2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour
The 2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour was an endurance motor race for production cars.[1] It was staged on 18 July 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway in New South Wales, Australia[1] and was Round 4 of both the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship and the 2010 Australian Production Car Championship.[2] The race was won by Stuart Kostera and Warren Luff at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, leading a 1–2–3–4 for the manufacturer. Kostera and Luff won by two laps ahead of Ian Tulloch and Steve Jones, with Peter Conroy and Mark Brame finishing a further lap down in third place.
Classes
As a round of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, the race featured six classes:
- Class A : High Performance (All Wheel Drive)
- Class B : High Performance (Two Wheel Drive)
- Class C : Performance
- Class D : Production
- Class E : Production
- Class F : Alternative Energy
There were no entries received for Class F.
Results
Position[3] | Drivers[3][4] | No.[3] | Vehicle[3] | Competitor / Team[3] | Class[3] | Laps[3] |
1 | Stuart Kostera, Warren Luff | 55 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | West Surfing Products | A | 195 |
2 | Ian Tulloch, Steve Jones | 11 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Wescone Distribution / Tulloch Transport | A | 193 |
3 | Peter Conroy, Mark Brame | 17 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X[5] | Disc Brakes Australia | A | 192 |
4 | Glyn Crimp, Mathew Cherry | 10 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | West Surfing Products Australia | A | 190 |
5 | Peter O'Donnell, John Bowe | 28 | BMW 335i | GWS Personnel | B | 190 |
6 | Barton Mawer, Gavin Bullas | 77 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Johnson Window Films | A | 190 |
7 | Jim Pollicina, Gerry Murphy | 4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 RS | Tempest Air Mocomm | A | 189 |
8 | David Wall, Des Wall | 38 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 | Easts Holiday Parks | A | 187 |
9 | Ryan McLeod, Garry Holt | 20 | Holden Astra | Racer Industries / Eastern Creek Karts | D | 186 |
10 | Jake Camilleri, Scott Nicholas | 36 | Mazda 3 MPS | Grand Prix Maxda | C | 184 |
11 | Allan Shephard, Garth Duffy | 27 | BMW 130i | Shire Conveyancer | C | 184 |
12 | Colin Osborne, Rick Bates | 13 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 181 |
13 | Terry Conroy, Richard Mork, M Hayes | 22 | Honda Integra S | Disc Brakes Australia | D | 179 |
14 | Lauren Gray, Jake Williams | 5 | Toyota Corolla | Lauren Gray Motorsport | D | 177 |
15 | Phil Kirkham, Declan Kirkham, Matt Lehmann | 71 | Ford Fiesta XR4 | Inertia Apparel | D | 177 |
16 | Trevor Keene, Ryan Dane, Steve Cramp | 50 | Mini Cooper S | Advance Document Syst | D | 173 |
17 | Chris Defsma, Dean Neville | 21 | FPV BF GT | Century 21 | B | 173 |
18 | Juston Matthews, Bob Holden, Craig Bradshaw | 16 | Toyota Yaris | Bezcorp Security | E | 168 |
19 | Tony Alford, Barrie Nesbitt | 25 | HSV VYII GTS | Donut King / Excen Corp Centres | B | 167 |
20 | Hadrian Morall, Graham Moore[6] | 31 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 140 |
DNF | Richard Gartner, Francois Jouy, Carl Schembri | 97 | Renault Clio 197 | Safe-T-Stop | D | 175 |
DNF | Steve Briffa, Cgristian D'Agostin | 8 | HSV VE Clubsport | Holden Motorsport | B | 164 |
DNF | Tony Quinn, Klark Quinn | 29 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 | VIP Petfoods | A | 96 |
DNF | Ian Thorp, Aaron Thorp, Ray Curry | 33 | Renault Clio 197 | R-Sport | D | 96 |
DNF | Rod Barrett, (Geoff Morgan), (Peter Boylan)[5] | 6 | FPV FG F6 | Boylan Traffic Solutions | B | 7 |
Note: Driver's name within brackets indicates driver did not actually drive the car in the race.
References
- 1 2 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour Retrieved on 1 August 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org
- ↑ Meeting Supplementary Regulations
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Natsoft Race Results Archive -2010 Retrieved on 1 August 2010
- ↑ Official Program, Eastern Creek, 16-18 July 2010, Entry List, page 24
- 1 2 Luff, Kostera & Mitsubishi Dominate Six Hour Retrieved on 2 August 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org
- ↑ Kostera & Luff Top Australian Six Hour Practice Retrieved on 3 August 2010