2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

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.

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

The 2010 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series will consist of 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

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.

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

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
	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

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 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

See also

2010 V8 Supercar season

External links

• Official series website

References

2. "Symmons Plains International Raceway 09/04/2010 Round 2 Shannons Nationals 2010". National Software. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
3. "Mallala Motorsport Park 30/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships - Round 4". National Software. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
4. "Winton Motor Raceway 27/06/2010 2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship - Round 5". National Software. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
5. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 12/09/2010 Shannon's National Racing Series - Rnd 8". National Software. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
6. "Sandown International Motor Raceway 24/10/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2010 - Round 9". National Software. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-25.