2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series

2010 V8 Supercar season
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The 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an FIA sanctioned international motor racing series for V8 Supercars.[1] It was the twelfth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the fourteenth series in which V8 Supercars have contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on February 19 in the Middle East at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit and finished on December 5 at the Homebush Street Circuit after 26 races at 15 events. These events were held in all states of Australia and in the Northern Territory as well as in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and New Zealand. The 51st Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the winner of the Drivers Championship by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

James Courtney won the Drivers Championship for Dick Johnson Racing by 86 points from Triple Eight Race Engineering's Jamie Whincup in the final race of the season at the Sydney Telstra 500. Championship Team of the Year was awarded to TeamVodafone and Champion Manufacturer of the Year to Holden.[2]

Contents

Race calendar

The following events make up the 2010 series.[3] The proposed event for Queensland Raceway in early May was cancelled in January after V8 Supercar and circuit operators were unable to agree to terms.[4] The Ipswich venue was later restored to the calendar.[5] Barbagallo Raceway was later removed with V8 Supercar citing workplace health and safety regulations.[6]

Calendar is as follows:[7]

Race Event Circuit City / State Date Winner Team Report
1 Yas V8 400 Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, United Arab Emirates Feb 18-20 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
2 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
3 Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain Feb 25-27 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
4 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
5 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Mar 11-14 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report
6 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team
7 ITM Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand Apr 16-18 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
8 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
9 City of Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Apr 30-May 2 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing report
10 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing
11 Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria May 14–16 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing report
12 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing
13 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory Jun 18-20 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing report
14 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
15 Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland Jul 9-11 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report
16 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing
17 L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Sep 10-12 Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife		 Triple Eight Race Engineering report
18 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Oct 7-10 Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife		 Triple Eight Race Engineering report
19 Armor All Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland Oct 21-24 Garth Tander
Cameron McConville		 Holden Racing Team report
20 Jamie Whincup
Steve Owen		 Triple Eight Race Engineering
21 Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Nov 12-14 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering report
22 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing
23 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Nov 19-21 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing report
24 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing
25 Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales Dec 3-5 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports report
26 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have been confirmed for the 2010 series.

Team Make Model Car # Drivers Co-Drivers
Triple Eight Race Engineering VE Commodore 1 Jamie Whincup Steve Owen[8]
888 Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife[8]
Andy Priaulx[9]
Holden Racing Team VE Commodore 2 Garth Tander Cameron McConville [10]
22 Will Davison David Reynolds
Ryan Briscoe
Tony D'Alberto Racing VE Commodore 3 Tony D'Alberto Shane Price[11]
Tiago Monteiro[9]
Stone Brothers Racing FG Falcon 4 Alex Davison David Brabham[9]
9 Shane Van Gisbergen John McIntyre[12]
James Rosenberg Racing (SBR) 47 Tim Slade Jack Perkins[13]
Hélio Castroneves[14]
Ford Performance Racing FG Falcon 5 Mark Winterbottom Luke Youlden[15]
6 Steven Richards James Moffat[15]
Will Power[9]
Rod Nash Racing (FPR) 55 Paul Dumbrell Dean Canto[16]
Jacques Villeneuve[9]
Kelly Racing VE Commodore 7 Todd Kelly Dale Wood[17]
Scott Dixon
11 Jason Bargwanna Glenn Seton[18]
Alex Tagliani[9]
15 Rick Kelly Owen Kelly[19]
16 Tony Ricciardello Taz Douglas[20]
Dale Wood
Brad Jones Racing VE Commodore 8 Jason Richards
Andrew Jones[21]		 Andrew Jones[22]
14 Jason Bright Matthew Halliday[23]
Alain Menu[9]
Britek Motorsport (BJR) 21 Karl Reindler David Wall[24]
Fabrizio Giovanardi[9]
Walkinshaw Racing VE Commodore 10 Andrew Thompson Nick Percat
Ryan Briscoe
Mika Salo[9]
24 Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird
David Reynolds
Triple F Racing FG Falcon 12 Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi[25]
Gianni Morbidelli[9]
Dick Johnson Racing FG Falcon 17 Steven Johnson Marcus Marshall[26]
Dario Franchitti[9]
18 James Courtney Warren Luff[26]
Tekno Autosports (DJR) 19 Jonathon Webb David Russell[27]
Sébastien Bourdais[9]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport VE Commodore 30 Daniel Gaunt
Cameron McConville
Warren Luff		 Mark Noske[28]
Scott Pruett[9]
Nathan Pretty[28]
Garry Rogers Motorsport VE Commodore 33 Lee Holdsworth David Besnard[29]
Greg Ritter
34 Michael Caruso Greg Ritter[29]
Patrick Long[9]
Paul Morris Motorsport VE Commodore 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris[30]
Jack Perkins
51 Paul Morris
Greg Murphy		 Tim Blanchard[30]
Allan Simonsen[30]
Yvan Muller[30]
Wildcard entries
MW Motorsport[31] BF Falcon 27 Ant Pederson[20]
Damien Assaillit[32]
Greg Murphy Racing[31] VE Commodore 44 Geoff Emery[33]
Marcus Zukanovic
Rod Salmon

