V8 Super Cars 2010

V8 Supercars Australia has announced its 2010 championship calendar at Phillip Island today (Sunday).
It reveals that the championship will start early and will include a nine-week mid-season break, meaning the season will have a distinctive autumn and spring phase to it.

The 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series:

18 – 20 February Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
25 – 27 February Desert 400, Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
11 – 14 March Clipsal 500, Adelaide Parklands, SA#
26 – 28 March Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, VIC
16 – 18 April ITM Hamilton 400, Hamilton, NZ
30 – April 2 May Qld Raceway, QLD#*
14 – 16 May Winton, VIC#
4 – 6 June BigPond 300, Barbagallo, WA*
18 – 20 June SKYCITY Triple Crown, Hidden Valley, NT
9 – 11 July Dunlop Townsville 400, Townsville, QLD#
MID SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP BREAK - AUGUST
10 – 12 Sept L&H 500, Phillip Island, VIC
7 – 10 Oct Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Mt Panorama, NSW#
21 – 24 Oct SuperGP, Surfers Paradise, QLD
5 – 7 Nov Falken Tasmania Challenge, Symmons Plains, TAS
19 – 21 Nov Norton 360 Sandown Challenge, Sandown, VIC#
3 – 5 Dec Sydney Telstra 500, Homebush, NSW#

NUMBER - TEAM - DRIVER - CAR
1 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup VE
2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander VE
3 Centaur Racing Tony D'Alberto VE
4 Irwin Racing Alex Davison FG
5 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom FG
6 Ford Performance Racing Steven Richards FG
7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly VE
8 Team BOC Jason Richards VE
9 SP Tools Racing Shane Van Gisbergen FG
10 Bundaberg Red Racing Team Andrew Thompson VE
11 Rock Racing Jason Bargwanna VE
12 Bing Lee/Panasonic Dean Fiore FG
14 Trading Post Racing Jason Bright VE
15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly VE
16 TBA TBA VE
17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson FG
18 Jim Beam Racing James Courtney FG
19 Dick Johnson Racing Jonathon Webb FG
21 Team BOC Karl Reindler VE
22 Toll Holden Racing Team Will Davison VE
24 Bundaberg Red Racing Team Fabian Coulthard VE
30 Gulf Western Oil Racing Daniel Gaunt VE
33 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Lee Holdsworth VE
34 Fujitsu Racing/GRM Michael Caruso VE
39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall VE
47 Wilson Security Racing Tim Slade FG
51 Castrol Edge Racing Greg Murphy VE
55 The Bottle-O Race Team Paul Dumbrell FG
888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes VE