2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour

Layout of the Eastern Creek Raceway

The 2010 Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour was an endurance motor race for production cars.[1] It was staged on 18 July 2010 at the Eastern Creek International Raceway in New South Wales, Australia[1] and was Round 4 of both the 2010 Australian Manufacturers' Championship and the 2010 Australian Production Car Championship.[2] 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

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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

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Position[3] | Drivers[3][4] | No.[3] | Vehicle[3] | Competitor / Team[3] | Class[3] | Laps[3]

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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[5] | 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[6] | 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)[5] | 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.

## References

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1. ^ a b Dial Before You Dig Australian Six Hour Retrieved on 1 August 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org
2. ^ Meeting Supplementary Regulations[permanent dead link]
3. ^ a b c d e f g Natsoft Race Results Archive -2010 Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 1 August 2010
4. ^ Official Program, Eastern Creek, 16–18 July 2010, Entry List, page 24
5. ^ a b Luff, Kostera & Mitsubishi Dominate Six Hour Retrieved on 2 August 2010 As archived at www.webcitation.org
6. ^ Kostera & Luff Top Australian Six Hour Practice[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 3 August 2010

## External links

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* www.thenationals.com.au - Entry list[permanent dead link]
* www.facebook.com - images