The 2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race for production cars.[1] It was staged on 12 December 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway[2] in New South Wales, Australia. Jim Hunter, Barton Mawer and Gavin Bullas won the race at the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI; completing 249 laps, one more than the second place team of Barry Morcom, Nathan Morcom and Garry Holt, driving a BMW 335i. Third place went to father and son pairing Tony and Klark Quinn, who finished ten laps down from the winners, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.
Eligibility edit
The race was open to production based cars complying with the technical regulations for any one of the following:
- CAMS Group 3E Production Cars[3]
- New Zealand Production Racing[1]
- FIA Group N Production Cars[1]
- Hong Kong Touring Car Championship (Super Production 2000cc class)[1]
Classes edit
The race featured five classes:[2]
- Class A:
- Class B:
- Class D: Production Sports Cars up to 2 Litres[4]
- Class E:
- Class F:
Names for classes other than Class D are not known.
Results edit
| Position[2] | Drivers[2][5][6] | No.[2] | Vehicle[2] | Team[2] | Class[2] | Laps[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Hunter Barton Mawer Gavin Bullas |
77 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Jim Hunters Motorsport | A | 249 |
| 2 | Barry Morcom Nathan Morcom Garry Holt |
11 | BMW 335i | Morcom Motorsport | B | 248 |
| 3 | Tony Quinn Klark Quinn |
29 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | VIP Petfoods | A | 239 |
| 4 | Terry Conroy Bob Hughes Gerry Burges |
21 | Honda Integra Type R | Disc Brakes Australia | D | 238 |
| 5 | Richard Gartner Francious Jouy Keen Booker Carl Schembri |
97 | Renault Clio 197 | Safe-T-Shop | D | 234 |
| 6 | Paul Nelson Justin Matthews Bob Holden Greg Kean |
16 | Toyota Yaris | Bezcorp Security | E | 221 |
| 7 | Ian Thorp Aaron Thorp M Heffernan[7] |
13 | Renault Clio RS | R-Sport Australia | D | 208 |
| 8 | David Filipetto Nathan Gotch Glenn Smith[4] |
147 | Alfa Romeo 147 | David Filipetto Consulting Services | F | 47 |
| DNF | Mark King Anton Mechtler Jason Walsh |
38 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Pro-Duct Motorsport | A | 191 |
| DNF | Trover Keene Phil Alexander G Heath |
50 | Mini Cooper S | Midwest Multimedia | D | 171 |
| DNF | Bob Pearson Steve Glenney |
33 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Pro-Duct Motorsport | A | 150 |
| DNF | Glenn Seton Neil Crompton |
35 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Pro-Duct Motorsport | A | 135 |
| DNF | Chris Reeves C Colbey Anthony Soole |
000 | HSV Clubsport R8 | Triple Zero Racing | B | 117 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Supplementary Regulations Archived 30 January 2011 at WebCite Retrieved from www.eastern-creek-raceway.com on 30 January 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Race results Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 30 January 2011
- ^ New Eight Hour proddie race at Eastern Creek Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.speedcafe.com.au on 30 January 2011
- ^ a b Eastern Creek 8 Hour provides a strong finish for Conroy Motorsport Archived 1 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.ozracingwrap.com.au on 30 January 2011
- ^ Jim Hunter Subaru takes out EC 8 Hour – Sunday 12 December 2010 Archived 5 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.speedcafe.com.au on 30 January 2011
- ^ Lachlan Mansell, In The Hunt, Australian Motorsport eNews, Issue 185, 14–20 Dec 2010, pages 30–33
- ^ "R-Sport Australia". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.