2010 Touring Car Masters
# 2010 Touring Car Masters

The 2010 Touring Car Masters was Australian motor racing competition for Touring Cars. 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. 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. The series was the fourth annual Touring Car Masters.

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.

| Round | Circuit | Date | Format | Round winner | 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 | Jim Richards | 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 | Jim Richards | 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 | Jim Richards | 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.
* Race 2 of Round 7 at Sandown was cut short due to an accident and was deemed a non-event.

## Classes

Cars competed in three Groups based on engine capacity:

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

## Points system

Series points were awarded on the following basis within each Group at each race.

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |

## Series standings

| Group 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Competitor / Team | Ade | Win | Hid | Eas | Bat | Sym | San | Hom | Total |
| 1 | Jim Richards | 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 | Ford XA Falcon GT | 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 | Ford XY Falcon GT | Tilleys Automotive | 142 | 36 | 145 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 570 |
| 9 | Graham Alexander | 57 | Holden HT Monaro | Corio Auto Parts | 69 | 120 | 51 | 120 | 54 | 78 | 39 | 0 | 531 |
| 10 | Brett Youlden | 56 | Holden HQ Monaro | Driving Force / Rare Spares | 30 | 63 | 0 | 93 | 142 | 98 | 90 | 0 | 516 |
| 11 | Mark King | 8 | Holden HQ SS | 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 | Holden HQ Monaro | 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 | Holden HQ Monaro | PRT Race Fabrication | 45 | 21 | 75 | 57 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 273 |
| 16 | Tony Hunter | 10 | Holden HQ Monaro | Sunliner RV | 0 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 99 | 78 | 36 | 0 | 270 |
| 17 | Tony Edwards | 9 | Holden HQ Monaro | 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 | Signwise Enterprises | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 54 | 93 | 195 |
| 21 | Keith Kassulke | 9 | Holden HQ Monaro | 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 | Porsche 911 RS | 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 | Porsche 911 RS | Nelson Architects | 136 | 0 | 114 | 129 | 75 | 78 | 81 | 129 | 742 |
| 6 | Gary O'Brien | 19 | Holden HQ SS | Panels & Performance | 0 | 81 | 66 | 149 | 49 | 84 | 96 | 126 | 651 |
| 7 | Greg Keene | 33 & 26 | Porsche 911 RS | 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 | Porsche 911 RS | The Wine Underground | 126 | 78 | 0 | 111 | 102 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 636 |
| 10 | Amanda Sparks | 33 | Porsche 911 RS | 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 | Porsche 911 RS | 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 | Porsche 911 RS | 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 | Alfa Romeo GTAm | 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 |
| 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. 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.

## Notes & references

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2010 Touring Car Masters Sporting Regulations, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
* 1 2 3 4 5 Series History, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Series Results 2010, www.touringcarmasters.com.au Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2 July 2012, page no longer available
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Natsoft Race Results, www.natsoft.com.au Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 6 May 2015
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Grant Rowley, Master Class, The Annual - Australian Motorsports, Number 6 / 2010, pages 74 to 77
* ↑ Bowe wins in shortened round at Symmons Plains, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
* ↑ Image at www.flickr.com shows this to be a VH series Chrysler Valiant Charger
* ↑ 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.
