It was a very close and competitive VRC in 1999 with six different winners across the six rounds. All three champiosnhips – outright, 2WD and Novice were closely contested with the final points extremeley close. Furthermore, sometimes the placings were separated by a handful of seconds.
Scott Pedder and Paul Humm (Lancer) took the outright championship by just 1½ points ahead of David Adams and Jim Stewart (Subaru). Other round winners were Graeme Gambold and Chris Randell (Celica), Darren Windus and Michael Bruce (Subaru), Simon and Sue Evans (VW Golf), and Neil Cuthbert and Jamie Sargeant (Subaru).
The 2WD Championship was similarly close with four different winners across the six rounds. Mark Miller (Escort) had two round wins and just edged out Brian Semmens (Corolla) who had to drop his worst result. Semmens’ co-driver, David Leoncini, won the co-drivers championship because Joe Brick was director of the Begonia. Chris Lowe and Rachel Bruty (Commodore) were a close third with two round wins. Other round winners were Simon and Sue Evans (Golf) and Neal Schey with Craig Jarvie (Commodore).
The Novice award was a season long context between David Schneiders and Michael Stiglich (Commodore) and Shane Smith with Colin Miller (Escort). Each ok one round win and the Commodore crew took the award by just half a point. Otehr round winners were Justin Dowel and Noel Insley (RX7), Craig Dawson with Brian Tiedemann (Nissan GTi-R), Andrew Pannam and B. Clarke (Datsun 1600) , and Scott Innes and Craig Hardiman (Gemini?).
To see what else happened during 1999 in Victorian rallying, go to the 1999 year page.
To see other years of the Victorian Rally Championship, go to the VRC page.
