Английская Википедия:2010 Touring Car Masters
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
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]
- Group 1: Over 5100cc (plus Ford Falcon Sprint and Holden Torana SL/R 5000)[2]
- Group 2: Over 2001cc and up to 5099cc[2]
- Group 3: Up to 2000cc[2]
Points system
Series points were awarded on the following basis within each Group at each race.[1]
Position[1] | 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 | 30th |
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Points[1] | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
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
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 1,9 2010 Touring Car Masters Sporting Regulations, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Series History, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ 3,00 3,01 3,02 3,03 3,04 3,05 3,06 3,07 3,08 3,09 3,10 3,11 3,12 3,13 3,14 3,15 3,16 3,17 3,18 3,19 3,20 3,21 3,22 3,23 3,24 3,25 3,26 3,27 3,28 3,29 3,30 3,31 3,32 3,33 3,34 Series Results 2010, www.touringcarmasters.com.au Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved on 2 July 2012, page no longer available
- ↑ 4,00 4,01 4,02 4,03 4,04 4,05 4,06 4,07 4,08 4,09 4,10 4,11 Natsoft Race Results, www.natsoft.com.au Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved on 6 May 2015
- ↑ 5,00 5,01 5,02 5,03 5,04 5,05 5,06 5,07 5,08 5,09 5,10 5,11 5,12 Grant Rowley, Master Class, The Annual - Australian Motorsports, Number 6 / 2010, pages 74 to 77
- ↑ Bowe wins in shortened round at Symmons Plains, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ Image at www.flickr.com shows this to be a VH series Chrysler Valiant Charger
- ↑ 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.