2010 Australian Sports Sedan season

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2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series winner, James Sera (Saab 9-3 Aero) Saab 9-3 Aero of James Sera.JPG
2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series winner, James Sera (Saab 9-3 Aero)

The 2010 Australian Sports Sedan season was the 26th season of Australian Sports Sedan motor racing in which a national championship or national series has been contested. The season featured the 2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, [1] which began on 6 March 2010 at Wakefield Park and ended on 24 October at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after fifteen races. The series was televised on SBS program SBS Speedweek.

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The series was won by kart racer James Sera, [2] contesting his first national circuit racing series in the Saab 9-3 of 2003 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series winner Dean Randle. Despite missing the opening round of the series Sera claimed the title by 17 points over 2008 champion Darren Hossack (Audi A4). Sera took six wins and six seconds from his twelve starts in a near perfect season. Hossack took six wins but took no points away from the Morgan Park round after an engine failure. Hossack finished almost 80 points clear of third in the points, multiple series champion Kerry Baily. Baily, driving a Nissan 300ZX, was one of three drivers to take a single race win, all at the season's opening round at Wakefield Park. The other two drivers were outgoing champion Des Wall (Chevrolet Corvette) and Mazda RX-7 driver Trent Young.

Vehicle eligibility

The series was open to the following automobiles: [1]

Teams and drivers

The Audi A4 of Darren Hossack at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series. Audi A4 of Darren Hossack.JPG
The Audi A4 of Darren Hossack at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series.
The Ford Mustang of Phil Crompton at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series. Ford Mustang of Phil Crompton.JPG
The Ford Mustang of Phil Crompton at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series.
The Chevrolet Camaro of Scott Butler at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series. Chevrolet Camaro of Scott Butler.JPG
The Chevrolet Camaro of Scott Butler at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series.

The following drivers competed in the 2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. [3] [4]

TeamModelNoDriver
Shannon's Mt Aqua Spring Water Chevrolet Corvette GTS 1 Des Wall
Auto Union Deutsche Audi A4 4 Darren Hossack
Steven's Security Mazda RX-7 5 Garry Stevens
State Tennis Carline Exhausts Mazda RX-7 7 Simon Longhurst
PPG Ford EF Falcon 8 Simon Pfitzner
Domain Prestige Homes Opel Calibra 9 Daniel Tamasi
Centreline Suspension Mazda RX-7 9 Chris Muscat
Fuel 2 Race Opel Calibra 11 Chris Jackson
Pakenham Tyrepower Holden VN Commodore 12 Chas Talbot
Queensland Constructions Honda Prelude 15 Charlie Senese
P&L Mechanical Mazda RX-7 18 Graeme Gilliland
Melbourne Performance Centre Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 19 Damien Johnson
Melbourne East Autosmart Datsun 1200 20 Clive Ablitt
Lifetime Financial Ford Mustang 21 Phil Crompton
Aussie Smoke Alarms Datsun 1000 22 Paul Hibberd
Darren Steeden Ford Escort MkI 22 Darren Steeden
Jocaro Motors Opel Calibra 25 Neil Bryson
Steve's Toy Shop Blairs Tyres Chevrolet Camaro 26 Scott Butler
Airey Industrial Nissan 300ZX 28 Kerry Baily
Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro 32 Michael Robinson
Elite Fleet Mitsubishi Magna 33 Daniel Natoli
RK&T Young Plumbing Mazda RX-7 41 Trent Young
Mirror Stone Mazda RX-4 42 Brad Duckworth
Aston Air Conditioning Ford EB Falcon 43 Chris Donnelly
MR Automotive Rover Vitesse 44 Colin Smith
Coaststeer Automotive Opel Calibra 46 Dave McGinniss
Interstate Finance & Leasing Holden VK Commodore 46 Mark Bowen
Executive Heating & Cooling Mazda RX-7 48 Luke Chambers
Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance Holden VS Commodore 51 Bob McLoughlin
55 By Sportique Mazda RX-7 55 Sam Silvestro
BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX-7 56 Bruce Banks
FM Pumps Mazda RX-7 57 Frank Mascadri
Quality Concreting Mazda RX-7 59 Bobby Ervin
Fivestar Fencing Chevrolet Corvette GTS 66 Dean Camm
Aston Air Conditioning Chevrolet Camaro 68 Shane Bradford
Austrack Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 80 Alfred Axisa
R&L Uhlhorn Mazda RX-7 83 Lee Uhlhorn
Esjay Commercial Plastering Holden VS Commodore 88 Ian Rice
Swedish Prestige Saab 9-3 Aero 93 Dean Randle
Swedish Prestige Saab 9-3 Aero 93 James Sera
Rosemount Smash Repairs Isuzu Gemini 95 Anthony Cox
AGM Engineering Nissan 300ZX 97 Anthony Macready

