Barry Sheene Medal

Barry Sheene Medal
SportTouring car racing
CompetitionSupercars Championship
Awarded for"outstanding leadership, media interaction, character, personality, fan appeal and sportsmanship throughout the season"[1]
LocationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
History
First winnerMarcos Ambrose (2003)
Most winsCraig Lowndes (five)
Most recentChaz Mostert (2023)

The Barry Sheene Medal is an annual award honouring the achievements of a driver in the Supercars Championship,[1][2] an Australian touring car series.[3] Tony Cochrane, the chairman of the championship's organising body Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company (AVESCO),[a][4] instigated the award in 2003.[5][6] The medal is named after the two-time Grand Prix motorcycle world champion and motor racing television commentator Barry Sheene.[2][7] It is presented to the driver adjudged to have displayed "outstanding leadership, media interaction, character, personality, fan appeal and sportsmanship throughout the season".[1] A panel of motor racing journalists individually award three drivers scores of three, two and one points after every event of the season.[2][5] The results are announced at the series' end-of-season gala in Sydney.[b][1][5]

Drivers consider it the second-most prestigious award after the drivers' championship,[10] and it is frequently likened to Australian rules football's Brownlow Medal and rugby league's Dally M Medal.[10][11] The inaugural recipient was the Stone Brothers Racing driver Marcos Ambrose in 2003. He won his first drivers' championship title that year.[12] Ambrose claimed a second championship title the following year and earned a second medal win.[13] Since then, four drivers have won the award more than once: Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup, Scott McLaughlin and David Reynolds. Australian drivers have earned the medal seventeen times and New Zealanders four times.[1] Lowndes has the most victories of any competitor, collecting the award five times: in 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013 and 2015.[1] Chaz Mostert was named the 2023 recipient, his first victory.[14]

2024 winner chaz mostert

Winners

Barry Sheene Medal winners
Year Image Winner Nationality Ref.
2003 A man in his early thirties wearing black rectangular sunglasses and racing overalls with sponsors logos. He is smiling at the camera Marcos Ambrose  Australian [12]
2004 A man in his late thirties is wearing a black baseball cap and a black racing overall suit with sponsors logos. Marcos Ambrose  Australian [13]
2005 A freckled face man in his early thirties is looking away from the camera and downwards Craig Lowndes  Australian [15]
2006 A man in his early thirties is smiling and sitting inside a yellow tomcar and strapped inside by a seatbelt Craig Lowndes  Australian [16]
2007 A man in his early twenties looking away from the camera and smiling widely Jamie Whincup  Australian [17]
2008 An young aged man is wearing a yellow baseball cap with sponsors logo and a red and white racing overalls Jamie Whincup  Australian [18]
2009 A man aged 30 at an autograph session. He is wearing a black, white and orange baseball cap, a blue and orange fleece and a watch on his left wrist Will Davison  Australian [10]
2010 A man in his early twenties standing in a pit lane and smiling at the camera. He is holding a crash helmet in a yellow, dark green and white colour scheme in his right arm. James Courtney  Australian [19]
2011 A man in his early thirties walking in a paddock. He is looking down from the camera and is wearing a grey T-shirt with sponsors logos. Craig Lowndes  Australian [20]
2012 A man in his mid-30 smiling away from the camera. He is wearing a white fireproof vest with sponsors logos. Mark Winterbottom  Australian [21]
2013 A middle-aged man wearing a dark grey baseball with sponsors logos and looking down and away from the camera. Craig Lowndes  Australian [22]
2014 A teenaged man wearing red racing overalls with sponsors logos is smiling at the camera Scott McLaughlin  New Zealander [23]
2015 A man in his early forties sporting a navy blue baseball cap with sponsors' logos and headphones to hear his team over the radio Craig Lowndes  Australian [24]
2016 A man in his mid-twenties wearing a red zip T-shirt with a white colour scheme on the shoulders with sponsors logos and looking away from the camera with a smile Scott McLaughlin  New Zealander [25]
2017 A man in his late twenties wearing a black and a similarly coloured T-shirt. He is looking slightly to the right of the camera. David Reynolds  Australian [26]
2018 A man in his late twenties is looking down from the camera and signing autographs for others. He is wearing a black fleece with sponsors logos and a green T-shirt David Reynolds  Australian [27]
2019 A man sporting a beard in his late twenties is wearing sunglasses and a dark blue baseball cap with a sponsor logo. His right hand is on his left arm. Shane van Gisbergen  New Zealander [1]
2020 A man in his mid-twenties wearing a red zip T-shirt with a white colour scheme on the shoulders with sponsors logos and looking away from the camera with a smile Scott McLaughlin  New Zealander [28]
2021 Jamie Whincup  Australian [29]
2022 Lee Holdsworth  Australian [30]
2023 Chaz Mostert  Australian [14]

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ^ AVESCO's name was changed to V8 Supercars Australia in 2005.[4]
  2. ^ The 2020 award ceremony took place at the Mount Panorama Circuit shortly after the 2020 Bathurst 1000 as a result of Australian COVID-19 protocols banning mass gatherings.[8][9]

References

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