2010 BRC IMPCO V8 Supercars GP Challenge

The 2010 BRC IMPCO V8 Supercars GP Challenge was the fourth meeting of the 2010 V8 Supercar season, however it was a stand-alone event not contributing to the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series pointscore. It was held on the weekend of 25 to 28 March at Albert Park Street Circuit, in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. It was the lead support category for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.

2010 BRC IMPCO V8 Supercars GP Challenge

Event Information
Date	25–28 March 2010
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 13 laps 70 km Pole position Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 1:57.1666 Winner James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing 25:58.8986
Race 2 Distance 13 laps 70 km Winner Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 25:58.1135
Race 3 Distance 13 laps 70 km Winner Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 29:11.2684
Round Results First Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 292 pts Second Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 258 pts Third Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 220 pts

This race meeting was broadcast by Network Ten; the only race the network is permitted to broadcast following its loss of broadcasting rights to the V8 Supercars in 2006.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Thursday 25 March.

Top Ten shootout

The top ten shootout was held on Friday 26 March.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Friday 26 March.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Saturday 27 March.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 28 March.

Results

Results as follows:^[1]

Qualifying

Qualifying timesheets:^[2]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Shootout	Qualifying
Pole	2	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore (VE)	Holden Racing Team	1:57.1666	1:57.9965
2	18	James Courtney	Ford Falcon (FG)	Dick Johnson Racing	1:57.3429	1:58.3377
3	7	Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore (VE)	Kelly Racing	1:57.4077	1:58.4513
4	15	Rick Kelly	Holden Commodore (VE)	Kelly Racing	1:57.6746	1:58.3992
5	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford Falcon (FG)	Stone Brothers Racing	1:57.8137	1:58.5116
6	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore (VE)	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:57.8903	1:58.4364
7	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore (VE)	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:57.9443	1:57.9308
8	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford Falcon (FG)	Rod Nash Racing	1:58.5977	1:58.4940
9	8	Jason Richards	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing	1:58.8892	1:58.4794
10	51	Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Morris Motorsport	2:00.8092	1:58.2480
11	17	Steven Johnson	Ford Falcon (FG)	Dick Johnson Racing		1:58.6292
12	24	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore (VE)	Walkinshaw Racing		1:58.6548
13	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon (FG)	Ford Performance Racing		1:58.6661
14	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore (VE)	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:58.6938
15	22	Will Davison	Holden Commodore (VE)	Holden Racing Team		1:58.7316
16	14	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing		1:58.8223
17	47	Tim Slade	Ford Falcon (FG)	James Rosenberg Racing		1:58.8287
18	39	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Morris Motorsport		1:58.9748
19	4	Alex Davison	Ford Falcon (FG)	Stone Brothers Racing		1:59.0783
20	34	Michael Caruso	Holden Commodore (VE)	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:59.0893
21	11	Jason Bargwanna	Holden Commodore (VE)	Kelly Racing		1:59.2246
22	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford Falcon (FG)	Tekno Autosports		1:59.3975
23	30	Daniel Gaunt	Holden Commodore (VE)	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport		1:59.8058
24	3	Tony D'Alberto	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tony D'Alberto Racing		1:59.8223
25	12	Dean Fiore	Ford Falcon (FG)	Triple F Racing		1:59.8907
26	10	Andrew Thompson	Holden Commodore (VE)	Walkinshaw Racing		2:00.1503
27	16	Tony Ricciardello	Holden Commodore (VE)	Kelly Racing		2:00.9122
28	6	Steven Richards	Ford Falcon (FG)	Ford Performance Racing		2:00.9476
29	21	Karl Reindler	Holden Commodore (VE)	Britek Motorsport		2:02.6235

Race 1

Race timesheets:^[3]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	13	0:25:58.8986	2	100
2	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	13	+0.260s	1	92
3	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	13	+0.704s	5	86
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	13	+1.179s	6	80
5	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	13	+1.724s	7	74
6	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	13	+12.521s	3	68
7	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	13	+14.150s	8	64
8	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	13	+15.566s	11	60
9	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	13	+15.714s	13	56
10	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	13	+18.246s	15	52
11	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	13	+18.736s	14	48
12	24	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	13	+19.853s	12	46
13	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	13	+20.364s	9	44
14	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	13	+20.716s	19	42
15	11	Jason Bargwanna	Kelly Racing	13	+24.403s	21	40
16	14	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	13	+24.755s	16	38
17	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	+25.292s	18	36
18	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	13	+27.507s	17	34
19	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	13	+27.866s	22	32
20	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	+28.246s	10	30
21	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	13	+33.683s	28	28
22	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	13	+34.359s	25	26
23	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	13	+37.465s	20	24
24	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	13	+39.978s	4	22
25	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	13	+41.118s	24	20
26	30	Daniel Gaunt	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	13	+43.744s	23	18
27	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	13	+44.755s	29	16
28	10	Andrew Thompson	Walkinshaw Racing	13	+46.067s	26	14
29	16	Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	13	+57.477s	27	12

