Barry Sheene Medal

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Barry Sheene Medal
Sport Touring car racing
Competition Supercars Championship
Awarded for"outstanding leadership, media interaction, character, personality, fan appeal and sportsmanship throughout the season" [1]
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
History
First winner Marcos Ambrose (2003)
Most wins Craig Lowndes (five)
Most recent Lee Holdsworth (2022)

The Barry Sheene Medal is an annual award honouring the achievements of a driver in the Supercars Championship, [1] [2] an Australian touring car series. [3] Tony Cochrane, the chairman of the championship's organising body Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company (AVESCO), [lower-alpha 1] [4] instigated the award in 2003. [5] [6] The medal is named after the two-time Grand Prix motorcycle world champion and motor racing television commentator Barry Sheene. [2] [7] It is presented to the driver adjudged to have displayed "outstanding leadership, media interaction, character, personality, fan appeal and sportsmanship throughout the season". [1] A panel of motor racing journalists individually award three drivers scores of three, two and one points after every event of the season. [2] [5] The results are announced at the series' end-of-season gala in Sydney. [lower-alpha 2] [1] [5]

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Drivers consider it the second-most prestigious award after the drivers' championship, [10] and it is frequently likened to Australian rules football's Brownlow Medal and rugby league's Dally M Medal. [10] [11] The inaugural recipient was the Stone Brothers Racing driver Marcos Ambrose in 2003. He won his first drivers' championship title that year. [12] Ambrose claimed a second championship title the following year and earned a second medal win. [13] Since then, four drivers have won the award more than once: Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup, Scott McLaughlin and David Reynolds. Australian drivers have earned the medal fourteen times and New Zealanders four times. [1] Lowndes has the most victories of any competitor, collecting the award five times: in 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013 and 2015. [1] Lee Holdsworth was named the 2022 recipient, his first victory.

Winners

Barry Sheene Medal winners
YearImageWinnerNationalityRef.
2003 Marcos Ambrose.jpg Marcos Ambrose Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [12]
2004 Ambrose 2012 cropped.jpg Marcos Ambrose Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [13]
2005 Craig Lowndes 2006 australian grand prix melbourne.jpg Craig Lowndes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [14]
2006 Tomcar Craig Lowndes.jpg Craig Lowndes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [15]
2007 Jamie Whincup 2006 australian grand prix melbourne.jpg Jamie Whincup Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [16]
2008 Jamie Whincup.jpg Jamie Whincup Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [17]
2009 Will Davison.JPG Will Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [10]
2010 2002 James Courtney.jpg James Courtney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [18]
2011 Craig Lowndes.jpg Craig Lowndes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [19]
2012 Mark Winterbottom Sydney 500 2015.JPG Mark Winterbottom Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [20]
2013 Craig Lowndes signing autographs during the 2014 V8 Supercars Test Day (1).jpg Craig Lowndes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [21]
2014 Scott McLaughlin 2013 V8 Supercar Test Day.jpg Scott McLaughlin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealander [22]
2015 Lowndes.jpg Craig Lowndes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [23]
2016 Scott McLaughlin 2020 Supercars launch.jpg Scott McLaughlin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealander [24]
2017 David Reynolds 2015.JPG David Reynolds Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [25]
2018 David Reynolds.JPG David Reynolds Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [26]
2019 Shane van Gisbergen 2016 Rennsport Sydney.jpg Shane van Gisbergen Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealander [1]
2020 Scott McLaughlin 2020 Supercars launch.jpg Scott McLaughlin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealander [27]
2021 Whincup at the 2020 Sydney Motorsport Park.png Jamie Whincup Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [28]
2022 Lee Holdsworth in 2014.JPG Lee Holdsworth Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian [29]

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ AVESCO's name was changed to V8 Supercars Australia in 2005. [4]
  2. ↑ The 2020 award ceremony took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit shortly after the 2020 Bathurst 1000 as a result of Australian COVID-19 protocols banning mass gatherings. [8] [9]

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