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2010 Touring Car Masters

2010 Touring Car Masters

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The 2010 Touring Car Masters was Australian motor racing competition for Touring Cars.[1] The series was open to models manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1973 and to specific models manufactured between 1 January 1974 and 31 December 1976.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series and ‘Australian Classic Touring Cars’ was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.[1] The series was the fourth annual Touring Car Masters.[2]

Jim Richards (Ford Falcon Sprint) won Group 1, Bernie Stack (Porsche 911 RS) was victorious in Group 2 and Tony Karanfilovski (Alfa Romeo GTAm) secured the Group 3 award.

Calendar

Jim Richards won Group 1 driving a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint
Gary O’Brien placed sixth in Group 2 driving a Holden HQ SS

The series was contested over eight rounds.[3]

Round[1] Circuit[1][4] Date[1] Format[1] Round winner[5] Car
1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit 11-14 March Three races Andrew Miedecke Chevrolet Camaro SS
2 Winton Motor Raceway 14-16 May Three races John Bowe Ford Mustang
3 Hidden Valley Raceway 18-20 June Three races Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint
4 Eastern Creek International Raceway[5] 4-5 September[4] Three races John Bowe Ford Mustang
5 Mount Panorama, Bathurst 7-10 October Three races Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint
6 Symmons Plains International Raceway 13-15 November[4] Three races John Bowe Ford Mustang
7 Sandown International Motor Raceway 19-21 November Three races Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint
8 Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 3-5 December Three races Gavin Bullas Ford Mustang

Note:

  • Race 2 of Round 6 at Symmons Plains was cancelled due to scheduling issues brought about by damage caused to the safety fencing during the previous race.[6]
  • Race 2 of Round 7 at Sandown was cut short due to an accident and was deemed a non-event.[5]

Classes

Cars competed in three Groups based on engine capacity:[2]

Points system

Series points were awarded on the following basis within each Group at each race.[1]

