The 2010 Skycity Triple Crown was the seventh race meeting of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It featured Races 13 and 14 of the series and was held on the weekend of 18–20 June at Hidden Valley Raceway, in Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia.

Race 13 In provisional qualifying Jason Richards returned to the scene of his 2009 pole position and took fastest away from Jamie Whincup late in the session. Into the shoot out Tim Slade surprised many by briefly topping the session until Mark Winterbottom secured pole position with Jamie Whincup second. Beside Slade in fourth was Garth Tander.

Winterbottom won the start from Whincup, Tander, Slade, Courtney, Dumbrell, Van Gisbergen and Jason Richards while Will Davison limped around the track with his newly finished Commodore stuck in gear. Dumbrell lost ground in the early running dropping to ninth. Reindler dropped out of the race with a broken steering arm after a miserable qualifying session.

Winterbottom and Whincup built a gap on the field. Winterbottom was an early race stopper, followed by teammate Paul Dumbrell. Lowndes also stopped early, while Davison pitted again still with mechanical issues. Courtney, Todd Kelly and Lee Holdsworth followed shortly. Whincup continued out in front for two laps before he stopped with Tander following. After the stops Winterbottom emerged with an enlarged lead over Whincup while the first car in Jason Richards leapt up the order. Tander rejoined just in front of Courtney and Dumbrell with Slade jumping in front of Dumbrell. Van Gisbergen and Todd Kelly were close behind. Greg Murphy.

Steven Richards car failed to restart after a pitstops. Van Gisbergen was a mover in the middle part of the race, picking off Slade and Courtney, while a set-up change allowed Lowndes to start moving up the order after a slow start to the race. Last to pit was Russell Ingall, who led in his final laps prior to his pitstop. Van Gisbergen took Tander on lap 26. Six laps later Van Gisbergen claimed third from Jason Richards. Late in the race there was a couple of minor contact incidents. Dean Fiore was tipped wide over the back of the circuit. Russell Ingall clashed with Rick Kelly and Michael Caruso tipped Jonathon Webb into a spin. Lap 37 saw Tander spear off the track at the first turn, dumping himself from fifth to tenth.

Winterbottom hung on to win from Whincup, Van Gisbergen, Jason Richards and James Courtney. Tim Slade had a career best performance to finish sixth ahead of Lowndes, Dumbrell, Todd Kelly and Tander.

Race 14 Alex Davison won the start from his first pole position with Todd Kelly, Whincup, Rick Kelly, Courtney, Will Davison, Holdsworth, D'Alberto, Winterbottom and Coulthard with Tander spearing off at the first turn and Dumbrell spinning at the exit of turn 1.

Todd Kelly was the first of the leaders to pit on lap 15, with brother Rick following a lap later, switching from soft to hard tyres. Courtney follow the following lap.

Alex Davison pitted on lap 21 for his first stop with Whincup following a lap later. After a 30 lap battle Courtney passed Todd Kelly for position on lap 31. Lap 37 saw Jamie Whincup complete his hunt down of race leader Alex Davison and the Commodore moved into the lead. Russell Ingall received the 'meatball' flag for a minor but persistent fluid leak at the back of his Commodore.

Lap 48 saw a problem with Craig Lowndes pitstop, the car was dropped with only three tyres on the car but the car was raised back on its jacks prior to Lowndes attempting to resume with the front left tyre missing. A lap later Alex Davison pulled into the pits with an electrical or electronic malady that was robbing the car of power after a career best race performance to that point. Davison was hauled into the bay, the team needing the space to pit teammate Shane van Gisbergen, any chance of a good result was gone.

As the race reached its closing laps, race leader Whincup, on fading hard tyres was being caught rapidly by Mark Winterbottom. On Lap 61 Lowndes took Jason Richards for fifth, lap 64 saw Van Gisbergen relieve Courtney of third.

Whincup hung on to win from a fast closing Winterbottom. Van Gisbergen took third from Courtney with five laps to go. Lowndes took fifth from Jason Richards with eight laps to go. Tim Slade worked his way past the Kelly brothers and Richards in the closing laps to finish sixth in a career best performance. Behind Richards Todd Kelly led home brother Rick with Steven Richards clawing past Will Davison for a long-awaited top ten finish. Down in 18th Murphy crossed the line with a damaged car but did not lose enough time for Garth Tander to pick up a spot after a poor Sunday race.

Results Results as follows:

Qualifying Race 13 Qualifying timesheets: Pos No Name Car Team Shootout QualifyingPole5Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:09.68541:10.016721Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:09.83331:09.9460347Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing1:09.88361:10.106042Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:09.93741:10.110857Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.01841:10.0381618James CourtneyFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:10.20811:09.964879Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:10.33611:10.1287855Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing1:10.35651:10.17009888Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:10.43511:10.0095108Jason RichardsHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:10.54881:09.90791133Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:10.20321222Will DavisonHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:10.23721351Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:10.25501412Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing1:10.28991517Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:10.2992163Tony D'AlbertoHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing1:10.34991734Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:10.37381814Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:10.39581910Andrew ThompsonHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:10.42302039Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:10.43472115Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.46162224Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:10.46772319Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports1:10.46782411Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.5073254Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:10.5780266Steven RichardsFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:10.59032721Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport1:10.67322816Tony RicciardelloHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.95252930Daniel GauntHolden VE CommodoreLucas Dumbrell Motorsport1:11.2240

