2010 Australian Sports Sedan season

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 SBS Speedweek.

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

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 Model No Driver
Shannon's Mt Aqua Spring Water Chevrolet Corvette GTS 1 Des Wall
Auto Union Deutsche Audi A4 4 Darren Hossack
Steven's Security Mazda RX-7 5 Garry Stevens
State Tennis Carline Exhausts Mazda RX-7 7 Simon Longhurst
PPG Ford EF Falcon 8 Simon Pfitzner
Domain Prestige Homes Opel Calibra 9 Daniel Tamasi
Centreline Suspension Mazda RX-7 9 Chris Muscat
Fuel 2 Race Opel Calibra 11 Chris Jackson
Pakenham Tyrepower Holden VN Commodore 12 Chas Talbot
Queensland Constructions Honda Prelude 15 Charlie Senese
P&L Mechanical Mazda RX-7 18 Graeme Gilliland
Melbourne Performance Centre Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 19 Damien Johnson
Melbourne East Autosmart Datsun 1200 20 Clive Ablitt
Lifetime Financial Ford Mustang 21 Phil Crompton
Aussie Smoke Alarms Datsun 1000 22 Paul Hibberd
Darren Steeden Ford Escort MkI 22 Darren Steeden
Jocaro Motors Opel Calibra 25 Neil Bryson
Steve's Toy Shop Blairs Tyres Chevrolet Camaro 26 Scott Butler
Airey Industrial Nissan 300ZX 28 Kerry Baily
Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro 32 Michael Robinson
Elite Fleet Mitsubishi Magna 33 Daniel Natoli
RK&T Young Plumbing Mazda RX-7 41 Trent Young
Mirror Stone Mazda RX-4 42 Brad Duckworth
Aston Air Conditioning Ford EB Falcon 43 Chris Donnelly
MR Automotive Rover Vitesse 44 Colin Smith
Coaststeer Automotive Opel Calibra 46 Dave McGinniss
Interstate Finance & Leasing Holden VK Commodore 46 Mark Bowen
Executive Heating & Cooling Mazda RX-7 48 Luke Chambers
Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance Holden VS Commodore 51 Bob McLoughlin
55 By Sportique Mazda RX-7 55 Sam Silvestro
BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX-7 56 Bruce Banks
FM Pumps Mazda RX-7 57 Frank Mascadri
Quality Concreting Mazda RX-7 59 Bobby Ervin
Fivestar Fencing Chevrolet Corvette GTS 66 Dean Camm
Aston Air Conditioning Chevrolet Camaro 68 Shane Bradford
Austrack Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 80 Alfred Axisa
R&L Uhlhorn Mazda RX-7 83 Lee Uhlhorn
Esjay Commercial Plastering Holden VS Commodore 88 Ian Rice
Swedish Prestige Saab 9-3 Aero 93 Dean Randle
Swedish Prestige Saab 9-3 Aero 93 James Sera
Rosemount Smash Repairs Isuzu Gemini 95 Anthony Cox
AGM Engineering Nissan 300ZX 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 New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 6–7 March Three races Kerry Baily Nissan 300ZX
2 South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 29–30 May Three races Darren Hossack Audi A4
3 Queensland Morgan Park Raceway Warwick, Queensland 14–15 August Three races James Sera Saab 9-3 Aero
4 New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 11–12 September Three races James Sera Saab 9-3 Aero
5 Victoria (state) 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 - EASRound 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. 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
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