Series calendar

The 2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds, each of which was held at Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships rounds. [5]

Rd.CircuitCity / stateDateFormat [6] Winner [7] Car
1 Flag of New South Wales.svg Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 6–7 MarchThree races Kerry Baily Nissan 300ZX
2 Flag of South Australia.svg Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 29–30 MayThree races Darren Hossack Audi A4
3 Flag of Queensland.svg Morgan Park Raceway Warwick, Queensland 14–15 AugustThree races James Sera Saab 9-3 Aero
4 Flag of New South Wales.svg Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 11–12 SeptemberThree races James Sera Saab 9-3 Aero
5 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 23–24 OctoberThree races Darren Hossack Audi A4

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis for the top fifteen positions in each race, with each other finisher receiving 1 point. [1] There were two bonus points allocated to the driver gaining pole position at each round. [1]

Series results

PosDriver [8] Round 1 - WAK [9] Round 2 - MAL [10] Round 3 - MOR [11] Round 4 - EAS Round 5 - SAN Pts [8]
Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3
1 James Sera 2nd2nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd2nd2nd224
2 Darren Hossack 3rd3rd2nd1st1st1stRetDNSDNS2nd2ndRet1st1st1st207
3 Kerry Baily 1st2nd3rdRetDNSDNS2nd2nd2nd7thRet4th128
4 Phil Crompton 4thRetDNS9th4th3rd5th4th3rd5th6th7th122
5 Dean Camm 10th5thRet8th6th7th6th4th5th6th10th4th116
6 Scott Butler 6thRet18thRetRetRet6th3rd5th4thDSQ3rd4th4thRet104
7 Des Wall 2nd1st4th3rd5th3rd92
8 Damien Johnson 16th10th6th8th9th6th14th10th11th12th9th10th15th15th14th91
9 Bob McLoughlin 13th9th7th5th6th5th3rdRet4th85
10 Bruce Banks RetRet11thRet8th8th9th5th7th8th7th6th84
11 Trent Young 8th6th1st3rd3rd4thRetDNSDNS83
12 Colin Smith 14th12th16th7th7thDNS7th5th6thRetDNSDNS11th12th10th80
13 Chris Jackson 11th5th9th3rd3rd2nd73
14 Graeme Gilliland 6th8th7th11th9th10th13th13th12th64
15 Michael Robinson 12th8th19thRet6th8thRet8th5th56
16 Charlie Senese 9th7th12th4thRetDNS9thRetDNS44
17 Dean Randle 5th4th5th37
18 Anthony Macready 7thRet13th8th7thRet33
19 Daniel Natoli 17th11th10th12th14th13th26
20 Chris Muscat 7th3rdRet25
Tony Cox 10th7th9th25
22 Darren Steeden 10th8th9th24
Ian Rice 10th9th8th24
24 Fred Axisa 5thRet6th23
25 Chris Donnelly 4th11thRet19
Luke Chambers 12th11th9th19
27 Chas Talbot 9th16th11th15
28 Frank Mascadri Ret12th12th10
Brad Duckworth 14th13th14th10
Lee Uhlhorn 14th14th13th10
31 Daniel Tamasi RetDNS8th9
31 Shane Bradford 10thRet15th9
33 Simon Pfitzner 11thRetDNS6
Garry Stevens 11thRetDNS6
33 Paul Hibberd 18th13th17th6
36 Sam Silvestro DNSDNSDNS13thRetDNS4
37 David McGinniss RetDNS14th3
38 Neil Bryson 15thRetRet2
Bobby Ervin RetRetDNSRetDNSDNS0
Simon Longhurst RetRetRet0
Mark Bowen [12] RetDNSDNS0
Clive Ablitt RetRetRet0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Note: The driver gaining pole position at each round is indicated in bold text

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