Race 13 Race timesheets: Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points15Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing4251:17.8454115021Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering42 +0.8s213839Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing42 +21.7s712948Jason RichardsBrad Jones Racing42 +27.3s10120518James CourtneyDick Johnson Racing42 +30.2s6111647Tim SladeJames Rosenberg Racing42 +30.7s31027888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering42 +31.9s996855Paul DumbrellRod Nash Racing42 +32.7s89097Todd KellyKelly Racing42 +35.0s584102Garth TanderHolden Racing Team42 +35.8s4781139Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport42 +35.9s20721214Jason BrightBrad Jones Racing42 +36.8s1869133Tony D'AlbertoTony D'Alberto Racing42 +40.5s16661415Rick KellyKelly Racing42 +45.7s2163154Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing42 +46.1s25601651Greg MurphyPaul Morris Motorsport42 +46.5s13571734Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport42 +52.1s17541817Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing42 +56.2s15511911Jason BargwannaKelly Racing42 +56.8s24482012Dean FioreTriple F Racing42 +1:00.2s14452110Andrew ThompsonWalkinshaw Racing42 +1:02.7s19422233Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport42 +1:05.3s11392324Fabian CoulthardWalkinshaw Racing42 +1:06.2s22362419Jonathon WebbTekno Autosports42 +1:06.4s23332516Tony RicciardelloKelly Racing41 +1 lap28302630Daniel GauntLucas Dumbrell Motorsport41 +1 lap2927Ret21Karl ReindlerBritek Motorsport2927Ret6Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing27 Electrical26Ret22Will DavisonHolden Racing Team1 Gearbox12

Qualifying Race 14 Qualifying timesheets: Pos No Name Car Team QualifyingPole4Alex DavisonFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:10.061421Jamie WhincupHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:10.061635Mark WinterbottomFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:10.071547Todd KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.1625518James CourtneyFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:10.2811615Rick KellyHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.31777888Craig LowndesHolden VE CommodoreTriple Eight Race Engineering1:10.3898833Lee HoldsworthHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:10.4539917Steven JohnsonFord FG FalconDick Johnson Racing1:10.4778109Shane van GisbergenFord FG FalconStone Brothers Racing1:10.48981122Will DavisonHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:10.5069122Garth TanderHolden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:10.51061314Jason BrightHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:10.56651447Tim SladeFord FG FalconJames Rosenberg Racing1:10.57841519Jonathon WebbFord FG FalconTekno Autosports1:10.5957163Tony D'AlbertoHolden VE CommodoreTony D'Alberto Racing1:10.60691724Fabian CoulthardHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:10.63291855Paul DumbrellFord FG FalconRod Nash Racing1:10.63461912Dean FioreFord FG FalconTriple F Racing1:10.63932051Greg MurphyHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:10.6501218Jason RichardsHolden VE CommodoreBrad Jones Racing1:10.6527226Steven RichardsFord FG FalconFord Performance Racing1:10.69082339Russell IngallHolden VE CommodorePaul Morris Motorsport1:10.69502411Jason BargwannaHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:10.79012534Michael CarusoHolden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:10.82652610Andrew ThompsonHolden VE CommodoreWalkinshaw Racing1:10.83982721Karl ReindlerHolden VE CommodoreBritek Motorsport1:11.41102816Tony RicciardelloHolden VE CommodoreKelly Racing1:11.57662930Daniel GauntHolden VE CommodoreLucas Dumbrell MotorsportNo time

Race 14 Race timesheets: PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredPoints11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering691:24:35.01115025Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing69 +4.001s13839Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing69 +6.858s129418James CourtneyDick Johnson Racing69 +16.893s1205888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering69 +22.875s111647Time SladeJames Rosenberg Racing69 +25.561s10278Jason RichardsBrad Jones Racing69 +28.203s9687Todd KellyKelly Racing69 +34.101s90915Rick KellyKelly Racing69 +34.888s84106Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing69 +35.904s781122Will DavisonHolden Racing Team69 +38.900s721233Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport69 +40.400s691319Jonathon WebbTekno Autosports69 +40.971s661424Fabian CoulthardWalkinshaw Racing69 +43.316s631534Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport69 +44.200s601617Steven JohnsonDick Johnson Racing69 +49.184s57173Anthony D'AlbertoTony D'Alberto Racing69 +53.329s541851Greg MurphyPaul Morris Motorsport69 +53.792s51192Garth TanderHolden Racing Team69 +55.914s482014Jason BrightBrad Jones Racing69 +59.894s452111Jason BargwannaKelly Racing69 +1:00.398s422212Dean FioreTriple F Racing69 +1:10.555392355Paul DumbrellRod Nash Racing68 +1 lap362410Andrew ThompsonWalkinshaw Racing68 +1 lap332539Russell IngallPaul Morris Motorsport68 +1 lap302621Karl ReindlerBritek Motorsport68 +1 lap272716Tony RicciardelloKelly Racing68 +1 lap242830Daniel GauntLucas Dumbrell Motorsport67 +2 laps21DNF4Alex DavisonStone Brothers Racing47Electrical0 Standings After race 14 of 26 race series the driver's with the top 5 points were: Pos Name Team Points1James CourtneyDick Johnson Racing16982Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering16413Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering14524Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing14125Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing1344 References

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