# 2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour

The 2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour was an endurance motor race for production cars. It was staged on 18 July 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway in New South Wales, Australia and was Round 4 of both the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship and the 2010 Australian Production Car Championship. The race was won by Stuart Kostera and Warren Luff at the wheel of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, leading a 1–2–3–4 for the manufacturer. Kostera and Luff won by two laps ahead of Ian Tulloch and Steve Jones, with Peter Conroy and Mark Brame finishing a further lap down in third place.

## Classes

As a round of the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, the race featured six classes:
* Class A : High Performance (All Wheel Drive)
* Class B : High Performance (Two Wheel Drive)
* Class C : Performance
* Class D : Production
* Class E : Production
* Class F : Alternative Energy
There were no entries received for Class F.

## Results

| Position | Drivers | No. | Vehicle | Competitor / Team | Class | Laps |
| 1 | Stuart Kostera, Warren Luff | 55 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | West Surfing Products | A | 195 |
| 2 | Ian Tulloch, Steve Jones | 11 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Wescone Distribution / Tulloch Transport | A | 193 |
| 3 | Peter Conroy, Mark Brame | 17 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Disc Brakes Australia | A | 192 |
| 4 | Glyn Crimp, Mathew Cherry | 10 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | West Surfing Products Australia | A | 190 |
| 5 | Peter O'Donnell, John Bowe | 28 | BMW 335i | GWS Personnel | B | 190 |
| 6 | Barton Mawer, Gavin Bullas | 77 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Johnson Window Films | A | 190 |
| 7 | Jim Pollicina, Gerry Murphy | 4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 RS | Tempest Air Mocomm | A | 189 |
| 8 | David Wall, Des Wall | 38 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 | Easts Holiday Parks | A | 187 |
| 9 | Ryan McLeod, Garry Holt | 20 | Holden Astra | Racer Industries / Eastern Creek Karts | D | 186 |
| 10 | Jake Camilleri, Scott Nicholas | 36 | Mazda 3 MPS | Grand Prix Maxda | C | 184 |
| 11 | Allan Shephard, Garth Duffy | 27 | BMW 130i | Shire Conveyancer | C | 184 |
| 12 | Colin Osborne, Rick Bates | 13 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 181 |
| 13 | Terry Conroy, Richard Mork, M Hayes | 22 | Honda Integra S | Disc Brakes Australia | D | 179 |
| 14 | Lauren Gray, Jake Williams | 5 | Toyota Corolla | Lauren Gray Motorsport | D | 177 |
| 15 | Phil Kirkham, Declan Kirkham, Matt Lehmann | 71 | Ford Fiesta XR4 | Inertia Apparel | D | 177 |
| 16 | Trevor Keene, Ryan Dane, Steve Cramp | 50 | Mini Cooper S | Advance Document Syst | D | 173 |
| 17 | Chris Defsma, Dean Neville | 21 | FPV BF GT | Century 21 | B | 173 |
| 18 | Juston Matthews, Bob Holden, Craig Bradshaw | 16 | Toyota Yaris | Bezcorp Security | E | 168 |
| 19 | Tony Alford, Barrie Nesbitt | 25 | HSV VYII GTS | Donut King / Excen Corp Centres | B | 167 |
| 20 | Hadrian Morall, Graham Moore | 31 | Mazda 3 MPS | Osborne Motorsport | C | 140 |
| DNF | Richard Gartner, Francois Jouy, Carl Schembri | 97 | Renault Clio 197 | Safe-T-Stop | D | 175 |
| DNF | Steve Briffa, Cgristian D'Agostin | 8 | HSV VE Clubsport | Holden Motorsport | B | 164 |
| DNF | Tony Quinn, Klark Quinn | 29 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 | VIP Petfoods | A | 96 |
| DNF | Ian Thorp, Aaron Thorp, Ray Curry | 33 | Renault Clio 197 | R-Sport | D | 96 |
| DNF | Rod Barrett, (Geoff Morgan), (Peter Boylan) | 6 | FPV FG F6 | Boylan Traffic Solutions | B | 7 |
Note: Driver's name within brackets indicates driver did not actually drive the car in the race.