2010 Australian Sports Sedan season

2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series winner, James Sera (Saab 9-3 Aero)

The 2010 Australian Sports Sedan season was the 26th season of Australian Sports Sedan motor racing in which a national championship or national series has been contested. The season featured the 2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series,^[1] which began on 6 March 2010 at Wakefield Park and ended on 24 October at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after fifteen races. The series was televised on SBS program Speedweek.

The series was won by kart racer James Sera,^[2] contesting his first national circuit racing series in the Saab 9-3 of 2003 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series winner Dean Randle. Despite missing the opening round of the series Sera claimed the title by 17 points over 2008 champion Darren Hossack (Audi A4). Sera took six wins and six seconds from his twelve starts in a near perfect season. Hossack took six wins but took no points away from the Morgan Park round after an engine failure. Hossack finished almost 80 points clear of third in the points, multiple series champion Kerry Baily. Baily, driving a Nissan 300ZX, was one of three drivers to take a single race win, all at the season's opening round at Wakefield Park. The other two drivers were outgoing champion Des Wall (Chevrolet Corvette) and Mazda RX-7 driver Trent Young.

Vehicle eligibility

The series was open to the following automobiles:^[1]

• Sports Sedans complying with the Group 3D Sports Sedan Regulations as per the 2010 CAMS Manual of Motorsport ^[1]
• Trans-am automobiles complying with A.S.S.C. regulations for North American Trans-am competition ^[1]
• TraNZam automobiles complying with TRG of New Zealand regulations ^[1]

Teams and drivers

The Audi A4 of Darren Hossack at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series.

The Ford Mustang of Phil Crompton at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series.

The Chevrolet Camaro of Scott Butler at Mallala Motor Sport Park for Round 2 of the series.

The following drivers competed in the 2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.^[3][4]

Team	Car	Engine	Class	No	Driver
Shannon's Mt Aqua Spring Water	Chevrolet Corvette GTS	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	1	Des Wall
Auto Union Deutsche	Audi A4	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	4	Darren Hossack
	Mazda RX-7			5	Garry Stevens
State Tennis Carline Exhaust	Mazda RX-7		S1	7	Simon Longhurst
PPG	Ford Falcon		S1	8	Simon Pfitzner
Centreline Suspension	Mazda RX-7		S2	9	Chris Muscat
Domain Prestige Homes	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	9	Daniel Tamasi
Fuel 2 Race	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	11	Chris Jackson
Pakenham Tyrepower	Holden VN Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	12	Chas Talbot
Queensland Constructions	Honda Prelude	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	S1	15	Charlie Senese
P&L Mech G&G Engineering	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B	S1	18	Graeme Gilliland
Melbourne Performance Centre	Holden LJ Torana	Holden 3.3 I6	S2	19	Damian Johnson
Melbourne East Autosmart	Datsun 1200		S1	20	Clive Ablitt
Lifetime Financial	Ford Mustang	Ford 6.0 V8	S1	21	Phil Crompton
Aussie Smoke Alarms	Datsun 1000	Mazda 13B	S2	22	Paul Hibberd
	Ford Escort Mk.I	Chevrolet 6.0 V8		22	Darren Steeden
Jocaro Motors	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	25	Neil Bryson
Steve's Toy Shop Blairs Tyres	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	26	Scott Butler
Airey Industrial	Nissan 300ZX	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	28	Kerry Baily
Bell Real Estate	Holden Monaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	32	Michael Robinson
Elite Fleet	Mitsubishi Magna	Holden 5.0 V8	HM	33	Daniel Natoli
	Holden Monaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	HM	34	Garry Leaton
RK & T Young Plumbing	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 20B Turbo	S1	41	Trent Young
Mirror Stone	Mazda RX-4	Mazda 13B	S2	42	Brad Duckworth
Aston Air Conditioning	Ford EB Falcon	Ford 6.0 V8	S1	43	Chris Donnelly
	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	68	Shane Bradford
MR Automotive	Rover Vitesse	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	44	Colin Smith
Interstate Finance & Leasing	Holden VK Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	46	Mark Bowen
Coaststeer Automotive	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	46	Dave McGinniss
Executive Heating & Cooling	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 20B	S1	48	Luke Chambers
Marinellis Mechanical & Performance	Holden VS Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	51	Bob McLoughlin
55 by Sportique	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B Turbo	HM	55	Sam Silvestro
B J Banks Electrical	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B	S1	56	Bruce Banks
FM Pumps	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B	S1	57	Frank Mascadri
Quality Concreting	Mazda RX-7	Nissan 2.0 I4 Turbo	S1	59	Bobby Irvin
Fivestar Fencing	Chevrolet Corvette GTS	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	66	Dean Camm
	Holden VZ Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	80	Alfred Axisa
R & L Uhlhorn P/L	Mazda RX-7	Nissan 2.0 I4	S2	83	Lee Uhlhorn
Esjay Commercial Plastering	Holden VS Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	88	Ian Rice
Swedish Prestige	Saab 9-3 Aero	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	93	Dean Randle James Sera
Rosemount Smash Repairs	Isuzu Gemini	Toyota 2.0 I4 Turbo	S1	95	Anthony Cox
AGM Engineering	Nissan 300ZX	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	S1	97	Anthony Macready

