The 2010 L&H 500 was the ninth event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 10 to 12 September at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. The 2010 event was the tenth running of the Phillip Island 500 and it marked the third time that the Phillip Island circuit had served as the venue for the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar race. The event consisted of two Qualifying sessions, two Qualifying Races and a 500 kilometre race which was Race 17 of the Championship. The two drivers nominated for each car contested separate qualifying sessions and, unique to this event, two preliminary 14 lap Qualifying Races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid order for the main 500 kilometre race. Championship points were awarded for each of the three races, however the finishing positions of the "L & H 500" were determined by the finishing positions at the end of Race 17, regardless of the total number of points accumulated by any driver pairing at the event.Supplementary Regulations for 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Race 17 Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 16 February 2011Supplementary Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 February 2011
The 500 kilometre race was dominated by the Triple Eight Race Engineering team and was won by Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife. Engine trouble struck teammates Jamie Whincup and Steve Owen while leading and saw them finish last of the classified finishers. The win gave Skaife his 40th career round win in the series, increasing his record tally. Late in the race Ford Performance Racing's lead driver, Mark Winterbottom overtook Jason Richards for second place which saw himself and co-driver Luke Youlden finish best of the Ford entries, ahead of Richards and Andrew Jones in the Brad Jones Racing Commodore.
Results
Race 1 Qualifying session Pos No Name Car Team TimePole1 Steve OwenHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:32.3273218 Warren LuffFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:32.550339 Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:32.863042 Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:32.9658511 Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:32.9768647 Jack PerkinsFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing1:33.012275 Luke YouldenFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:33.024287 Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:33.0411922 David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:33.072910888 Mark SkaifeHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:33.1895118 Jason RichardsHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:33.23071217 Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:33.24811355 Dean CantoFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing1:33.25461433 David BesnardHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:33.30651534 Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:33.30971651 Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:33.32871712 Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing1:33.68981819 Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports1:33.68981915 Owen KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:33.80942010 Andrew ThompsonHolden VE CommodorePaul Weel Racing1:33.84572124 Craig BairdHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:33.9172223 Tony D'AlbertoHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing1:33.98842314 Matt HallidayHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:34.0569244 David BrabhamFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:34.07432530 Mark NoskeHolden VE CommodoreLucas Dumbrell Motorsport1:34.08902639 Paul MorrisHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:34.31462716 Taz DouglasHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:34.63642827 Ant PedersenFord BF FalconMW Motorsport1:34.7346296 James MoffatFord FG FalconFord Performance Racingno timeDSQ44 Marcus ZukanovicHolden VE CommodoreGreg Murphy Racingno timeDNP21 Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsportno time
Race 2 Qualifying session Pos No Name Car Team TimePole15 Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:32.444821 Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:32.46313888 Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:32.5541418 James CourtneyFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:32.685855 Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:32.7817622 Will DavisonHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:33.0556717 Marcus MarshallFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:33.065386 Steven RichardsFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:33.0748933 Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:33.12031055 Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing1:33.22981147 Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing1:33.2338129 John McIntyreFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:33.3018133 Shane PriceHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing1:33.3023142 Cameron McConvilleHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:33.32061534 Greg RitterHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:33.43801624 Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:33.4820177 Dale WoodHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:33.5265184 Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:33.53591914 Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:33.56132039 Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:33.62672119 David RussellFord FG FalconTekno Autosports1:33.76142212 Michael PatriziFord FG FalconTriple F Racing1:33.76972410 Nick PercatHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:34.1781258 Andrew JonesHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:34.19282530 Nathan PrettyHolden VE CommodoreLucas Dumbrell Motorsport1:34.13872651 Tim BlanchardHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:34.42662711 Glenn SetonHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:34.56012827 Damian AssaillitFord BF FalconMW Motorsport1:34.65702944 Geoff EmeryHolden VE CommodoreGreg Murphy Racing1:34.75423016 Tony RicciardelloHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:34.79973121 David WallHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport1:34.8859
Qualifying Race 1 Qualifying Race 1 was won by Steve Owen (Holden VE Commodore) from Jason Bargwanna (Holden VE Commodore) and Shane van Gisbergen (Ford FG Falcon).
Qualifying Race 2 Qualifying Race 2 was won by Rick Kelly (Holden VE Commodore) from Craig Lowndes (Holden VE Commodore) and James Courtney (Ford FG Falcon).
L&H 500 Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time/retired Grid1888 Craig Lowndes Mark SkaifeHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1133:11:47.355125 Mark Winterbottom Luke YouldenFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing113+3.3s38 Jason Richards Andrew JonesHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing113+5.0s415 Rick Kelly Owen KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing113+5.7s547 Tim Slade Jack PerkinsFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing113+19.7s619 Jonathon Webb David RussellFord FG FalconTekno Autosports113+28.5s755 Paul Dumbrell Dean CantoFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing113+29.9s839 Russell Ingall Paul MorrisHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport113+30.1s92 Garth Tander Cameron McConvilleHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team113+31.5s104 Alex Davison David BrabhamFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing113+35.7s1134 Michael Caruso Greg RitterHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport113+38.2s1218 James Courtney Warren LuffFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing113+39.1s1351 Greg Murphy Tim BlanchardHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport113+39.5s1412 Dean Fiore Michael PatriziFord FG FalconTriple F Racing113+40.8s153 Tony D'Alberto Shane PriceHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing113+41.6s1617 Steven Johnson Marcus MarshallFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing113+41.9s1721 Karl Reindler David WallHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport113+51.1s187 Todd Kelly Dale WoodHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing113+53.1s1924 Fabian Coulthard Craig BairdHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing113+53.7s2011 Jason Bargwanna Glenn SetonHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing113+1m 25.0s216 Steven Richards James MoffatFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing112+ 1 lap2227 Damian Assaillit Ant PedersenFord BF FalconMW Motorsport112+ 1 lap2344 Geoff Emery Marcus ZukanovicHolden VE CommodoreGreg Murphy Racing112+ 1 lap2430 Mark Noske Nathan PrettyHolden VE CommodoreLucas Dumbrell Motorsport112+ 1 lap2516 Tony Ricciardello Taz DouglasHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing112+ 1 lap2610 Andrew Thompson Nick PercatHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing111+ 2 laps279 Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyreFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing110+ 3 laps2822 Will Davison David ReynoldsHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team109+ 4 laps291 Jamie Whincup Steve OwenHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering104+ 9 lapsRet33 Lee Holdsworth David BesnardHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport68Ret14 Jason Bright Matt HallidayHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing55
References
External links Official L & H 500 website Official series website