2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600

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Flag of Queensland.svg 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600
Event Information
Round 11 of 14 in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Surfers street circuit.png
Date22–24 October 2010
Location Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Venue Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 102 laps 300 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team
1:12.6841
Winner Garth Tander
Cameron McConville
Holden Racing Team
2:20:00.6981
Race 2
Distance 102 laps 300 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
1:12.0389
Winner Jamie Whincup
Steve Owen
Triple Eight Race Engineering
2:29:37.7468

The 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600 was the eleventh event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland. V8 Supercars became the naming right category of the event for the first time in 2010 after racing as a support category for international open wheel racing for many of the previous Surfers Paradise events. In 2009 V8 Supercar were the leading category but not the naming rights category as that had been previously marketed as a double header with A1 Grand Prix who failed to arrive.

Contents

In an altered format for 2010 the races would take place over two 300 kilometres (190 mi) races with a driver change in the first time a third co-driver event was held in an Australian touring car season since 1990. In an effort to keep the events former international flavour each V8 Supercar team has employed a driver with an 'international reputation' with many drivers coming from the IndyCar Series and the World Touring Car Championship.

Race 21

Chaos erupted at the start. Cameron McConville launched away from Garth Tander's pole position, but crept on the line and would be assigned a ten-second pit penalty for a jumped start. Jacques Villeneuve, also to be penalised for a too quick start, and Luke Youlden collided at the first corner, with Villeneuve then spinning in front of the pack at the second corner after contact with Greg Ritter, causing damage to several cars. Will Davison stopped on the first lap after contact with the spinning Villeneuve. Dean Fiore also pulled in on the opening lap with Will Power an early stopper after losing all of his cars oil.

McConville led the early laps with Michael Caruso climbing through the field into second place. Steve Owen also climbed through the field into third ahead of Warren Luff. Repeated spoiler damage by Tiago Monteiro caused his retirement.

On lap 70 Garth Tander was assigned a mechanical black flag, it was assumed for a fuel leak, but as it transpired to be a leak from Tander's drink bottle the flag was withdrawn. Subsequently, Tander's car shed a headlight cluster into the path of pursuing cars to no penalty, causing controversy amongst team principals and officials in the pits.

Courtney took the lead from Tander just prior to a safety car being called for Andrew Thompson, parked in the first chicane. Immediately at the lap 84 restart, Greg Murphy and Todd Kelly stopped in the second corner after Kelly spun.

Teammates Jason Bright and Jason Richards tangled on another safety car restart on lap 97, shortly after race leader James Courtney was penalised a drive-through for slowing down after the safety car pulled away from the queue.

Garth Tander pulled out to win from Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen. Michael Caruso finished fourth from Alex Davison, Jamie Whincup and Jason Bright.

Race 22

Steven Richards outlaunched teammate polesitter Luke Youlden to lead at the start as Greg Ritter crawled away all but stalling. Alain Menu was also slow away and stopped on the track, bringing out the safety car.

At the restart there was contact between Cameron McConville and David Brabham, sending Brabham into the wall hard.

At the second restart Richards started to build a gap over Youlden and Warren Luff. Steve Owen and Michael Caruso quickly pushed past Youlden and Luff.

Safety car emerged again for the stopped car of Andrew Thompson. The safety car emerged again on lap 33 for debris on the circuit as Jack Perkins scraped a door skin off his car at the top of the circuit.

Andrew Jones had an exhaust problem and slowed on the front straight to allow his pitcrew to examine the car as he passed. Three cars came past at differing speeds. Scott Dixon swung to the inside to get around the slowing cars in front as they checked their speed to begin their first safety car lap. Dixon struck the slow moving Jones, tearing the right rear corner from Jones' Commodore and damaging the front left corner of his own Commodore, putting both out of the race.

Steven Johnson was shortly afterward put into the wall after contact with Rick Kelly.

The final laps saw a close dice between Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen which became a physical clash on the final lap into the first chicane. Whincup held out the charging Van Gisbergen, with Mark Winterbottom crossing for third just behind.

Entry list

source: [1]

NoDriversTeamCar
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville
Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto
Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro
Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power
Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly
Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon
Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore
8 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason Richards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Jones
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of New Zealand.svg John McIntyre
Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Thompson
Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani
Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore
Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli
Triple F Racing Ford FG Falcon
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu
Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Owen Kelly
Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Ricciardello
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood
Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Johnson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti
Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff
Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Tekno Autosports Ford FG Falcon
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karl Reindler
Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Giovanardi
Britek Motorsport Ford FG Falcon
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore
24 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore
30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Pretty
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Ritter
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore
34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore
39 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins
Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore
47 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves
James Rosenberg Racing Ford FG Falcon
51 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy
Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller
Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve
Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon
888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore

International driver trophy Points

PosNoNameTeamPoints
1888 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx Triple Eight Race Engineering 216
233 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long Garry Rogers Motorsport 192
355 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Rod Nash Racing 150
419 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Tekno Autosports 147
551 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller Paul Morris Motorsport 126

Standings

PosNoNameTeamPoints
118 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 2521
21 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 2450
3888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 2255
45 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 2201
52 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 2088
source [2]

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References

  1. "Championship Series Results & Schedule". The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/10/2010.SPSC.V8S.S Armor All Gold Coast 600 - V8 Supercars Races 19 & 20 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit V8 Supercars - Race 20 Series Points Report
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