2010 Eastern Creek 8 Hour Production Car Race

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

The race was open to production based cars complying with the technical regulations for any one of the following:

Classes

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

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

References

  1. Supplementary Regulations Archived 30 January 2011 at WebCite Retrieved from www.eastern-creek-raceway.com on 30 January 2011
  2. Race results Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 30 January 2011
  3. 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
  4. Eastern Creek 8 Hour provides a strong finish for Conroy Motorsport Archived 30 January 2011 at WebCite Retrieved from www.ozracingwrap.com.au on 30 January 2011
  5. 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
  6. Lachlan Mansell, In The Hunt, Australian Motorsport eNews, Issue 185, 14–20 Dec 2010, pages 30–33
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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