Driver and team changes

On July 29, 2009, it was officially announced that Team Vodafone would switch from Ford to Holden following Ford's withdrawal of funding from all of their teams except for Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing.[34]

Rod Nash Racing, owners of the #55 Racing Entitlement Contract which has been operated by Tony D'Alberto Racing for the last two years, will switch their operating teams for 2010 and will support a third Ford FG Falcon for Ford Performance Racing.[35] Paul Dumbrell has been confirmed as driver.

Fabian Coulthard was released from his Paul Cruickshank Racing contract to join Walkinshaw Racing.[36] Andrew Thompson will join Walkinshaw Racing with expanded sponsorship from Bundaberg Rum.[37]

Paul Cruickshank Racing's Racing Entitlement Contract was sold to the sponsors of Tim Slade.[38] A revived team, James Rosenberg Racing will be formed around Slade and will drive a customer Stone Brothers Racing Ford.

Tasman Motorsport was officially disbanded on 20 November 2009, with the team selling its Racing Entitlement Contracts to Tony D'Alberto Racing and the newly formed Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.[39]

Jason Bargwanna was announced as a new signing for Kelly Racing joining Rick and Todd Kelly.[40] The team's fourth driver was announced just two days before cars took to the track in Yas Marina. Multiple Sports Sedan Champion, Tony Ricciardello was confirmed to drive the #16 car with the support of Super Max for the first three events, from the Hamilton 400 the car will have sponsorship from Stratco.[41]

Greg Murphy has joined Paul Morris Motorsport to drive the team's second car alongside Russell Ingall. The car will carry Castrol sponsorship.[42] Murphy will miss the opening round of the series at Yas Marina Circuit due to a date clash with his hosting duties for Top Gear Live in New Zealand. Team principal Paul Morris substituted.[43]

Brad Jones Racing team owner Kim Jones confirmed that Jason Bright will join the team for the 2010 season.[44] Part of the deal will see the survivng Britek Motorsport licence operated as a third BJR Commodore with Karl Reindler to drive the additional car.[45] Immediately prior to the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge, Jason Richards withdrew from the rest of the 2010 championship to have surgery to remove a tumor. Andrew Jones took over the seat.[46]

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport was formed by Paul Dumbrell's brother, Lucas Dumbrell. The team acquired a VE Commodore and employed Daniel Gaunt as driver.[47] After the Hidden Valley round Gaunt was replaced with Cameron McConville, the team citing the need for an experienced driver to progress further.[28] On 28 October 2010, it was announced that Warren Luff would drive the Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore for the rest of 2010 and 2011.[48]

Three Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series teams were granted wildcard entries to the two co-driver endurance events, the Phillip Island 500 and the Bathurst 1000. The three teams, Greg Murphy Racing, MW Motorsport and Sieders Racing Team, were also the three teams who started both 'enduros' in 2009. A fourth team, Adrenaline Motor Racing (who last raced at Bathurst as Novacastrian Motorsport in 1998) withdrew their application. The three teams have not confirmed whether they would be upgrading existing Fujitsu Series specification chassis, or leasing an eligible chassis from another team, as Sieders Racing Team did in 2009. Greg Murphy Racing do possess the former Tasman Motorsport Commodores.[31] MW Motorsport subsequently confirmed it would use one of its own BF Falcons.[49] Sieders Racing Team later withdrew their wildcard entry after a budget shortfall.[50]

Rule changes

Full-time drivers will no longer be allowed to partner one another for the endurance races at the L&H 500 at Phillip Island and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama in an effort to make both the championship and the endurance races more competitive.[51]

For the Armor All Gold Coast 600, each team had to include a driver who races in a overseas series. The majority of nominated drivers were sourced from the Indy Racing League.

