2010 Touring Car Masters Explained

The 2010 Touring Car Masters was Australian motor racing competition for Touring Cars.^[1] The series was open to models manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1973 and to specific models manufactured between 1 January 1974 and 31 December 1976.^[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series and ‘Australian Classic Touring Cars’ was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.^[1] The series was the fourth annual Touring Car Masters.^[2]

Jim Richards (Ford Falcon Sprint) won Group 1, Bernie Stack (Porsche 911 RS) was victorious in Group 2 and Tony Karanfilovski (Alfa Romeo GTAm) secured the Group 3 award.

Calendar

The series was contested over eight rounds.^[3]

Round	Circuit^[4]	Date	Format	Round winner^[5]	Car
1	Adelaide Parklands Circuit	11-14 March	Three races	Andrew Miedecke	Chevrolet Camaro SS
2	Winton Motor Raceway	14-16 May	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
3	Hidden Valley Raceway	18-20 June	Three races		Ford Falcon Sprint
4	Eastern Creek International Raceway	4-5 September	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
5	Mount Panorama, Bathurst	7-10 October	Three races		Ford Falcon Sprint
6	Symmons Plains International Raceway	13-15 November	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
7	Sandown International Motor Raceway	19-21 November	Three races		Ford Falcon Sprint
8	Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit	3-5 December	Three races	Gavin Bullas	Ford Mustang

Note:

• Race 2 of Round 6 at Symmons Plains was cancelled due to scheduling issues brought about by damage caused to the safety fencing during the previous race.^[6]
• Race 2 of Round 7 at Sandown was cut short due to an accident and was deemed a non-event.^[5]

Classes

Cars competed in three Groups based on engine capacity:^[2]

• Group 1: Over 5100cc (plus Ford Falcon Sprint and Holden Torana SL/R 5000)^[2]
• Group 2: Over 2001cc and up to 5099cc^[2]
• Group 3: Up to 2000cc^[2]

Points system

Series points were awarded on the following basis within each Group at each race.^[1]

