Holden VS Commodore 1999 Calder Park Raceway Race 3 Winner - Classic Carlectables 1/18

The 1999 Shell Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars which began on 28 March 1999 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 14 November 1999 at the Mount Panorama Circuit after 13 Rounds.
Garth Tander driving his #34 Holden VS Commodore, representing Garry Rogers Motorsport, started off his 1999 V8 Supercar campaign with a 3rd place in Race 3 of the First Round at Eastern Creek Raceway. Tander then went one better in Round 5, finishing 2nd place in Race 3 at Hidden Valley Raceway. The very next Round at Sandown International Raceway Tander would see the podium again after finishing 3rd place in Race 3.
He immediately followed that up with his best Round results to date with a 2nd place in Race 1, 3rd place in Race 2 and 2nd place in Race 3 at Queensland Raceway. Having come so close previously, Tander finally achieved his very first race win at Calder Park Raceway in Race 3 on Sunday July 25, 1999. “As soon as I got in front of Skaife (Mark Skaife) I knew I could win, nobody was going by me today” said an elated Tander afterwards. However Skaife took the Round and Tander finished in 2nd place with John Bowe in 3rd place.
Tander would then go on to have a relatively uneventful remainder of the season with only a 3rd place in Race 1 of Round 10 at Winton Motor Raceway and a 2nd place at the Queensland 500 (Round 12) which took place at Queensland Raceway.
Overall Garth Tander would finish the season in 5th place, amassing a total of 1470 points behind the likes of Series winner Craig Lowndes driving a Holden VT Commodore with 1918 points, Russell Ingall in 2nd place driving a Holden VT Commodore with 1804 points and in equal 3rd place was Mark Skaife driving a Holden VT Commodore and Glenn Seton driving a Ford AU Falcon, both finishing with a total of 1656 points from the season.