Following a failed attempt to get former champion Marcos Ambrose to make a one-off guest appearance at the 2009 Telstra 500, the V8 Supercars Executive Board approved plans to allow for one-off guest drives.[52] The system would work in a similar fashion to the "Wildcard" entries that the series allows to drivers and teams from the Fujitsu Development Series to step up to the V8 Supercars during the endurance races. Ambrose has been earmarked as a target for such an appearance, with the series looking to allow international drivers to take part in the offshore races in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi at the start of the season.

Publicity

Immediately prior to the season start, V8 Supercar launched a new publicity campaign, centred around American singer Pink and her 2001 recording Get the Party Started. The advertising campaign is called "The Greatest Show on Wheels" and is the first of a three year deal between V8 Supercar and Pink.[53]

Points system

Points are awarded to the driver or drivers of a car that completes 75% of the race distance and is running at the completion of the final lap.

Pos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th
Std 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18
L&H 500 Qual 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
L&H 500 Feature 200 184 172 160 148 136 128 120 112 104 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24
Bathurst 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36

NOTES:

Std denotes all races except the L&H 500, Bathurst 1000, and Surfers Paradise. These three races have unique rules.

L&H 500: The Phillip Island event was split into two qualifying races and a 500 km feature race. The two drivers per team were grouped into separate qualifying races that counted towards drivers' individual point totals and towards the starting grid for the feature race. The two drivers then shared one car for the 500 km endurance race.

Bathurst: Two drivers shared one car for the race.

Armor All Gold Coast 600: Each V8 Supercar team was required to have an international driver included in its driver lineup for each 300 km race. The international driver was required to complete 30% of the race distance. The event was run under a National permit, allowing International license holders to compete but not to score championship points.[54] This differed from the Bathurst event which was run under an International permit.[54]