Series standings

Group 1
Position	Driver	No.	Car	Competitor / Team	Ade	Win	Hid	Eas	Bat	Sym	San	Hom	Total
1		2	Ford Falcon Sprint	Shannons Insurance	164	82	180	141	168	0	116	168	1019
2	Gavin Bullas	16 & 1	Ford Mustang	Rain City Racing	150	108	164	156	160	(45)	48	172	1003
3	John Bowe	18	Ford Mustang	WesTrac Cat	129	180	108	180	0	120	60	156	933
4	Andrew Miedecke	95	Chevrolet Camaro SS	WesTrac Cat	(168)	145	132	60	112	89	104	152	794
5	Leanne Tander	11		Phil Morris	24	133	123	125	135	100	0	120	760
6	Steve Mason	3	Chevrolet Camaro SS	Hercules Engines	135	36	0	98	123	100	104	70	666
7	Bill Pye	15	Chevrolet Camaro SS	Bill Pye	105	126	114	72	138	0	0	45	600
8	Brad Tilley	28		Tilleys Automotive	142	36	145	148	0	0	0	99	570
9	Graham Alexander	57		Corio Auto Parts	69	120	51	120	54	78	39	0	531
10	Brett Youlden	56		Driving Force / Rare Spares	30	63	0	93	142	98	90	0	516
11	Mark King	8		Waddington Racing / Kings Springs	30	92	0	72	120	45	84	66	509
12	George Nittis	83	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	Ocean Seafoods	41	72	0	35	59	69	57	84	396
13	Matt O'Brien	27		Australian Web Insurance	0	60	17	93	30	0	57	117	374
14	Alastair MacLean	14	Chevrolet Camaro SS	Dukes Body Works	117	60	87	0	33	0	0	0	297
15	Nigel Benson	22		PRT Race Fabrication	45	21	75	57	30	0	45	0	273
16	Tony Hunter	10		Sunliner RV	0	27	30	0	99	78	36	0	270
17	Tony Edwards	9		Romac UPC / Competition Engineering	42	90	132	0	0	0	0	0	264
18	Steve Makarios	99	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	351 Motorsport	90	0	78	0	0	0	75	0	243
19	Doug Westwood	62	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	Falcon Fire Protection	27	0	99	46	24	0	0	33	229
20	Michael Acheson	55	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger E55^[7]	Signwise Enterprises	0	0	0	0	48	0	54	93	195
21	Keith Kassulke	9		Upstream Printing Solutuions	0	0	0	41	24	0	33	90	188
22	Bob Middleton	85	Chevrolet Camaro RS	Whiteline Transport Racing	0	0	57	21	75	0	21	0	174
23	Garry Treloar	20	Chevrolet Camaro	Treloar Roses	0	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	78
24	Elliot Barbour	74	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	Jenny Barbour & Associates	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	34
25	Wayne Mercer	74	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	Lyndways Builders	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	21
Group 2
Position	Driver	No.	Car	Competitor / Team	Ade	Win	Hid	Eas	Bat	Sym	San	Hom	Total
1	Bernie Stack	36		Gawler Body Works	180	172	138	176	108	116	(101)	172	1062
2	Cameron Tilley	60	Chrysler Valiant Pacer	Tilleys Automotive	(48)	94	180	172	120	104	108	176	954
3	Chris Stillwell	6	Ford Mustang	Stillwell Motorsport	132	160	152	93	164	116	(60)	87	904
4	Ian McAlister	5	Ford Mustang	McAlister Ford	139	139	168	148	149	0	97	48	888
5	John Nelson	91		Nelson Architects	136	0	114	129	75	78	81	129	742
6	Gary O'Brien	19		Panels & Performance	0	81	66	149	49	84	96	126	651
7	Greg Keene	33 & 26		SportsMed & Toshiba / Copyworld	99	93	72	0	126	0	102	156	648
8	Mick Wilson	43	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T	Treloar Roses / Mick Wilson Plumbing	78	114	123	0	149	93	0	87	644
9	Rory O'Neill	13		The Wine Underground	126	78	0	111	102	72	72	75	636
10	Amanda Sparks	33		SportsMed	0	0	105	120	114	87	0	0	426
11	Trevor Talbot	76	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	Dukes Body Works	56	116	145	0	42	0	0	0	359
12	Ross Almond	26		Toshiba / Copyworld	0	0	0	102	0	39	0	0	141
13	Garry Treloar	21	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T	Treloar Roses	75	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	111
14	Graeme Cook	61		Racemoves / Buik Motorworks	164	-60	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
Group 3
Position	Driver	No.	Car	Competitor / Team	Ade	Win	Hid	Eas	Bat	Sym	San	Hom	Total
1	Tony Karanfilovski	88		TIFS - Wharehousing & Distribution	120	172	180	176	172	0	112	180	1112
2	Phillip Showers	4	Ford Escort RS1600	Northern BM P/L	168	176	(112)	172	172	120	120	168	1096^[8]
3	Cameron Mason	7	Datsun 510	Steve Mason Family Cars	0	0	0	52	160	112	104	104	532
4	Jason Humble	7	Datsun 510	Steve Mason	164	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	164

Note:

• Each driver was required to drop points from one round of the series.^[3] Points which were not retained are shown in the above table within brackets.
• Due to an engine irregularity, Andrew Miedecke nominated Adelaide as the round for which his points would be dropped.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140929053108/http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/History/documents/2010_Aust_TouringCarMasters_Sport-TechRegs-2.pdf 2010 Touring Car Masters Sporting Regulations, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112842/http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/History/seriesInformation.html Series History, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/Results/2010/Overall.html Series Results 2010, www.touringcarmasters.com.au
4. http://www.natsoft.com.au/results/ Natsoft Race Results, www.natsoft.com.au
5. Grant Rowley, Master Class, The Annual - Australian Motorsports, Number 6 / 2010, pages 74 to 77
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20120410195245/http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/index1.php?p=550 Bowe wins in shortened round at Symmons Plains, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
7. Image at www.flickr.com shows this to be a VH series Chrysler Valiant Charger
8. Both www.touringcarmasters.com and The Annual gave a total of 1208 points for Phillip Showers, although the former notes that he dropped a round score of 112 points.