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.

Layout of the Eastern Creek Raceway

Classes

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour Retrieved on 1 August 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org
  2. ^ Meeting Supplementary Regulations[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Natsoft Race Results Archive -2010 Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 August 2010
  4. ^ Official Program, Eastern Creek, 16–18 July 2010, Entry List, page 24
  5. ^ a b Luff, Kostera & Mitsubishi Dominate Six Hour Retrieved on 2 August 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org
  6. ^ Kostera & Luff Top Australian Six Hour Practice[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 3 August 2010
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