

Leg 1 Results sourced from:

Pos No Team Drivers Car QualPos ShootoutPos 1 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore 6 3 2 5 Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 1 8 3 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden VS Commodore 10 4 4 12 Gibson Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden VT Commodore 16 5 8 Perkins Engineering Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore 5 7 6 40 Greenfield Mowers Racing Cameron McLean Ford EL Falcon 20 7 10 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham Ford AU Falcon 8 9 8 4 Stone Brothers Racing Jason Bright Ford AU Falcon 4 1 9 25 Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Ford AU Falcon 11 10 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 2 2 11 3 Lansvale Racing Team Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore 22 12 50 Clive Wiseman Racing Michael Donaher Holden VS Commodore 24 13 16 McDougall Motorsport Dugal McDougall Holden VS Commodore 23 14 99 Holden Young Lions Mark Noske Holden VS Commodore 19 15 600 PAE Motorsport John Bowe Ford EL Falcon 11 16 7 Gibson Motorsport Steven Richards Holden VT Commodore 21 17 72 Robert Smith Racing David Parsons Holden VS Commodore 31 18 26 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman Holden VS Commodore 27 19 32 Tomas Mezera Motorsport Tomas Mezera Holden VT Commodore 18 20 79 Cadillac Productions Mike Conway Ford EL Falcon 35 21 48 Rod Smith Racing D'arcy Russell Holden VS Commodore 30 22 14 Imrie Motor Sport Mike Imrie Holden VS Commodore 34 23 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner Holden VT Commodore 7 10 24 17 Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Ford AU Falcon 17 25 6 Glenn Seton Racing Neil Crompton Ford EL Falcon 3 6 26 98 Owen Parkinson Racing Kerryn Brewer Holden VS Commodore 32 27 18 Dick Johnson Racing Paul Radisich Ford AU Falcon 9 5 28 134 Power Racing Alan Heath Ford EL Falcon 38 29 55 Rod Nash Racing Rod Nash Holden VS Commodore 33 30 54 Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Ford EL Falcon 29 31 52 Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Holden VS Commodore 36 32 39 Challenge Motorsport Chris Smerdon Holden VS Commodore 26 33 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Jason Bargwanna Holden VT Commodore 15 34 28 Bob Forbes Racing Rodney Forbes Holden VS Commodore 28 35 22 Colourscan Racing Danny Osborne Ford EL Falcon 30 36 24 Romano Racing Paul Romano Holden VS Commodore DNQ 37 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Holden VT Commodore 14 38 70 Briggs Motor Sport John Briggs Ford EL Falcon 25 39 19 Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Holden VT Commodore 13 DNS 84 Miller Racing Daniel Miller Holden VS Commodore 39

Leg 2 Results sourced from:

