The 2010 Sydney 500 (commercially titled 2010 Sydney Telstra 500) was the fourteenth and final event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the second running of the Sydney 500. It was held on the weekend of the December 3 to 5 on the Homebush Street Circuit in Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales.

The Sydney Telstra 500 comprised the 25th and 26th races of the season. The race format followed the same as the Adelaide 500, with a 250 kilometre race each day.

Report Leading into the weekend, James Courtney of Dick Johnson Racing, reigning champion Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Race Engineering and Mark Winterbottom of Ford Performance Racing were in contention to win the championship. With the trio running in the top three, a late-race downpour on the Saturday saw all three drivers, amongst many others, hit the wall at Turn 5. Dick Johnson Racing, unlike Triple Eight and Ford Performance Racing, crucially managed to get Courtney on track in time to score points. This gave Courtney the advantage heading into the Sunday race, in which his 14th-place finish was sufficient to secure his maiden championship.

Meanwhile, the Saturday race was won by Tekno Autosports' Jonathon Webb, who had only started 21st after a qualifying crash. Webb survived the chaos during the late-race rain to take his first race victory narrowly ahead of Jason Bright. Lee Holdsworth, who started both races on pole, won the Sunday race, after taking the lead from the low-on-fuel Shane van Gisbergen on the final lap. Steven Richards finished second, in his final full-time drive in the championship.

Results Qualifying 1 Driver Team Car Times Qualifying Shootout 1 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +0.4817 1:29.8733 2 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.5493 +0.0990 3 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE 1:29.0936 +0.1009 4 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +0.4611 +0.3513 5 47 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.3597 +0.6142 6 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.5700 +0.8273 7 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.3840 +0.9895 8 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.5901 +1.0649 9 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +0.3303 +1.8818 10 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.2307 +9.9038 11 888 Craig Lowndes +0.6684 12 51 Greg Murphy Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +0.7956 13 24 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.7988 14 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.8465 15 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.8663 16 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.8716 17 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE +0.9605 18 3 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.1460 19 21 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +1.1582 20 11 Jason Bargwanna Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.3334 21 19 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Ford Falcon FG +1.3903 22 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE +1.4065 23 30 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +1.4320 24 10 Andrew Thompson Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.7704 25 8 Andrew Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.9899 26 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing Ford Falcon FG +2.0486 27 16 Tony Ricciardello Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +2.9606 28 14 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE +3.9239 29 55 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG +13.3859 Sources:

Race 1 Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 19 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Ford Falcon FG 69 2:09:06.9995 21 150 2 14 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE 69 +0.6375 28 138 3 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 69 +6.6071 14 129 4 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG 69 +9.9613 16 120 5 24 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE 69 +12.1441 13 111 6 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 69 +19.0878 4 102 7 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 69 +26.7878 1 96 8 10 Andrew Thompson Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE 69 +1:02.4793 24 90 9 11 Jason Bargwanna Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 68 +1 lap 20 84 10 55 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG 68 +1 lap 29 78 11 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG 67 +2 laps 15 72 12 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 67 +2 laps 9 69 13 3 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore VE 67 +2 laps 18 66 14 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing Ford Falcon FG 65 +4 laps 26 63 15 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG 62 +7 laps 6 60 NC 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE 61 +8 laps 3 DNF 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG 60 Crash damage 10 DNF 888 Craig Lowndes 60 Crash damage 11 DNF 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG 60 Crash damage 2 DNF 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 59 Crash 7 DNF 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 59 Crash 17 DNF 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 59 Crash 22 DNF 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG 59 Crash 8 DNF 8 Andrew Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE 59 Crash 25 DNF 51 Greg Murphy Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 57 Crash 12 DNF 47 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG 53 Crash 5 DNF 16 Tony Ricciardello Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 33 27 DNF 30 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 15 Crash 23 DNF 21 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 5 Crash 19 Fastest Lap: Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing), 1:29.4966 Sources:

Qualifying 2 Driver Team Car Time 1 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 1:28.7999 2 1 Jamie Whincup +0.0742 3 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.1572 4 14 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.1635 5 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE +0.2896 6 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +0.3015 7 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.3866 8 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE +0.4147 9 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE +0.4809 10 47 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.4922 11 11 Jason Bargwanna Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.6563 12 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.6835 13 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +0.6836 14 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.7054 15 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.7061 16 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.7513 17 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG +0.7658 18 19 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Ford Falcon FG +0.8785 19 51 Greg Murphy Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +0.9919 20 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +1.0042 21 21 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +1.0818 22 10 Andrew Thompson Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.1772 23 24 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.1927 24 3 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore VE +1.3603 25 55 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG +1.5792 26 30 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE +1.7410 27 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing Ford Falcon FG +1.7803 28 8 Andrew Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE +2.5674 29 16 Tony Ricciardello Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE +2.9884 Source:

Race 2 Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts. 1 33 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 74 2:03:58.6442 1 150 2 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG 74 +1.5358 16 138 3 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG 74 +8.4239 14 129 4 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG 74 +8.4437 17 120 5 1 Jamie Whincup 74 +10.2476 2 111 6 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE 74 +13.4918 9 102 7 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 74 +16.0408 13 96 8 34 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 74 +16.2850 6 90 9 2 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 74 +19.8472 8 84 10 19 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Ford Falcon FG 74 +22.8910 18 78 11 3 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden Commodore VE 74 +23.8604 24 72 12 51 Greg Murphy Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 74 +24.8702 19 69 13 8 Andrew Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE 74 +27.5751 28 66 14 18 James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG 74 +29.7892 12 63 15 55 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon FG 74 +30.6741 25 60 16 12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing Ford Falcon FG 74 +34.5637 27 57 17 16 Tony Ricciardello Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 74 +40.8822 29 54 18 30 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 74 +45.8667 26 51 19 24 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE 74 +56.0602 23 48 20 39 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 74 +1:20.1665 20 45 21 7 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 72 +2 laps 7 42 22 11 Jason Bargwanna Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE 70 +4 laps 11 39 23 4 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon FG 59 +15 laps 15 36 DNF 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon FG 65 Tailshaft 3 DNF 47 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG 58 Crash 10 DNF 14 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE 54 Engine 4 DNF 22 Will Davison Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE 47 Engine 5 DNF 21 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore VE 44 Radiator 21 DNF 10 Andrew Thompson Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE 37 Mechanical 22 Fastest Lap: Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:29.3901 Sources:

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External links Official series website