2010 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour Explained

The 2010 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for Group 3E Series Production Cars and other invited vehicles.^[1] The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 14 February 2010, was the eighth running of the Bathurst 12 Hour, and the fourth since the race was revived in 2007. It was also Round 1 of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following classes:

• Class A – High Performance All Wheel Drive
• Class B – High Performance Rear Wheel Drive
• Class C – Performance
• Class D – Production (Sport)
• Class E – Production (Small)
• Class F – Alternative Energy
• Class G – V8 Utes
• Class H – Mini Challenge
• Class I – Invitational^[1]

There were no starters in Class H.

Results

Pos	Class	Car No.	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Grid Pos
					Engine
1	B	20	Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway	Garry Holt Paul Morris John Bowe	BMW 335i	202	7
2	A	35	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Neil Crompton Glenn Seton Mark King	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	201	2
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4B11T I4
3	B	85	Menray Race Engineering	Nathan Pretty Cameron McConville Andrew Jones	HSV Clubsport R8 Tourer	201	12
					6.2 L GM LS3 V8
4	A	7	Peter Conroy Motorsport	Peter Conroy Anthony Robson Mark Brame	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	197	16
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4B11T I4
5	B	10	Robinson Racing Developments	Ken Douglas James Moffat Ray Hislop	FPV FG F6	196	14
6	A	4	Greg Murphy Racing	Jim Pollicina John O'Dowd Simon Middleton	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII	195	20
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4G63T I4
7	A	2	Wilson Brothers Racing	Lee Castle Kurt Wimmer David Wood	Subaru Impreza WRX	195	19
					2.5 L Subaru H4
8	C	31	Osborne Motorsport	Trevor Keene Hadrian Morrall	Mazda 3 MPS	195	26
					2.3 L Mazda MZR L3-VDT I4
9	A	96	Supabarn Supermarkets	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Steve Owen	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo IX	194	1
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4G63T I4
10	C	36	Grand Prix Mazda	Jake Camilleri Scott Nicholas	Mazda 3 MPS	192	21
					2.3 L Mazda MZR L3-VDT I4
11	D	50	Racer Industries	Gerard McLeod Peter McLeod Ryan McLeod	Holden Astra SR-I Turbo	192	25
					2.0 L Ecotec I4
12	C	68	Motorsport Services	Scott O’Donnell Bob Grove Alan Dippie Aaron Harris	BMW 130i	191	33
					3.0 L BMW N55 I6
13	D	21	Peter Conroy Motorsport	Terry Conroy Gerry Burgess Leanne Tander	Honda Integra Type S	188	31
					2.0 L Honda K20A3 I4
14	C	28	On Track Motorsport	Peter O’Donnell Christian D'Agostin Allan Shephard Steve Briffa	BMW 130i	187	24
					3.0 L BMW N55 I6
15	D	97	Safe-T-Stop	Richard Gartner Mark Eddy Ross Zampatti	Renault Clio 197	185	38
					2.0 L Renault F4R I4
16	G	60	Grove Fruit Juice	Greg Willis Jason Gomersall Matthew MacKelden	Ford BF Falcon XR8 Ute	185	32
					5.4 L Ford Boss 260 V8
17	C	27	On Track Motorsport	Geoff Fontaine Bruce Thomlinson David Ryan	BMW 130i	183	29
					3.0 L BMW N55 I6
18	E	88	Team Bathurst	Matthew Windsor Paul Newman Steven Shiels	Subaru Impreza 2.5	183	39
					2.5L Subaru EJ25 H4
19	D	5	Lauren Gray Motorsport	Lauren Gray Michael Gray Tony Head	Toyota Corolla Sportivo	181	37
					1.8 L Toyota 2ZZ-GE I4
20	C	94	Aporchapart / Kitome	Richard Howe Dennis O’Keefe Dean Neville	Ford BF Falcon XR8	178	30