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Series standings

Group 1                        
Position[3][5] Driver[3][5] No.[4] Car[4] Competitor / Team[4] Ade[3] Win[3] Hid[3] Eas[3] Bat[3] Sym[3] San[3] Hom[3] Total[3][5]
1 Jim Richards 2 Ford Falcon Sprint Shannons Insurance 164 82 180 141 168 0 116 168 1019
2 Gavin Bullas 16 & 1 Ford Mustang Rain City Racing 150 108 164 156 160 (45) 48 172 1003
3 John Bowe 18 Ford Mustang WesTrac Cat 129 180 108 180 0 120 60 156 933
4 Andrew Miedecke 95 Chevrolet Camaro SS WesTrac Cat (168) 145 132 60 112 89 104 152 794
5 Leanne Tander 11 Ford XA Falcon GT Phil Morris 24 133 123 125 135 100 0 120 760
6 Steve Mason 3 Chevrolet Camaro SS Hercules Engines 135 36 0 98 123 100 104 70 666
7 Bill Pye 15 Chevrolet Camaro SS Bill Pye 105 126 114 72 138 0 0 45 600
8 Brad Tilley 28 Ford XY Falcon GT Tilleys Automotive 142 36 145 148 0 0 0 99 570
9 Graham Alexander 57 Holden HT Monaro Corio Auto Parts 69 120 51 120 54 78 39 0 531
10 Brett Youlden 56 Holden HQ Monaro Driving Force / Rare Spares 30 63 0 93 142 98 90 0 516
11 Mark King 8 Holden HQ SS Waddington Racing / Kings Springs 30 92 0 72 120 45 84 66 509
12 George Nittis 83 Ford XY Falcon GTHO Ocean Seafoods 41 72 0 35 59 69 57 84 396
13 Matt O'Brien 27 Holden HQ Monaro Australian Web Insurance 0 60 17 93 30 0 57 117 374
14 Alastair MacLean 14 Chevrolet Camaro SS Dukes Body Works 117 60 87 0 33 0 0 0 297
15 Nigel Benson 22 Holden HQ Monaro PRT Race Fabrication 45 21 75 57 30 0 45 0 273
16 Tony Hunter 10 Holden HQ Monaro Sunliner RV 0 27 30 0 99 78 36 0 270
17 Tony Edwards 9 Holden HQ Monaro Romac UPC / Competition Engineering 42 90 132 0 0 0 0 0 264
18 Steve Makarios 99 Ford XY Falcon GTHO 351 Motorsport 90 0 78 0 0 0 75 0 243
19 Doug Westwood 62 Ford XY Falcon GTHO Falcon Fire Protection 27 0 99 46 24 0 0 33 229
20 Michael Acheson 55 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger E55[7] Signwise Enterprises 0 0 0 0 48 0 54 93 195
21 Keith Kassulke 9 Holden HQ Monaro Upstream Printing Solutuions 0 0 0 41 24 0 33 90 188
22 Bob Middleton 85 Chevrolet Camaro RS Whiteline Transport Racing 0 0 57 21 75 0 21 0 174
23 Garry Treloar 20 Chevrolet Camaro Treloar Roses 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 78
24 Elliot Barbour 74 Ford XY Falcon GTHO Jenny Barbour & Associates 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 34
25 Wayne Mercer 74 Ford XY Falcon GTHO Lyndways Builders 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 21
Group 2                          
Position[3][5] Driver[3][5] No.[4] Car[4] Competitor / Team[4] Ade[3] Win[3] Hid[3] Eas[3] Bat[3] Sym[3] San[3] Hom[3] Total[3][5]
1 Bernie Stack 36 Porsche 911 RS Gawler Body Works 180 172 138 176 108 116 (101) 172 1062
2 Cameron Tilley 60 Chrysler Valiant Pacer Tilleys Automotive (48) 94 180 172 120 104 108 176 954
3 Chris Stillwell 6 Ford Mustang Stillwell Motorsport 132 160 152 93 164 116 (60) 87 904
4 Ian McAlister 5 Ford Mustang McAlister Ford 139 139 168 148 149 0 97 48 888
5 John Nelson 91 Porsche 911 RS Nelson Architects 136 0 114 129 75 78 81 129 742
6 Gary O'Brien 19 Holden HQ SS Panels & Performance 0 81 66 149 49 84 96 126 651
7 Greg Keene 33 & 26 Porsche 911 RS SportsMed & Toshiba / Copyworld 99 93 72 0 126 0 102 156 648
8 Mick Wilson 43 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Treloar Roses / Mick Wilson Plumbing 78 114 123 0 149 93 0 87 644
9 Rory O'Neill 13 Porsche 911 RS The Wine Underground 126 78 0 111 102 72 72 75 636
10 Amanda Sparks 33 Porsche 911 RS SportsMed 0 0 105 120 114 87 0 0 426
11 Trevor Talbot 76 Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 Dukes Body Works 56 116 145 0 42 0 0 0 359
12 Ross Almond 26 Porsche 911 RS Toshiba / Copyworld 0 0 0 102 0 39 0 0 141
13 Garry Treloar 21 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Treloar Roses 75 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 111
14 Graeme Cook 61 Porsche 911 RS Racemoves / Buik Motorworks 164 -60 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
Group 3                          
Position[3][5] Driver[3][5] No.[4] Car[4] Competitor / Team[4] Ade[3] Win[3] Hid[3] Eas[3] Bat[3] Sym[3] San[3] Hom[3] Total[3][5]
1 Tony Karanfilovski 88 Alfa Romeo GTAm TIFS - Wharehousing & Distribution 120 172 180 176 172 0 112 180 1112
2 Phillip Showers 4 Ford Escort RS1600 Northern BM P/L 168 176 (112) 172 172 120 120 168 1096[8]
3 Cameron Mason 7 Datsun 510 Steve Mason Family Cars 0 0 0 52 160 112 104 104 532
4 Jason Humble 7 Datsun 510 Steve Mason 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164

Note:

  • Each driver was required to drop points from one round of the series.[3] Points which were not retained are shown in the above table within brackets.
  • Due to an engine irregularity, Andrew Miedecke nominated Adelaide as the round for which his points would be dropped.[5]

Notes & references

  1. [1]
    2010 Touring Car Masters Sporting Regulations, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. [2]
    Series History, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. [3]
    Series Results 2010, www.touringcarmasters.com.au Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2 July 2012, page no longer available
  4. [4]
    Natsoft Race Results, www.natsoft.com.au Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 6 May 2015
  5. [5]
    Grant Rowley, Master Class, The Annual - Australian Motorsports, Number 6 / 2010, pages 74 to 77
  6. [6]
    Bowe wins in shortened round at Symmons Plains, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  7. [7]
    Image at www.flickr.com shows this to be a VH series Chrysler Valiant Charger
  8. [8]
    Both www.touringcarmasters.com and The Annual gave a total of 1208 points for Phillip Showers, although the former notes that he dropped a round score of 112 points.
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