2010 TM Master Cup season

2010 TM Master Cup season
# of Rounds	19
Ovals	11
Road Courses	8
Driver's Champion	Alexis Rainsford
Owner's Champion	Volpi Racing Team
Season Opener	Round of Japan
Season Finale	Round of Decatur
Championship Overview

The 2010 TM Master Cup season was contested over a 19-race schedule, and saw Alexis Rainsford win her second driver's championship, the first owner's title for the renamed Volpi Racing Team.

Preseason changes

Team Structures

The team and manufacturer structures of the Master Cup Series were radically overhauled. Thirteen teams were granted a full-time entry, with licenses for three full-time cars and a fourth part-time car.

To give smaller teams an opportunity to participate in the series as well, the Independent's Trophy was introduced. At the regular events, the remaining three spaces on the grid were allocated to part-time teams, each attempting to qualify for six of the sixteen races. The Trophy would be awarded to the driver and team who scored the most points in their best four finishes.

While the remainder of the calendar limited entries to the full-time teams and IT competitors, the Karjala Grand Prix and Round of Decatur remained open to one-off entrants.

Manufacturers

The chassis selected by full-time teams became exclusive to that team, while Independents and one-off entries were given the choice of making their own manufacturer agreements, or utilizing the Omecha spec chassis. Some manufacturers elected to take personal ownership of their factory teams; Volpi officially absorbed JC Racing and rebranded it as Volpi Racing Team, while rival Corsa similarly absorbed Arrowtech, and Nemoto took control of Star Motorsports. National Racing rebranded as Team Saar USA and introduced the new Eagle model; the Tremwell sister brand supplied cars to Camelot Racing.

FLASH Racing unsurprisingly became the official Inglesby team, and Flare Motorsports carried the flag for Lenard. Hodges-Walter Racing and Ocean Motorsports returned with Calton-Morel and STS, respectively. Majestic Motorsports joined as the Gasnier factory team after taking over McCallister Motorsports.

To some controversy, TMMC officials also loosened restrictions on privateer constructors, opening the door to race cars that do not have a street-legal equivalent. They were represented by Power Steering, Inc., which developed the JD Predator in conjunction with James Dalton; Team EFR with the Journey; and Russian newcomers Katzev Engineering.

New engine rules were put into effect, as the series switched from normally-aspirated V8 engines to turbocharged V6 engines. The fuel cells were also smaller than they were in 2009, but this did not have a noticeable effect on the racing.

Schedule

The series also underwent a major schedule realignment. For the first time since 1987, the Round of Daytona was not on the schedule, with the Round of Japan replacing it as the season opener. The calendar then moves across the Pacific to Australia and Brazil, followed by a two-race American stint as Carbondale and Texas. The series then travels to Europe for a continuous tour of the continent, with England and Karjala followed by the remainder of the original European leg of the schedule (with the exception of the Round of Russia, see below). The remainder of the calendar then consisted of the remaining American and Canadian rounds.

Schedule

Round	Race Title	Circuit	Winner	Team	Car
1	Round of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi	Alexis Rainsford	Volpi Racing Team	Volpi VC02
2	Round of Australia	Barbagallo Raceway	Adrien Devereux	Hodges-Walter Racing	Calton-Morel Corsair
3	Round of Brazil	Autodromo Daniel Estevem	Tony Durbin	Team Saar USA	Saar Eagle
4	Round of Carbondale	Carbondale Raceway	Chris Johaanes	Camelot Racing	Tremwell Knight
5	Round of Texas	Lone Star Supercell	Tony Durbin	Team Saar USA	Saar Eagle
6	Round of Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Alan Hodges	Hodges-Walter Racing	Calton-Morel Corsair
7	2010 Karjala Grand Prix	Karjala Raceway	Mathias Taube	Ocean International	STS Arrow
8	Round of Germany	Eurospeedway Lausitz	Jacques Bouvier	Flare Motorsports	Lenard Q9
9	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Zack Duff	Volpi Racing Team	Volpi VC02
10	Round of Italy	Autodromo Antonio Passero	Arto Kekkonen	FLASH Racing	Inglesby Flashback
11	Round of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	Alexis Rainsford	Volpi Racing Team	Volpi VC02
12	Round of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Alexis Rainsford	Volpi Racing Team	Volpi VC02
13	Round of Quincy	Grand Detour of Southern Illinois	Leonid Roderick	FLASH Racing	Inglesby Flashback
14	Round of Michigan	West Midland Bullring	Lance Andrews	FLASH Racing	Inglesby Flashback
15	Round of Wisconsin	Road America	Louis Kingston	FLASH Racing	Inglesby Flashback
16	Round of Canada	Alberta Superspeedway	Tony Durbin	Team Saar USA	Saar Eagle
17	Round of Russia ‡	Volgoring Circuit	Yuliya Nosova	Katzev Engineering	Katzev KE01
18	Round of Alabama	Talladega Superspeedway	Leon Keniston	Ocean International	STS Arrow
19	Round of Decatur	Decatur Raceway	Adrien Devereux	Hodges-Walter Racing	Calton-Morel Corsair