Race 2

Race timesheets:^[4]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	13	0:25:58.1135	2	100
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	13	+0.377s	5	96
3	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	13	+4.346s	1	86
4	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	13	+5.989s	3	80
5	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	13	+6.743s	9	74
6	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	13	+10.514s	10	68
7	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	13	+10.815s	8	64
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	13	+14.187s	4	60
9	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	13	+15.285s	7	56
10	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	13	+15.798s	11	52
11	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	13	+21.556s	14	48
12	11	Jason Bargwanna	Kelly Racing	13	+22.555s	15	46
13	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	13	+23.041s	23	44
14	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	13	+23.901s	21	42
15	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	13	+25.430s	24	40
16	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	13	+25.633s	13	38
17	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	13	+28.267s	18	36
18	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	+28.487s	20	34
19	14	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	13	+30.182s	16	32
20	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	+32.096s	17	30
21	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	13	+32.767s	22	28
22	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	13	+33.913s	25	26
23	10	Andrew Thompson	Walkinshaw Racing	13	+36.333s	28	24
24	30	Daniel Gaunt	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	13	+37.535s	26	22
25	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	13	+37.818s	27	20
26	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	13	+1:01.049s	19	18
27	16	Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	13	+1:12.846s	29	16
28	24	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	12	+1 Lap	12	14
Ret	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	3		6	0

Race 3

Race timesheets:^[5]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	13	0:29:11.2684	1	100
2	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	13	+2.870s	4	92
3	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	13	+4.107s	6	86
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	13	+4.395s	8	80
5	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	13	+6.713s	7	74
6	55	Paul Dumbrell	Tony D'Alberto Racing	13	+7.456s	9	68
7	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	13	+9.616s	16	64
8	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	+10.474s	20	60
9	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	+12.763s	18	56
10	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	13	+13.527s	29	52
11	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	13	+17.001s	10	48
12	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	13	+19.657s	14	46
13	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	13	+22.728s	15	44
14	24	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	13	+24.942s	28	42
15	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	13	+25.420s	11	40
16	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	13	+25.771s	26	38
17	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	13	+26.118s	22	36
18	30	Daniel Gaunt	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	13	+27.075s	24	34
19	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	13	+31.130s	25	32
20	14	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	13	+1:19.762s	19	30
Ret	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	7		3	0
Ret	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	5		5	0
Ret	10	Andrew Thompson	Walkinshaw Racing	4		23	0
Ret	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2		2	0
Ret	16	Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	1		27	0
Ret	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1		13	0
Ret	11	Jason Bargwanna	Kelly Racing	0		12	0
Ret	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	0		17	0
Ret	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	0		21	0

Points

Race timesheets:^[6]

Pos	Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
1	Garth Tander	92	100	100	292
2	Shane van Gisbergen	86	80	92	258
3	Craig Lowndes	80	60	80	220
4	Will Davison	52	68	86	206
5	Steven Johnson	60	64	74	198
6	Paul Dumbrell	64	56	68	188
7	James Courtney	100	86	0	186
8	Jamie Whincup	74	92	0	166
9	Lee Holdsworth	48	52	48	148
10	Jason Richards	44	38	64	146
11	Alex Davison	42	48	40	130
12	Mark Winterbottom	56	74	0	130
13	Russell Ingall	36	30	60	126
14	Greg Murphy	30	34	56	120
15	Todd Kelly	68	0	52	120
16	Steven Richards	28	42	46	116
17	Rick Kelly	22	40	44	106
18	Fabian Coulthard	46	14	42	102
19	Jason Bright	38	32	30	100
20	Jonathon Webb	32	18	38	88
21	Jason Bargwanna	40	46	0	86
22	Tony D'Alberto	20	26	36	82
23	Daniel Gaunt	18	22	34	74
24	Tim Slade	34	36	0	70
25	Karl Reindler	16	20	32	68
26	Michael Caruso	24	44	0	68
27	Dean Fiore	26	28	0	54
28	Andrew Thompson	14	24	0	38
29	Tony Ricciardello	12	16	0	28

See also

2010 Australian Grand Prix