					5.4 L Ford Boss 315 V8
21	F	76	Thomson Alfa	Kean Booker Rocco Rinaldo David Stone	Alfa Romeo 159	176	36
					2.4 L Alfa Romeo JTDm I5
22	E	16	Bezcorp Security	Justin Matthews Bob Holden Craig Bradshaw	Toyota Yaris	169	40
					1.5 L Toyota 1NZ-FE I4
23	G	99	Australian V8 Ute Racing	Ben Dunn Andrew Fisher Brad Patton	Ford FG Falcon XR8 Ute	156	22
					5.4 L Ford Boss 290 V8
24	A	66	Jim Hunter Motorsport	Warren Bossie Glen Featherstone Mark Tutton	Subaru Impreza WRX	155	32
					2.5 L Subaru H4
25	B	75	McGill Motorsport	Aaron McGill Matt McGill Mark Williamson	FPV BF GT	128	27
					5.4 L Ford Boss 290 V8
26	I	71	Action Racing	Marcus Zukanovic Allan Simonsen Jason Bright	Ford Mustang Shelby GT500	121	10
					5.4 L Ford Modular V8
DNF	B	3	Greg Murphy Racing	Rob Wilson Maurizio Fabris Geoff Emery	HSV GTS	176	15
					5.7 L GM LS1 V8
DNF	A	1	TMR Australia	Rod Salmon Damien White Ian Tulloch	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	155	4
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4B11T I4
DNF	B	67	JMG Maintenance/Century 21	Jeremy Gray Chris Delfsma Andrew Miedecke	FPV FG F6	154	23
					4.0 L Ford Barra 310T I6
DNF	A	62	GLOBE / Westrac	Peter Hill Eric Bana Tim Leahey	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	129	8
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4B11T I4
DNF	A	44	Jim Hunter Motorsport	Jim Hunter Dean Herridge Barton Mawer	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	129	13
					2.5 L Subaru H4
DNF	G	47	Hi-Tech Motorsport	Grant Johnson Nathan Callaghan Allan Letcher	Holden VE SS Ute	118	18
					5.7 L GM LS2 V8
DNF	A	55	West Surfing Products	Glyn Crimp Warren Luff Stuart Kostera	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	107	6
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4B11T I4
DNF	D	14	Peter Conroy Motorsport	Carl Schembri Scott Sullivan Ed Singleton	Honda Integra Type S	84	35
					2.0 L Honda K20A3 I4
DNF	A	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson Steve Glenney Jason Bargwanna	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	83	3
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4B11T I4
DNF	C	24	Walden Motorsport	Garth Walden Brian Walden Michael Auld	Holden VE Commodore SS	68	EXC
					6.0 L GM L77 V8
DNF	I	63	Queensland House and Land.com	Rob Thomson Tim Poulton Richard Shillington	Lotus Exige	55	28
					1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
DNF	B	25	Donut King Racing	Tony Alford Barrie Nesbitt Ian Heward Steve Cramp		45	17
					5.7 L GM LS1 V8
DNF	C	13	Osborne Motorsport	Colin Osborne Rick Bates	Mazda 3 MPS	15	DNQ
					2.3 L Mazda MZR L3-VDT I4
DNF	A	29	VIP Petfoods	Tony Quinn Klark Quinn Max Twigg	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo IX	15	5
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4G63T I4
DNF	B	11	Rondo Building Services	Barry Morcom Paul Stubber Daniel Erickson	BMW 335i	4	11
EXC	A	38	Alan East Motorsport	David Wall Des Wall Trevor Symonds	Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Evo IX	202	9
					2.0 L Mitsubishi 4G63T I4

External links

• Official website
• Race results and images as archived at www.webcitation.org on 4 March 2010
• Race images from Phil Williams Media & Marketing

Notes and References

1. https://www.webcitation.org/5nyWeLDwn?url=http://www.completehosting.com.au/bathurst/2010_12hr_Category_Supplementary_Regulations.pdf Supplementary Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 4 March 2010