‡ The Round of Russia was originally scheduled to be the 12th round of the championship, but was postponed for safety concerns. Wildfires broke out in western Russia only a week before the race was to be run.

• The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

Team Chart

Team	Chassis	Model	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	No.	Fourth Driver	Primary Sponsor
Volpi Racing Team	Volpi	VC02	2	Franz Redlich	Lynxe October Is All About Pink	51 53	Luca Scalora John Parker, Jr.	Gehrin IPX/Gehrin
			27	Alexis Rainsford	Lynxe Private International Women's Day October Is All About Pink
			28	Zach Duff Chris Davenport (Decatur)	Lego Dyelated Professional Paints
FLASH Racing	Inglesby	Flashback M-Type	4	Leonid Roderick	Clutch	444	Scott Hamilton Lance Andrews	Bridgestone/Advance Auto Parts Renack
			14	Arto Kekkonen	Launch Energy
			44	Louis Kingston	Chicago Cubs/Launch Cherry
Squadra Corsa	Corsa	313T	5 06	Enzo Medina Alessandro Rossini	Barcode	06	Alessandro Rossini	Corsa
			6	Alonso Tosia (R)	Barcode
			05	Stuart Sandoval	Corsa America
Katzev Engineering	Katzev	KE01	7	Yuliya Nosova Tyrone Stanley (Talladega)	Arotel Sport Clips/Woodwings	318	Alecksey Stoyanovich Ilya Dananov Mikhail Pulyakov	Woodwings/Arotel DBAT/Arotel
			041	Woody Watts	Woodwings/Arotel
			232	Vladimir Simonov (R) Kelly Dawson (Talladega)	Arotel
Flare Motorsports	Lenard	Q9	9	David Krikorian	Lenard Motor Co.	959	Curtis Darcy	Lenard Motor Co.
			59	Jacques Bouvier (R)	Windows
			99	Rachel Rainsford	Loreal
Team EFR	EFR	Journey LSX	10	Anthony Evans	Texas Longhorns
			88	Scott Bates	Oklahoma Sooners
			777	Ian Cooper	Lysander
Team Saar USA	Saar	Eagle	11	Ethan Everett (R)	MHL/Saynt	8	Brian Sendack	Amp Energy
			31	Drew Eisenman	Budweiser/Tritek
			33	Tony Durbin	Pepsi/FOX News
Majestic Motorsports	Gasnier	Dragoon	12	Matt Taylor Michael Sykes (Decatur)	Delano	71	Packer Carroll	Diet Delano
			17	Dale Roswell	IBEW
			22	Carlos Donzelo	Casargo
Hodges-Walter Racing	Calton-Morel	Corsair	13	Alan Hodges	Vodafone	169	Gaspar de Sousa	Vodafone/Haas/Calton-Morel
			26	Adrian Devereux (R)	Haas Manufacturing
			91	Danny Savin	Leela
Power Steering Incorporated	JD	Predator	16	Kurt Plissken	Spark Boy Snake Coils YooHoo	18	Jim Kidd	Blazing Saddles
			55	Zelda Ashby	Nintendo
			999	Marcos Leonard	LAZOR I Can Has Cheezburger The Onion
Camelot Racing	Tremwell	Knight	20	Gary Edwards Mike Whitmore Hans Eichel	Kodak/Goodyear	19	Damien Snyder	Kodak
			23	Scott Steudler	The Shafer Group
			24	Chris Johaanes	Kleffer Media
Ocean Team STS	STS	Arrow	37	Stephanie McGlynn	Red Bull	40	Austin Magnussen Treven Terrel	Eagler
			38	Stan Rosenstreter (fired after Brazil) Mathias Taube (R)	Red Bull
			39	Leon Keniston	Hewlett-Packard
Star Team Nemoto	Nemoto	Celerox	831	Yamino Tenchi (R)	Viento	835	Shinji Tanaka	Panasonic
			837	Tom Delgado	tirADE
			839	Azuma Kazeyama (R)	Panasonic

