2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race

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The 2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race for production cars. [1] It was staged on 12 December 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway [2] in New South Wales, Australia. Jim Hunter, Barton Mawer and Gavin Bullas won the race at the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI; completing 249 laps, one more than the second place team of Barry Morcom, Nathan Morcom and Garry Holt, driving a BMW 335i. Third place went to father and son pairing Tony and Klark Quinn, who finished ten laps down from the winners, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.

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Eligibility

The race was open to production based cars complying with the technical regulations for any one of the following:

Classes

The race featured five classes: [2]

Names for classes other than Class D are not known.

Results

Position [2] Drivers [2] [5] [6] No. [2] Vehicle [2] Team [2] Class [2] Laps [2]
1Jim Hunter
Barton Mawer
Gavin Bullas
77 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Jim Hunters MotorsportA249
2Barry Morcom
Nathan Morcom
Garry Holt
11 BMW 335i Morcom Motorsport B248
3Tony Quinn
Klark Quinn
29 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX VIP PetfoodsA239
4Terry Conroy
Bob Hughes
Gerry Burges
21 Honda Integra Type R Disc Brakes AustraliaD238
5Richard Gartner
Francious Jouy
Keen Booker
Carl Schembri
97 Renault Clio 197 Safe-T-ShopD234
6Paul Nelson
Justin Matthews
Bob Holden
Greg Kean
16 Toyota Yaris Bezcorp SecurityE221
7Ian Thorp
Aaron Thorp
M Heffernan [7]
13 Renault Clio RS R-Sport AustraliaD208
8David Filipetto
Nathan Gotch
Glenn Smith [4]
147 Alfa Romeo 147 David Filipetto Consulting ServicesF47
DNFMark King
Anton Mechtler
Jason Walsh
38 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Pro-Duct MotorsportA191
DNFTrover Keene
Phil Alexander
G Heath
50 Mini Cooper S Midwest MultimediaD171
DNFBob Pearson
Steve Glenney
33 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Pro-Duct MotorsportA150
DNF Glenn Seton
Neil Crompton
35 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Pro-Duct MotorsportA135
DNFChris Reeves
C Colbey
Anthony Soole
000 HSV Clubsport R8 Triple Zero RacingB117

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References

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