2010 Commodore Cup National Series

The 2010 Commodore Cup National Series was the 17th running of the Commodore Cup. It began on 7 March 2010, at Wakefield Park and ended on 24 October 2010, at Sandown Raceway. The series was won by Adam Beechey, winning two rounds during the season, sharing one with Dean Crosswell in the Winton round. No other driver won more than one round, as the other four rounds were split between championship runner-up Tony Bates, third-placed Nick Parker, Brett Holdsworth and Marcus Zukanovic.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2010 Commodore Cup National Series. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Team	Car model	No	Driver	Winton Co-driver [4] [5] [6]
TTM Group	VS Commodore	1	Brett Holdsworth	Lee Holdsworth
www.bertiest.com	VS Commodore	6	Phil Brock	Neil Crowe
San Marco Restaurant	VS Commodore	6	Matthew Hayes
Renaissance Homes	VS Commodore	7	Matt Chick	Shane Price
Aerial Motors Racing	VH Commodore	8		David Stevenson Glen Holdsworth
	VS Commodore	88	Chris Stevenson	Kane Millier
Axent Racing	VS Commodore	9	Geoff Fontaine
		90	Garth Duffy
Greenbird Technologies	VS Commodore VH Commodore	10	Geoff Cowie	Alan Langworthy
Octane Alley Race Engines	VS Commodore	12	Josh Hughes	Paul Morris* Tim Blanchard**
Aussie NASCAR Tours	VH Commodore	14	David Ling	Michael Fitzgerald
		32	Steven Ling	Richard Whyte
LBC Motorsport	VS Commodore	23	Brian Bancroft
Alternative Freight Services	VS Commodore	24	Tony Bates	Geoff Emery
Worksense Workwear	VS Commodore	25	Allan Hill
Nichiyu Forklifts	VH Commodore	34	Mathew Hayes	Ryan Millier
Steve Yates	VS Commodore	34	Glenn Mackenzie
Kilpa Motors	VS Commodore	39	Nick Parker	Darren Hossack
Tancredi Concreting	VH Commodore	41	Anthony Tancredi	Mark Grima
Luna Fringe	VS Commodore	44	Scott Andrews	Tim Shaw
National Directory Distribution	VS Commodore	48	Geoff Emery
Western General Bodyworks	VS Commodore	66	Danny Buzadzic	Sam Walter
Action Racing	VS Commodore	71	Gerrard McLeod	Marcus Zukanovic
Adams Auto Electrics	VS Commodore	77	Adam Lloyd	Ryan McLeod
Alan Wilson Insurance Brokers	VS Commodore	78	Daniel Orr	Dean Orr
Donut King	VS Commodore	81	Adam Beechey	Dean Crosswell
Hurricane Automotive Products	VS Commodore	85	Jason Domaschenz
Southern Star Windows P/L	VS Commodore	99	Ross McGregor	Steve Owen

* - driver competed in practice only.
** - driver competed in qualifying and race only.

Calendar

The 2010 Commodore Cup National Series consisted of six rounds. ^[7]

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner
1	Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	6–7 March	Adam Beechey
2	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	1–2 May	Nick Parker
3	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	29–30 May	Tony Bates
4	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	26–27 June	Adam Beechey Dean Crosswell
5	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	11–12 September	Brett Holdsworth
6	Sandown	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	23–24 October	Marcus Zukanovic

Points system

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	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th
3 race weekend	50	45	41	38	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
2 race weekend	75	68	62	57	54	53	51	50	48	47	45	44	42	41	39	38	36	35	33	32	30	29	27	26	24	23	21	20	18	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	6	5	3	2

• 1 bonus point is awarded for qualifying on pole position.
• Each non-finisher will be awarded a points total that is 10 less than the points they would have been awarded if they had finished the race in the same position. ^[8]

Series standings

Pos. Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Pts 1 Adam Beechey 127 118 136 137 117 135 770 2 Tony Bates 119 87 150 93 133 94 676 3 Nick Parker 106 141 88 99 100 108 642 4 Scott Andrews 125 137 120 87 70 93 632 5 Ross McGregor 101 101 85 113 101 118 619 6 Matt Chick 116 98 99 47 99 115 574 7 Josh Hughes 92 108 116 74 113 52 555 8 Mathew Hayes 92 104 115 72 88 471 9 Adam Lloyd 88 112 119 112 431 10 Chris Stevenson 82 80 88 69 319 11 Brett Holdsworth 126 140 266 12 Daniel Orr 48 45 82 75 250 13 Marcus Zukanovic 107 138 245 14 Jason Domaschenz 109 92 34 235 15 Gerrard McLeod 101 107 208 16 Anthony Tancredi 63 53 87 203 17 Garth Duffy 96 81 177 18 Steven Ling 92 82 174 19 David Ling 94 70 164 20 Geoff Fontaine 68 95 163 Geoff Emery 93 70 163 Brian Bancroft 77 86 163 23 Danny Buzadzic 75 87 162 24 Geoff Cowie 77 79 156 25 Dean Crosswell 137 137 26 Lee Holdsworth 126 126 27 Ryan McLeod 119 119 28 Allan Hill 64 54 118 29 Ryan Millier 115 115 30 Steve Owen 113 113 31 Darren Hossack 99 99 32 Tim Shaw 87 87 Mark Grima 87 87 34 Glenn Mackenzie 86 86 35 David Stevenson 83 83 Glen Holdsworth 83 83 37 Richard Whyte 82 82 Dean Orr 82 82 39 Alan Langworthy 79 79 40 Sam Walter 75 75 41 Tim Blanchard 74 74 42 Michael Fitzgerald 70 70 43 Kane Millier 69 69 44 Shane Price 47 47 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

• Bold indicates that the driver scored one bonus point for qualifying on pole.

References

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2. "Southern Star Windows Commodore Cup National Series Qual. 1". National Software. 2 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
3. "Commodore Cup National Series - Qualifying 2". National Software. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
4. "V8 Stars Set for Commodoe Cup Enduro". SpeedCafe. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
5. "Winton Entry List". V8 Commodore Cup. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Winton Entry List". Shannons Nationals. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
7. "2010 V8 Commodore Cup National Championship Calendar". V8 Commodore Cup. 2010. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
8. "2010 Australian Commodore Cup Series Sporting Regulations – S12.2 Series Pointscore" (PDF). Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.^{[ dead link ]}