Top 10: Performances/Upsets in V8 Supercars in the 2010s

The last ten years (maybe not 2019) have provided a lot of topsy-turvy racing in the last decade in Supercars. I'll be doing a similar one for F1 and NASCAR, but for now here's the V8 SUpercars edition of Performances/Upsets in the 2010s.

2010: Jono Webb (Homebush)

THEYRE IN THE FENCE THEYRE ALL IN THE FENCE

To be honest, while Jono Webb is best known right now for 1. winning the 2016 Bathurst 1000 and 2. nearly ruining Jack le Broq's career. However, he actually has a win to his credit as a full-time driver- in the Homebush 500 in 2010. This was the race where every single championship contender crashed, and it allowed Webb, Jason Bright and Rick Kelly to score three of their four podiums for the entire year. A shoutout to Paul Dumbrell who won his only race as a fulltime this year, but I picked Webb as he finished lower in the championship.

2011: Jason Bargwana (Barbagallo 2)

Bargwanna got a fighting second place at the second of three Barbagallo races, in which his BJR teammate Jason Bright scored a win to make it the team's best race ever. It wasn't a miracle either, the highest-championship retirement in the race was 17th Steve Owen.

2012: Jono Webb (Gold Coast)

In a year with few shocks, Webb's second place at the GC (aided by German star Marc Lieb as a co driver) was the most unexpected. Will Davison lost sixteen laps and Rick Kelly lost four spots, giving Webb some of the spots he needed to be in second.

2013: Chaz Mostert (QR 2)

Chaz Mostert didn't even had a ride at the start of 2013. He was loaned to DJR after a truly abysmal start for Jonny Reid. Five events later, he won. He had to fight off Jamie Whincup, the now-seven time champion, to win. He then finished third in the next weekend at Winton. Another candidate for this would be for James Moffat who won at Winton to take a win for Nissan for the first time in twenty-one years.

2014: Dale Wood (Winton 1)

It's fairly rare that the second-last driver in the championship finished third in a race. It's even rarer when the last was Rob Dahlgren who wasn't very good at Supercars. It was an interesting race. Shane van Gisbergen, as expected, finished second. However, Wood was super unexpected, and the winner Fabian Coulthard was slightly less suprising, but very suprising. Other suprises included two podiums for Tim Slade, a second for James Moffat, and a win for Lee Holdsworth at the same race weekend as Wood.

2015: Courtney/Perkins (Gold Coast)

It isn't shocking that Courtney and Perkins won a race in this season, but that Courtney won a race immediately after returning from an injury that kept him out of Sydney, Sandown and Bathurst. He did extremely well in just his second race back, and this was also Jack Perkins' first ever race win.

2016: Nick Percat (Adelaide 3 and Overall)

Well, this was completely shocking. A wet start caused several drivers, including Mark Winterbottom, to pit at the end of the formation lap after they picked slick tyres on a super wet track. Polesitter Fabian Coulthard ended up behind 15th qualified Percat but suffered a 60 second penalty for not putting enough fuel in. Percat mastered the wet conditions and won the Adelaide 500, a complete shock for the lowest funded team.

2017: Cam Waters (Sandown)

Cam Waters did excellently at Sandown to win the race. He was given some excellent assistance by Richie Stanaway and Tickford, but it ultimately was him who brought it home. It was his first career victory and really changed him from a top half runner to a true podium contender, picking up another two at Surfers Paradise and New Zealand before the end of the season.

2018: Rick Kelly (Winton)

Rick's win at Winton was a massive comeback- and comeup to Nissan who earlier in the week, withdraw support for the Altimas. He was followed by Scott Pye who as also a surprise, with Shane van Gisbergen in third. Pye's win at Melbourne should also be noted. I only picked Kelly as the Winton race wasn't affected by weather.

2019: Andre Heimgartner (Phillip Island AND Sandown Qualification Race)

While Andre is my favourite driver, I picked him ahead of Tim Slade as it was his first podium and ahead of Anton due to championship positions. Andre pulled off a third position, defending hard from David Reynolds. Andre then nearly got another at Bathurst, only being denied by a misheard strategy call, and then finished second after a dramatic qualifying race at Sandown.