Championship standings

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Make No YMC
 BHR
 ADE
 HAM
 QLD
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
1 James Courtney 18 120 102 102 96 138 138 129 42 150 150 150 150 111 120 111 138 154 222 78 120 72 69 120 150 60 63 0 3055
2 Jamie Whincup 1 150 150 150 150 120 51 150 150 120 Ret 129 33 138 150 150 36 95 276 102 150 102 60 138 129 Ret 111 0 2990
3 Mark Winterbottom 5 129 138 138 138 42 129 96 DSQ 84 Ret 60 102 150 138 129 150 239 168 42 129 111 150 129 138 Ret Ret 0 2729
4 Craig Lowndes 888 138 111 129 69 48 57 120 48 138 111 138 138 96 111 27 Ret 260 300 138 78 150 Ret 90 72 Ret 102 0 2669
5 Garth Tander 2 27 Ret 120 Ret 150 150 138 138 111 138 54 90 78 48 138 129 171 258 150 Ret 138 102 Ret 54 Ret 84 0 2466
6 Shane Van Gisbergen 9 102 129 111 129 39 120 Ret 96 129 129 111 69 129 129 90 96 91 84 129 138 66 72 84 Ret Ret 129 10 2391
7 Lee Holdsworth 33 111 96 69 111 129 72 78 120 96 36 78 129 39 69 120 60 41 192 48 84 78 78 102 120 96 150 15 2387
8 Rick Kelly 15 78 120 84 120 36 102 90 102 90 96 51 120 63 84 60 66 222 114 63 102 63 30 96 90 129 96 20 2347
9 Paul Dumbrell 55 96 69 24 78 111 111 84 45 42 48 21 78 90 36 78 120 183 126 39 111 120 138 150 96 78 60 0 2232
10 Steven Johnson 17 72 90 72 72 69 90 102 DSQ 102 90 120 63 51 57 72 39 123 138 57 Ret 54 66 66 111 120 120 10 2006
11 Michael Caruso 34 60 72 78 84 90 78 111 129 30 102 90 111 54 60 48 72 109 156 120 72 84 45 57 Ret 102 90 100 2004
12 Russell Ingall 39 24 84 96 66 78 48 Ret 69 63 120 72 57 72 30 102 Ret 150 180 69 90 96 120 111 66 69 45 10 1967
13 Jonathon Webb 19 90 51 63 57 60 60 66 78 78 69 27 72 33 66 57 84 178 96 90 57 51 57 45 84 150 78 45 1852
14 Jason Bright 14 42 78 66 33 102 27 42 66 66 72 96 Ret 69 45 Ret 51 29 240 96 Ret 69 129 63 33 138 Ret 10 1642
15 Steven Richards 6 57 54 Ret 60 54 66 33 DSQ 24 84 63 42 Ret 78 84 111 107 144 Ret 66 90 84 69 60 72 138 10 1630
16 Tim Slade 47 63 66 42 51 Ret 54 Ret 57 57 54 69 96 102 102 69 69 191 102 51 48 48 51 51 102 Ret Ret 0 1595
17 Jason Richards 8 69 42 48 90 Ret 84 72 72 39 66 48 66 120 96 96 90 221 72 60 Ret 57 39 0 1547
18 Todd Kelly 7 30 27 45 Ret 66 69 45 90 18 63 102 39 84 90 54 48 112 90 45 Ret 60 96 72 48 Ret 42 0 1435
19 Greg Murphy 51 57 39 Ret Ret 51 60 36 Ret 66 60 57 51 36 54 122 204 66 60 129 111 36 78 Ret 69 10 1432
20 Tony D'Alberto 3 51 48 36 48 63 96 69 Ret 72 78 84 84 66 54 Ret Ret 116 Ret Ret 54 42 33 30 63 66 72 0 1325
21 Alex Davison 4 84 24 51 54 72 36 54 Ret 21 42 57 54 60 Ret 66 63 140 132 111 Ret 45 68 60 42 Ret 36 35 1317
22 Will Davison 22 Ret 63 90 102 84 63 Ret 111 60 57 39 51 Ret 72 51 102 78 Ret Ret 96 39 Ret 78 Ret Ret Ret 0 1236
23 Fabian Coulthard 24 54 57 54 Ret 96 24 39 Ret 69 45 45 Ret 36 63 63 Ret 98 Ret 54 69 24 90 21 69 111 48 0 1229
24 Jason Bargwanna 11 66 60 60 63 Ret 33 60 84 48 Ret 36 Ret 48 42 39 78 113 Ret 72 45 Ret 54 54 45 84 39 15 1208
25 Dean Fiore 12 45 39 Ret 45 57 39 Ret 63 51 60 33 Ret 45 39 45 42 123 Ret Ret 63 36 36 48 51 63 57 10 1070
26 Tony Ricciardello 16 33 30 30 42 45 42 36 Ret 27 39 24 45 30 24 30 45 62 78 Ret 51 27 Ret 27 36 Ret 54 0 857
27 Karl Reindler 21 Ret 36 33 Ret Ret 45 57 51 33 Ret 42 36 Ret 27 42 Ret 97 120 84 Ret Ret 63 33 39 Ret Ret 15 823
28 Warren Luff
18
30		 154 222 78 120 30 42 24 Ret Ret 51 0 721
29 Cameron McConville 2/30 33 57 171 258 150 Ret 0 669
30 Andrew Thompson 10 48 45 39 Ret DNS DNS 63 DNS 45 Ret Ret 30 42 33 Ret Ret 53 60 Ret Ret 33 Ret 39 57 90 Ret 10 667
31 Steve Owen 1 95 276 102 150 0 623
32 Luke Youlden 5 239 168 42 129 0 578
33 Mark Skaife 888 260 300 0 560
34 Daniel Gaunt 30 39 33 27 36 51 30 48 54 54 51 30 48 27 21 10 539
35 Owen Kelly 15 222 114 63 102 0 501
36 Andrew Jones 8 221 72 60 Ret 42 Ret Ret 66 0 461
37 Jack Perkins
47
39		 191 102 69 90 0 452
38 John McIntyre 9 91 84 129 138 0 442
39 Greg Ritter 34/33 109 156 48 84 10 387
40 Paul Morris 51/39 36 DNS 150 180 10 356
41 Dean Canto 55 183 126 0 309
42 David Russell 19 178 96 0 274
43 Matt Halliday 14 29 240 0 269
44 Marcus Marshall 17 123 138 0 261
45 Dale Wood 7/16 112 90 Ret 51 0 253
46 James Moffat 6 107 144 0 251
47 David Besnard 33 41 192 0 233
48 David Wall 21 97 120 0 217
49 Allan Simonsen 51 204 0 204
50 David Reynolds 22/24 78 Ret 54 69 0 201
51 Nathan Pretty 30 74 108 Ret Ret 0 182
Mark Noske 30 74 108 0 182
53 Geoff Emery 44 76 66 0 142
Marcus Zukanovic 44 76 66 0 142
55 Taz Douglas 16 62 78 0 140
56 Damian Assaillit 27 83 54 0 137
Ant Pedersen 27 83 54 0 137
58 Michael Patrizi 12 123 Ret 0 123
59 Tim Blanchard 51 122 0 122
60 Shane Price 3 116 Ret 0 116
61 Glenn Seton 11 113 Ret 0 113
62 Craig Baird 24 98 Ret 0 98
63 Nick Percat 10 53 0 53
Pos Driver Make No YMC
 BHR
 ADE
 HAM
 QLD
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Teams Championship

