2010 Adelaide 500

The 2010 Adelaide 500, known for naming rights reasons as the 2010 Clipsal 500, was the third event of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twelfth running of the Adelaide 500. It was held on the weekend of 11–14 March on the Adelaide Street Circuit, in South Australia.

Holden Racing Team driver Garth Tander won his second Adelaide 500, winning both races, salvaging his season after a poor start in the Middle-Eastern leg of the championship. Second in both races was leading Ford competitor, Dick Johnson Racing's James Courtney. The remaining podium positions were shared by Lee Holdsworth for Garry Rogers Motorsport on Saturday and Ford Performance Racing lead driver Mark Winterbottom on Sunday.

Race results

Qualifying Race 5

Qualifying timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Shootout	Qualifying
Pole	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Team Vodafone	1:21.5587	1:21.6141
2	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:21.7839	1:21.3155
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:21.8360	1:21.7426
4	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:22.1511	1:21.5772
5	8	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:22.1685	1:21.6925
6	24	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:22.1874	1:21.8328
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Team Vodafone	1:22.2350	1:21.8232
8	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:22.3484	1:21.8226
9	18	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:22.3925	1:21.6590
10	3	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:22.6322	1:21.8359
11	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing		1:21.9089
12	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport		1:21.9708
13	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:22.0539
14	14	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		1:22.0572
15	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing		1:22.0968
16	18	James Courtney	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:22.1912
17	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:22.1924
18	6	Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing		1:22:2065
19	22	Will Davison	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team		1:22.3856
20	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport		1:22.3905
21	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing		1:22.4129
22	11	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing		1:22.7128
23	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:22.7238
24	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing		1:22.7405
25	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:22.7853
26	21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport		1:22.8215
27	16	Tony Ricciardello	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing		1:23.2665
28	30	Daniel Gaunt	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport		1:23.3113
29	10	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing		1:27.5395

Race 5

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	78	1:59:06.5574	2	150
2	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	78	+4.0s	16	138
3	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+6.4s	8	129
4	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+8.9s	1	120
5	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	78	+9.2s	4	111
6	14	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	78	+14.8s	14	102
7	24	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	78	+15.5s	6	96
8	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+16.0s	17	90
9	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	78	+16.6s	19	84
10	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	78	+23.9s	20	78
11	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	78	+25.8s	23	72
12	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	78	+29.9s	13	69
13	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	78	+31.6s	11	66
14	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	78	+32.1s	10	63
15	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	78	+32.5s	25	60
16	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	78	+39.7s	24	57
17	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	78	+46.8s	18	54
18	30	Daniel Gaunt	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	78	+1:04.3s	28	51
19	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+1:15.5s	7	48
20	16	Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	78	+1:16.1s	27	45
21	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	75	+ 3 laps	3	42
22	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	74	+ 4 laps	9	39
23	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	66	+ 12 laps	15	36
Ret	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	39		5
Ret	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Morris Motorsport	38		12
Ret	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	31		26
Ret	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	12		21
Ret	11	Jason Bargwanna	Kelly Racing	2		22
DNS	10	Andrew Thompson	Walkinshaw Racing

Qualifying Race 6

Qualifying timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Qualifying
Pole	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:20.9560
2	1	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Team Vodafone	1:21.0513
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:21.1788
4	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:21.2616
5	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:21.4465
6	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:21.4698
7	22	Will Davison	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:21.4946
8	18	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:21.5496
9	18	James Courtney	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:21.5701
10	3	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:21.5992
11	8	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:21.6145
12	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:21.7072
13	6	Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:21.7172
14	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Team Vodafone	1:21.7422
15	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:21.7579
16	14	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:21.8514
17	24	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:21.9002
18	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:21.9301
19	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:21.9745
20	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:22.0832
21	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:22.1623
22	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:22.2307
23	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:22.3026
24	21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:22.4228
25	11	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:22.6178
26	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:22.6279
27	30	Daniel Gaunt	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:22.8259
28	16	Tony Ricciardello	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:23.3578

Race 6

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	78	1:58:01.9244	1	150
2	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	78	+1.0s	9	138
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	78	+2.1s	3	129
4	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	78	+3.4s	8	120
5	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	78	+3.8s	18	111
6	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	78	+6.1s	6	102
7	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	78	+7.0s	10	96
8	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	78	+7.7s	4	78
9	8	Jason Richards	Brad Jones Racing	78	+8.2s	11	72
10	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+10.1s	5	69
11	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	78	+10.8s	15	66
12	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	78	+11.6s	22	63
13	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	78	+14.0s	13	60
14	22	Will Davison	Holden Racing Team	78	+16.4s	7	63
15	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	78	+19.2s	21	60
16	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+21.6s	14	57
17	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	78	+23.8s	23	54
18	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	78	+35.5s	2	51
19	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	78	+1:13.1s	19	48
20	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	24	45
21	16	Tony Ricciardello	Kelly Racing	77	+ 1 lap	28	42
22	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	77	+ 1 lap	26	39
23	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	77	+ 1 lap	20	36
24	11	Jason Bargwanna	Kelly Racing	77	+ 1 lap	25	33
25	30	Daniel Gaunt	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	77	+ 1 lap	27	30
26	14	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	77	+ 1 lap	16	27
27	24	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	62	+ 16 laps	17	24
Ret	51	Greg Murphy	Paul Morris Motorsport	2		12
DNS	10	Andrew Thompson	Walkinshaw Racing

Standings

After Race 6 of 26

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	771
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	714
3	18	James Courtney	Dick Johnson Racing	696
4	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	630
5	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	573

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