2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

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The 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series is the third running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series takes place on the program of Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships events. The Series began at Symmons Plains Raceway on 10 April and finished at Sandown Raceway on 24 October. Entries were hit hard in 2010 with just seven cars appearing across the opening two rounds and only three appearing at both of the first two events. Entries picked up after that, peaking at 14 cars at Winton.

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Experienced V8 Supercar racer Tony Evangelou clinched the championship a round early at Eastern Creek Raceway. Evengelou won eight of the 15 races, including all five rounds. Evangelou dominated the point score, over 200 points ahead of Terry Wyhoon, who moved into second place passing Chris Smerdon at the final round. Wyhoon collected four of the race wins Evangelou did not with the other three won by Dean Neville, Scott Loadsman and Sam Walter.

Calendar

The Ford BA Falcon of Terry Wyhoon at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series Ford BA Falcon of Terry Wyhoon.JPG
The Ford BA Falcon of Terry Wyhoon at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

The 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series will consist of five rounds held across four states: [1]

Rd.CircuitLocationDateWinner
1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 10–11 AprilTerry Wyhoon
2 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 29–30 MayTony Evangelou
3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 26–27 JuneTony Evangelou
4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales11–12 SeptemberTony Evangelou
5 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria23–24 OctoberTony Evangelou

Points structure

Points awarded for Time Attack are dependent on number of cars that take part in qualifying, with the winner scoring two points for each car to compete with gaps of two descending from that point.

Points1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Qualifying3
Time Attackvaries
Races 1, 2 & 340353127232017151311

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series.

TeamNoDriverCar
Hansen Pty Ltd5 Matthew Hansen Ford AU Falcon
ANT Racing6 Tony Evangelou Ford BA Falcon
Steve Ingwersen Painting15 Steve Ingwersen Holden VS Commodore
Image Racing18 Leigh Moran Ford EL Falcon
41 Terry Wyhoon Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
49 Mark Sheppard Ford AU Falcon
Century 21 Hazelbrook21 Chris Delfsma Ford AU Falcon
SA Tractor
Retro Blast
22 Dean Kovacevich
Isidoro Ambrosio
Holden VY Commodore
JCV Automotive26 John Vergotis Ford AU Falcon
Power Plus Fuels27 Shaun Fennell Holden VX Commodore
Sydney Star Racing33
95
Stephen Voight Holden VY Commodore
98 Aaron Tebb Holden VY Commodore
Eggleston Motorsport38 Ben Eggleston Holden VX Commodore
Harmony39 Chris Smerdon Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
47 Sam Walter Holden VY Commodore
Loadsman Racing Team62 Scott Loadsman Holden VY Commodore
Kitome69 Dean Neville Ford BA Falcon
Bartsch Builders81 Michael Bartsch Ford AU Falcon

Driver standings

PosDriverRd 1 [2] Rd 2 [3] Rd 3 [4] Rd 4 [5] Rd 5 [6] Pts
1 Tony Evangelou 2nd3rd1st2nd1st1st2nd2nd1st1st2nd1st2nd2nd3rd1st2nd1st1st1st648
2 Terry Wyhoon 1st1st2nd1st5th2nd1st1st3rdRet4thRet3rd2nd2nd2nd414
3 Chris Smerdon 3rd2nd4th3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd5th4th3rd3rd1stRetDNSDNS335
4 Mark Shephard 4thRet3rdRet13th5th5th5th5th6th5th5th5th5th8th4th261
5 John Vergotis 7th6th6th7th3rd4th4th2nd6thRet5th8th226
6 Matthew Hansen 4th6th6th6th10th9th10th8th8th9th8th4th4th6th214
7 Stephen Voight 4th3rdRet3rd4th3rdRet3rd152
8 Dean Neville 4th2nd1st2nd132
9 Chris Delfsma 9th8th10th8th8th5th6th4th129
10 Aaron Tebb 12thRetRet9th9th7th7th7th7thRet6th5th125
11 Michael Bartsch 3rd4th4th4th6thRet7thRet124
12 Isidoro Ambrosio 8th7th8th6th9th7th7th7th121
13 Scott Loadsman 1st1st2nd10th106
14 Dean Kovacevich 5th5th5th7thRet9th8th105
15 Ben Eggleston 2nd3rd9th4th97
16 Sam Walter 6thRet1st6th70
17 Shaun Fennell DNS6th3rdRet51
18 Steve Ingwersen 11th10thRetDNS19
Leigh Moran RetRetDNS0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

See also

2010 V8 Supercar season

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