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.
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.
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black flag, it was assumed for a fuel leak, but as it transpired to be a leak from Tander's drink bottle the flag was withdrawn.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 22edit
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.
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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 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600Event InformationRound 11 of 14 in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship SeriesDate22 24 October 2010LocationSurfers Paradise QueenslandVenueSurfers Paradise Street CircuitWeatherFineResultsRace 1Distance102 laps300 kmPole positionGarth TanderHolden Racing Team1 12 6841WinnerGarth TanderCameron McConvilleHolden Racing Team2 20 00 6981Race 2Distance102 laps300 kmPole positionMark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing1 12 0389WinnerJamie WhincupSteve OwenTriple Eight Race Engineering2 29 37 7468In 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 Contents 1 Race 21 2 Race 22 3 Entry list 4 International driver trophy Points 5 Standings 6 References 7 External linksRace 21 editChaos 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 editSteven 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 editsource 1 No Drivers Team Car1 nbsp Jamie Whincup nbsp Steve Owen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore2 nbsp Garth Tander nbsp Cameron McConville Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore3 nbsp Tony D Alberto nbsp Tiago Monteiro Tony D Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore4 nbsp Alex Davison nbsp David Brabham Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom nbsp Luke Youlden Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon6 nbsp Steven Richards nbsp Will Power Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon7 nbsp Todd Kelly nbsp Scott Dixon Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore8 nbsp Jason Richards nbsp Andrew Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore9 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen nbsp John McIntyre Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon10 nbsp Andrew Thompson nbsp Mika Salo Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore11 nbsp Jason Bargwanna nbsp Alex Tagliani Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore12 nbsp Dean Fiore nbsp Gianni Morbidelli Triple F Racing Ford FG Falcon14 nbsp Jason Bright nbsp Alain Menu Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore15 nbsp Rick Kelly nbsp Owen Kelly Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore16 nbsp Tony Ricciardello nbsp Dale Wood Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore17 nbsp Steven Johnson nbsp Dario Franchitti Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon18 nbsp James Courtney nbsp Warren Luff Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon19 nbsp Jonathon Webb nbsp Sebastien Bourdais Tekno Autosports Ford FG Falcon21 nbsp Karl Reindler nbsp Fabrizio Giovanardi Britek Motorsport Ford FG Falcon22 nbsp Will Davison nbsp Ryan Briscoe Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore24 nbsp Fabian Coulthard nbsp David Reynolds Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore30 nbsp Nathan Pretty nbsp Scott Pruett Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore33 nbsp Lee Holdsworth nbsp Greg Ritter Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore34 nbsp Michael Caruso nbsp Patrick Long Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VE Commodore39 nbsp Russell Ingall nbsp Jack Perkins Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore47 nbsp Tim Slade nbsp Helio Castroneves James Rosenberg Racing Ford FG Falcon51 nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Yvan Muller Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VE Commodore55 nbsp Paul Dumbrell nbsp Jacques Villeneuve Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon888 nbsp Craig Lowndes nbsp Andy Priaulx Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE CommodoreInternational driver trophy Points editPos No Name Team Points1 888 nbsp Andy Priaulx Triple Eight Race Engineering 2162 33 nbsp Patrick Long Garry Rogers Motorsport 1923 55 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve Rod Nash Racing 1504 19 nbsp Sebastien Bourdais Tekno Autosports 1475 51 nbsp Yvan Muller Paul Morris Motorsport 126Standings editAfter 20 of 26 races Pos No Name Team Points1 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 25212 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 24503 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 22554 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 22015 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 2088source 2 References edit Championship Series Results amp Schedule The Official Website of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series Archived from the original on 17 October 2010 Retrieved 21 October 2010 http www natsoft com au cgi bin results cgi 24 10 2010 SPSC V8S S Armor All Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars Races 19 amp 20 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit V8 Supercars Race 20 Series Points ReportExternal links editOfficial website Official timing and results Official series websiteSupercars ChampionshipPrevious race 2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 2010 Supercars Championship Next race 2010 Falken Tasmania ChallengePrevious year 2009 V8 Supercar Challenge Gold Coast 600 Next year 2011 Armor All Gold Coast 600 27 59 23 S 153 25 40 E 27 98972 S 153 42778 E 27 98972 153 42778 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600 amp oldid 1163776897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