Series calendar

The 2010 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds, each of which was held at Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships rounds.^[5]

Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date	Format [6]	Winner [7]	Car
1	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	6–7 March	Three races	Kerry Baily	Nissan 300ZX
2	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	29–30 May	Three races	Darren Hossack	Audi A4
3	Morgan Park Raceway	Warwick, Queensland	14–15 August	Three races	James Sera	Saab 9-3 Aero
4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	11–12 September	Three races	James Sera	Saab 9-3 Aero
5	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	23–24 October	Three races	Darren Hossack	Audi A4

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis for the top fifteen positions in each race, with each other finisher receiving 1 point.^[1] There were two bonus points allocated to the driver gaining pole position at each round.^[1]

Series results

Pos Driver [8] Round 1 - WAK[9] Round 2 - MAL[10] Round 3 - MOR[11] Round 4 - EAS Round 5 - SAN Pts [8] Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 1 James Sera 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 224 2 Darren Hossack 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Ret DNS DNS 2nd 2nd Ret 1st 1st 1st 207 3 Kerry Baily 1st 2nd 3rd Ret DNS DNS 2nd 2nd 2nd 7th Ret 4th 128 4 Phil Crompton 4th Ret DNS 9th 4th 3rd 5th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 7th 122 5 Dean Camm 10th 5th Ret 8th 6th 7th 6th 4th 5th 6th 10th 4th 116 6 Scott Butler 6th Ret 18th Ret Ret Ret 6th 3rd 5th 4th DSQ 3rd 4th 4th Ret 104 7 Des Wall 2nd 1st 4th 3rd 5th 3rd 92 8 Damien Johnson 16th 10th 6th 8th 9th 6th 14th 10th 11th 12th 9th 10th 15th 15th 14th 91 9 Bob McLoughlin 13th 9th 7th 5th 6th 5th 3rd Ret 4th 85 10 Bruce Banks Ret Ret 11th Ret 8th 8th 9th 5th 7th 8th 7th 6th 84 11 Trent Young 8th 6th 1st 3rd 3rd 4th Ret DNS DNS 83 12 Colin Smith 14th 12th 16th 7th 7th DNS 7th 5th 6th Ret DNS DNS 11th 12th 10th 80 13 Chris Jackson 11th 5th 9th 3rd 3rd 2nd 73 14 Graeme Gilliland 6th 8th 7th 11th 9th 10th 13th 13th 12th 64 15 Michael Robinson 12th 8th 19th Ret 6th 8th Ret 8th 5th 56 16 Charlie Senese 9th 7th 12th 4th Ret DNS 9th Ret DNS 44 17 Dean Randle 5th 4th 5th 37 18 Anthony Macready 7th Ret 13th 8th 7th Ret 33 19 Daniel Natoli 17th 11th 10th 12th 14th 13th 26 20 Chris Muscat 7th 3rd Ret 25 Tony Cox 10th 7th 9th 25 22 Darren Steeden 10th 8th 9th 24 Ian Rice 10th 9th 8th 24 24 Fred Axisa 5th Ret 6th 23 25 Chris Donnelly 4th 11th Ret 19 Luke Chambers 12th 11th 9th 19 27 Chas Talbot 9th 16th 11th 15 28 Frank Mascadri Ret 12th 12th 10 Brad Duckworth 14th 13th 14th 10 Lee Uhlhorn 14th 14th 13th 10 31 Daniel Tamasi Ret DNS 8th 9 31 Shane Bradford 10th Ret 15th 9 33 Simon Pfitzner 11th Ret DNS 6 Garry Stevens 11th Ret DNS 6 33 Paul Hibberd 18th 13th 17th 6 36 Sam Silvestro DNS DNS DNS 13th Ret DNS 4 37 David McGinniss Ret DNS 14th 3 38 Neil Bryson 15th Ret Ret 2 Bobby Ervin Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 Simon Longhurst Ret Ret Ret 0 Mark Bowen [12] Ret DNS DNS 0 Clive Ablitt Ret Ret Ret 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Note: The driver gaining Pole Position at each round is indicated in bold text

References

1. Sporting Regulations As archived at www.webcitation.org on 19 November 2010
2. Stefan Bartholomaeus, Jack of all trades, The Speedcafe Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 6/2010, page 94
3. "Kerrick Sports Sedan National Series - Round 1 - Official Entry List". Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
4. Entry list for Sports Sedans at Morgan Park, www.thenationals.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
5. "National Australian Sports Sedan Association Events". Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
6. Results, www.sportssedans.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
7. Australian Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, The Speedcafe Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 6/2010, page 96
8. Sports Sedan Final Points, The Speedcafe Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 6/2010, page 96
9. "Wakefield Park Raceway 07/03/2010 Shannon's Nationals Motor Racing Championship Rnd 1". National Software. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
10. "Mallala Motorsport Park 30/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships - Round 4". National Software. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
11. "Morgan Park Raceway (Track K) 15/08/2010 Shannon's Nationals Motor Racing Championship - Rnd". National Software. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
12. The Annual lists Jeff Brown rather than Mark Bowen

External links

• Official series website
• Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships
• 2010 Racing Results Archive