Independent's Trophy Team Chart

Team	Chassis	Model	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor
Alex Harrison Racing	Omecha	MA01	0	Julian Alexander
Finntech	Omecha	MA01	1	Nils Tolonen	Finnair/Karjala
			3	Esko Koskela	Finnair/Karjala
Team Thunder	Omecha	MA01	07	Todd Wodarczyk	PCC Special Metals/Speedtransporter.com
Palmer Stiles Racing	Omecha	MA01	21	Palmer Stiles	Renack
Evans Motorsports	Omecha	MA01	30	Collin Evans	Minute Maid
			130	Charlie Waters	Boeing
Xenos Development	Xenos	Hilt	46	Leigh Gruell	Xenos Motors Inc.
McDermott Motorsports	Omecha	MA01	68	Morgan Hamberg	FOX Racing
			69	Craig Jonser	Scarabs
Mitchell & Sons Racing	Omecha	MA01	74	Cyrus LaTerza
Greg Whittaker Racing	Omecha	MA01	80	Tyson Lautenschlager
JINX Racing	Omecha	MA01	86	Joel Rodriguez	Hot Topic
Blitzkrieg Racing	Fortner	FS260	119	Thomas Duke	JVC
			120	Justin Brooks	Counter Scraps
ADX Racing	Omecha	MA01	144	Michael Sykes
M&J Racing	Cromwell	Spec	219	Allie Riggs	Neon Hardware
Leckliter Racing	Omecha	MA01	493	Daniel Leckliter	Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

One-off entrants

This list consists of teams that did not contest the full schedule or Independent's Trophy; one-off entrants that attempted to qualify for Karjala or Decatur, and local teams that filled the field for the Round of Russia.

