# 2010 Sydney 500

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Times | Times |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | 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 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon FG | +0.2307 | +9.9038 |
| 11 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | +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 | |
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### Race 1

| Pos. | No. | 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 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 60 | Crash damage | 10 | |
| DNF | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | 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 |||||||||
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### Qualifying 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | 1:28.7999 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | +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 | Shane van Gisbergen | 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 |
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### Race 2

| Pos. | No. | 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 | Shane van Gisbergen | 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 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | 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 |||||||||
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