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 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 won Group 1, Bernie Stack was victorious in Group 2 and Tony Karanfilovski 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
- Group 1: Over 5100cc
- Group 2: Over 2001cc and up to 5099cc
- Group 3: Up to 2000cc
Points system
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
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.