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos Leg 1 1 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore 156 6 3 1 2 12 Gibson Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden VT Commodore 156 16 4 3 4 Stone Brothers Racing Jason Bright Ford AU Falcon 156 4 1 8 4 8 Perkins Engineering Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore 156 5 7 5 5 7 Gibson Motorsport Steven Richards Holden VT Commodore 155 21 16 6 99 Holden Young Lions Mark Noske Holden VS Commodore 156 19 14 7 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Holden VT Commodore 155 14 37 8 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Jason Bargwanna Holden VT Commodore 155 15 33 9 5 Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 155 1 8 2 10 17 Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Ford AU Falcon 155 17 24 11 600 PAE Motorsport John Bowe Ford EL Falcon 155 11 15 12 40 Greenfeld Mowers Racing Cameron McLean Ford EL Falcon 154 20 6 13 6 Ford Tickford Racing Neil Crompton Ford EL Falcon 154 3 6 25 14 19 Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Holden VT Commodore 154 13 39 15 50 Clive Wiseman Racing Michael Donaher Holden VS Commodore 153 24 12 16 28 Bob Forbes Racing Rodney Forbes Holden VS Commodore 153 28 34 17 39 Challenge Motorsport Chris Smerdon Holden VS Commodore 153 26 32 18 72 Robert Smith Racing David Parsons Holden VS Commodore 153 31 17 19 26 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman Holden VT Commodore 152 27 18 20 32 Tomas Mezera Motorsport Tomas Mezera Holden VT Commodore 152 18 19 21 54 Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis Ford EL Falcon 150 29 30 22 48 Rod Smith Racing D'arcy Russell Holden VS Commodore 149 30 21 23 3 Lansvale Racing Team Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore 149 22 11 24 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden VS Commodore 148 10 4 3 25 134 Power Racing Alan Heath Ford EL Falcon 146 38 28 26 79 Cadillac Productions Mike Conway Ford EL Falcon 131 35 20 DNF 18 Dick Johnson Racing Paul Radisich Ford AU Falcon 137 9 5 27 DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham Ford AU Falcon 135 8 9 7 DNF 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 130 2 2 10 DNF 25 Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Ford AU Falcon 128 11 9 DNF 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner Holden VT Commodore 120 7 10 23 DNF 55 Rod Nash Racing Rod Nash Holden VS Commodore 115 33 29 DNF 16 McDougall Motorsport Dugal McDougall Holden VS Commodore 104 23 13 DNF 14 Imrie Motor Sport Mike Imrie Holden VS Commodore 104 34 22 DNF 98 Owen Parkinson Racing Kerryn Brewer Holden VS Commodore 98 32 26 DNF 24 Romano Racing Paul Romano Holden VS Commodore 78 DNQ 36 DNF 52 Barry Morcom Barry Morcom Holden VS Commodore 47 36 31 DNF 22 Colourscan Racing Danny Osborne Ford EL Falcon 26 30 35 DNF 70 Briggs Motor Sport John Briggs Ford EL Falcon 3 25 38 DNS 84 Miller Racing Daniel Miller Holden VS Commodore 39 DNS

Round results Pos No Driver Leg 1Points Leg 2Points TotalPoints 1 1 Craig Lowndes 100 200 300 2 12 Greg Murphy 84 184 268 3 8 Russell Ingall 80 168 248 4 4 Jason Bright 68 176 244 5 5 Glenn Seton 92 128 210 6 7 Steven Richards 36 160 196 7 99 Mark Noske 44 152 196 8 40 Cameron McLean 76 104 180 9 600 John Bowe 40 112 152 10 11 Larry Perkins 144 144 11 35 Jason Bargwanna 136 136 12 50 Michael Donaher 52 80 132 13 17 Dick Johnson 4 120 124 14 6 Neil Crompton 2 96 98 15 34 Garth Tander 88 8 96 16 19 Wayne Gardner 88 88 17 72 David Parsons 32 56 88 18 26 Peter Doulman 28 48 76 19 28 Rodney Forbes 72 72 20 3 Trevor Ashby 56 16 72 21 10 Mark Larkham 72 72 22 39 Chris Smerdon 64 64 23 32 Tomas Mezera 24 40 64 24 25 Tony Longhurst 64 64 25 2 Mark Skaife 60 60 26 16 Dugal McDougall 48 48 27 48 D'arcy Russell 16 24 40 28 54 Simon Emerzidis 32 32 29 79 Mike Conway 20 20 30 14 Mike Imrie 12 12 31 46 John Faulkner 8 8 32 134 Alan Heath 4 4 DNF 18 Paul Radisich DNF 55 Rod Nash DNF 98 Kerryn Brewer DNF 52 Barry Morcom DNF 24 Paul Romano DNF 22 Danny Osborne DNF 70 John Briggs DNS 84 Daniel Miller

References

Statistics Provisional Position - #5 Glenn Seton - 1:25.0825 Pole Position - #4 Jason Bright - 1:25.2366 Fastest Lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:26.2491 (lap record)

External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website