2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

The 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series was the third running of the V8 Touring Car National Series. The series took 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.

Experienced V8 Supercar racer Tony Evangelou clinched the series a round early at Eastern Creek Raceway. Evengelou won eight of the 15 races and 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 won four of the races that Evangelou did not win, with the other three won by Dean Neville, Scott Loadsman and Sam Walter.

Calendar

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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 comprised five rounds held across four states:[1]

Rd. Circuit Location Date Winner
1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 10–11 April Terry Wyhoon
2 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 29–30 May Tony Evangelou
3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 26–27 June Tony Evangelou
4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 11–12 September Tony Evangelou
5 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 23–24 October Tony Evangelou

Points structure

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

Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Qualifying 3
Time Attack varies
Races 1, 2 & 3 40 35 31 27 23 20 17 15 13 11

Teams and drivers

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

Team No Driver Car
Hansen Pty Ltd 5 Matthew Hansen Ford AU Falcon
ANT Racing 6 Tony Evangelou Ford BA Falcon
Steve Ingwersen Painting 15 Steve Ingwersen Holden VS Commodore
Image Racing 18 Leigh Moran Ford EL Falcon
41 Terry Wyhoon Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
49 Mark Sheppard Ford AU Falcon
Century 21 Hazelbrook 21 Chris Delfsma Ford AU Falcon
SA Tractor
Retro Blast
22 Dean Kovacevich
Isidoro Ambrosio
Holden VY Commodore
JCV Automotive 26 John Vergotis Ford AU Falcon
Power Plus Fuels 27 Shaun Fennell Holden VX Commodore
Sydney Star Racing 33
95
Stephen Voight Holden VY Commodore
98 Aaron Tebb Holden VY Commodore
Eggleston Motorsport 38 Ben Eggleston Holden VX Commodore
Harmony 39 Chris Smerdon Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
Greg Murphy Racing 47 Sam Walter Holden VY Commodore
Loadsman Racing Team 62 Scott Loadsman Holden VY Commodore
Kitome 69 Dean Neville Ford BA Falcon
Bartsch Builders 81 Michael Bartsch Ford AU Falcon

Driver standings

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Pos Driver Rd 1[2] Rd 2[3] Rd 3[4] Rd 4[5] Rd 5[6] Pts
1 Tony Evangelou 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 648
2 Terry Wyhoon 1st 1st 2nd 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 3rd Ret 4th Ret 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 414
3 Chris Smerdon 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 1st Ret DNS DNS 335
4 Mark Shephard 4th Ret 3rd Ret 13th 5th 5th 5th 5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 8th 4th 261
5 John Vergotis 7th 6th 6th 7th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 6th Ret 5th 8th 226
6 Matthew Hansen 4th 6th 6th 6th 10th 9th 10th 8th 8th 9th 8th 4th 4th 6th 214
7 Stephen Voight 4th 3rd Ret 3rd 4th 3rd Ret 3rd 152
8 Dean Neville 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 132
9 Chris Delfsma 9th 8th 10th 8th 8th 5th 6th 4th 129
10 Aaron Tebb 12th Ret Ret 9th 9th 7th 7th 7th 7th Ret 6th 5th 125
11 Michael Bartsch 3rd 4th 4th 4th 6th Ret 7th Ret 124
12 Isidoro Ambrosio 8th 7th 8th 6th 9th 7th 7th 7th 121
13 Scott Loadsman 1st 1st 2nd 10th 106
14 Dean Kovacevich 5th 5th 5th 7th Ret 9th 8th 105
15 Ben Eggleston 2nd 3rd 9th 4th 97
16 Sam Walter 6th Ret 1st 6th 70
17 Shaun Fennell DNS 6th 3rd Ret 51
18 Steve Ingwersen 11th 10th Ret DNS 19
Leigh Moran Ret Ret DNS 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

See also

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2010 V8 Supercar season

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References

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  1. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Symmons Plains International Raceway 09/04/2010 Round 2 Shannons Nationals 2010". National Software. 11 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Mallala Motorsport Park 30/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships - Round 4". National Software. 30 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Winton Motor Raceway 27/06/2010 2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship - Round 5". National Software. 27 June 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 12/09/2010 Shannon's National Racing Series - Rnd 8". National Software. 12 September 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Sandown International Motor Raceway 24/10/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2010 - Round 9". National Software. 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2010.