Pos Team Make YMC
 BHR
 ADE
 HAM
 QLD
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 288 261 279 219 168 108 270 198 258 111 267 171 234 261 180 36 355 576 240 228 252 60 228 201 Ret 213 0 5659
2 Dick Johnson Racing 192 192 174 168 207 228 231 42 252 240 270 213 162 177 183 177 277 360 135 120 126 135 186 261 180 183 0 5071
3 Garry Rogers Motorsport 171 168 147 195 219 150 189 149 126 138 168 240 93 129 168 132 150 348 168 156 162 123 159 120 198 240 20 4486
4 Ford Performance Racing 186 192 138 198 96 195 129 DSQ 108 84 123 144 150 216 213 261 346 312 42 195 201 234 198 198 72 138 0 4369
5 Jack Daniel's Racing 108 147 129 120 102 171 135 192 108 159 153 159 147 174 114 114 334 204 108 102 123 126 168 138 129 138 5 3797
6 Stone Brothers Racing 186 153 162 183 111 156 54 96 150 171 168 123 189 129 156 159 231 216 240 138 111 120 144 42 Ret 165 0 3753
7 Holden Racing Team 27 63 210 102 234 213 138 249 171 195 93 141 78 120 189 231 249 258 150 96 177 102 78 54 Ret 84 0 3618
8 Paul Morris Motorsport 60 84 153 105 78 48 51 129 99 120 138 117 129 81 138 54 272 384 135 150 225 231 147 144 69 114 0 3455
9 Brad Jones Racing 111 120 114 123 102 111 114 138 105 138 144 66 189 141 96 141 250 312 156 Ret 126 168 105 33 138 66 100 3207
10 Rod Nash Racing (s) 96 69 24 78 111 111 84 45 42 48 21 78 90 36 78 120 183 126 39 111 120 138 150 96 78 60 0 2232
11 Kelly Racing 99 90 90 105 45 75 96 84 75 39 60 45 78 66 69 123 175 78 72 96 27 54 81 81 84 93 0 2080
12 Walkinshaw Racing 102 102 93 Ret 96 24 102 Ret 114 45 45 30 78 86 63 Ret 151 60 54 69 57 90 60 126 201 48 0 1906
13 Tekno Autosports (s) 90 51 63 57 60 60 66 78 78 69 27 72 33 66 57 84 178 96 90 57 51 57 45 84 150 78 0 1897
14 James Rosenberg Racing (s) 63 66 42 51 Ret 54 Ret 57 57 54 69 96 102 102 69 69 191 102 51 48 48 51 51 102 Ret Ret 0 1595
15 Tony D'Alberto Racing (s) 51 48 36 48 63 96 69 Ret 72 78 84 84 66 54 Ret Ret 116 Ret Ret 54 42 33 30 63 66 72 0 1325
16 Triple F Racing (s) 45 39 Ret 45 57 39 Ret 63 51 60 33 Ret 45 39 45 42 123 Ret Ret 63 36 36 48 51 63 57 0 1080
17 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport (s) 39 33 27 36 51 30 48 54 54 51 30 48 27 21 33 57 74 108 Ret Ret 30 42 24 Ret Ret 51 0 968
18 Britek Motorsport (s) Ret 36 33 Ret Ret 45 57 51 33 Ret 42 36 Ret 27 42 Ret 97 120 84 Ret Ret 63 33 39 Ret Ret 0 838
19 Greg Murphy Racing (w) 76 66 0 142
20 MW Motorsport (w) 83 54 0 137
Pos Team Make YMC
 BHR
 ADE
 HAM
 QLD
 WIN
 HID
 TOW
 PHI
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 SAN
 SYD
 Penalty Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Champion Manufacturer of the Year

Holden took out the Champion Manufacturer of the Year award,[2] having clinched the title at the Gold Coast 600 event with its 14th race win of the year.[55] The award is given to the manufacturer that scores the most race wins during the Championship season.[55]

See also

2010 V8 Supercar season

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