Team	Chassis	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Races Attempted
Katzev Engineering	Katzev KE01	2	Vladimir Simonov	Arotel	17
		8	Alexey Stoyanovich	DBAT/Arotel	17
		11	Sergey Nevolin	Arotel	17
Avtomobilniy Tolyatti	Tolyatti	5	Denis Predikin	Lukoil	17
		9	Lev Vladimirovich Polzin	Lukoil	17
		10	Vitaly Karpenko	Lukoil	17
Richter Walter LT Team	Omecha MA01	00	Robert Dorian	Backyard Grill	19
JP Rally Team	Omecha MA01	01	Janusz Pisarczyk		7, 17
Cash Racing	Omecha MA01	02	Vladimir Nikolayev	Gazprom	7
		03	Ivan Nikolayev	Mechel/Oakley	7
Team Thunder	Omecha MA01	02	Bob Stephans	Master Blasting Suntan Lotion	19
		08	Anthony Griffith	Master Blasting Suntan Lotion/Speedtransporter.com	7, 19
	Omecha MA01	15	Keijo Mikkola	Remedy	7
Black Bear Motors		18	Sergey Eltsov	NLMK	17
Team 21		21	Dmitry Ivanov		17
MY Racing		27	Mikhail Yudin		17
Iosef Matveev Motors		43	Iosef Matveev		17
	Gasnier Dragoon	76	Ivan Bukharin		17
	Omecha MA01	43	Marius Rutger	Avanade	19
Ian Masterson Racing	Omecha MA01	45	Jozef Nowicki	DBAT/Arotel	17
European Fortner Team	Fortner FS260	47	Ross Peterson	DBAT/Kyser/Counter Scraps/JVC	7
	Karl Revolution	49	Stefan Halvari		7
Ralf Zimmerman Motors	Omecha MA01	50	Edvin Lisko		7
			Ivan Zubenkov		17
Scuderia Martinez	Omecha MA01	54	Fabrizio Dalle Stelle		7
		56	Salvatore Provenzano	Nice Rack Billiards Supply	7
		57	Celio Mortara	Cereal Killer	7
		58	Olivier Martinez	Fat Tony's Pizzeria	7
Enger Rally Team	Karl Revolution	60	Eero Burglund	Nokia	7
		70	Mika Sivonen		7
		111	Juho Kivela		7, 17
Team Lavrin	Calton-Morel Nova	61	Vitaly Lavrin	NLMK	17
		69	Ivan Maksin		17
Finntech	Omecha MA01B	72	Kevin Dwyer	Newegg.com/Karjala	7, 19
TH Team Karjala	Omecha MA01	77	Mika Tervo	DBAT/Kyser	7, 17
Groves Racing	Cromwell Spec	78	DJ Daniels	Kidzone	7
Dangerous Dog Racing	Omecha MA01	80	Tyson Lautenschlager		7
Xenos Development	Xenos Hilt	82	Earl McDermott	OEN	7
	Fortner FS260	82	Randy Robinson		19
?	Omecha MA01	93	Jean Pagenault	Florette Cheese	7
Gessler Richter MC Team	Gessler MTW94	94	Timo Strack	Gessler	17
			Avery Holtzmann		19
Kallela Motorsports	Eichholtz E231	97	Christian Kallela	Polar	7, 19
426 Motorsports	Omecha MA01	006	Jefali Animiha		7, 19
Team Stroganov	Omecha MA01	006	Boris Stroganov		17
SuzukaCorp	Omecha MA01	009	Rallen Hayden	Under Armour	7
Racing As Usual	Omecha MA01	016	Soze Keyser	Suspect Auto Parts	7
Downhill Racing	Omecha MA01	018	Pierre Eiffel	Agony of DeFeet	7
Falls Racing	Fortner FS260	040	Mike Falls		19
Riggs Motorsports	Cromwell Spec	050	Leslie Riggs	"Bee"	7
Retro80 Racing	Omecha MA01	084	Stringfellow Vincent	Airwolf Filters	7
		085	Richard Dean MacGyver	Victorinox	7
		086	Matthew Bueller	Ferris Wheels & Tires	7
Motor Assault Racing	Kivett Spade	102	Amy Harrison	Kivett/Faasline	19
Montana Mosehez Motorsports	Omecha MA01	108	Montana Mosehez	Brazil/World Cup	7
EV Racing	Omecha MA01	136	Billy Bob Childers	Frostee Cream	7
White Mountain Motorsports	Karl Revolution	138	Elmer Fox		7
Karl, Inc. Racing	Karl Revolution	151	Jason Bates	Karl's Siphoning Hoses	7
M&J Racing	Cromwell Spec	164	Bobby Porteau	MorTar Cigarettes	7, 19
Unit 11 Motorsports	Omecha MA01	177	Justin Robinson		19
		198	Mark Blackwell	Lerro Productions	19
Team Whiper	Omecha MA01	185	Lucas Hunter	Petco	7
Gold Cobra Motorsports	Omecha MA01	199	Phillip Borland	SCARABS	7
BJF Racing	Fortner FS260	229	Serena Bacherro	BJF Racing	19
Eichholtz Autosport	Eichholtz E231	231	Patrick Eichholtz	Eichholtz Autosport	7, 19
		233	Michael Levy		7
Xtream Racing	Karl Revolution	307	Hawk Slider		7
	Duncan GT	70			19
Steudler Motorsports	Cromwell Spec	313	Darrell Wallace	Turkey Hill	7, 19
Altamont Autosport	Omecha MA01	359	Chris Allen	Verizon	19
		606	Nasu Tsunemochi	Verizon	19
Blackstorm Motorsports	Omecha MA01	391	Larsen Jensen	Telefonica/O2	7, 19
		931	Andreas Laporta	Telefonica/Movistar	7, 19
Ron Greenwell Racing	Omecha MA01	462	Ron Greenwell		7, 19
Big Mac Racing	Cromwell Spec	525	Tom Moore		19
Richson Racing	Omecha MA01	540	Jerry Richson		19
Evans Motorsports	Omecha MA01	551	Alan Musico	Song Bully	7
		552	Dallas Dupre		7
MRD Motorsports	Omecha MA01	567	Shane Lake	Dawgfather's	19
Fluffy Penguin Onionburger	Omecha MA01	666	Ebenezer Quiggles, Jr.	"?"	19
BlackDiamond Racing	Omecha MA01	711	Divina Henton	7-Eleven	19
Roderick Motorsports, Ltd.	Omecha MA01	888	Cris Cole	Advance Auto Parts	7
Grease Burger Racing	Omecha MA01	910	Jared Andersen	Grease Burger	19
Speedy Enterprises	Fortner FS260	932	C.J. Long	Quitnet/Mountain Dew	19
Kesler-Jones Motorsports	Omecha MA01	989	Jackson Burwell	Burwell Department Stores	7
	Juneau AMX-5	994	Hamilton West	Clark & Sons Brewery	19
		995	Ross Schuyler	Dyelated Professional Paints	19
		996	Jackson Burwell	Burwell Department Stores	19
	Omecha MA01	997	Axel Andersson	Investor AB	7

Points System

Some minor changes were made to the points system for this season.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
Points	89	83	80	78	76	70	69	68	67	66	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	47

22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th	41st	42nd
46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25

• 2 points goes to the race's polesitter.
• 1 point goes to the driver(s) who lead a lap during the race.
• 5 points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.