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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]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Pavey, James (25 November 2019). "SVG Supercars' best and fairest: Van Gisbergen wins maiden Barry Sheene Medal". Fox Sports Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "V8's best to receive Barry Sheene Medal". ABC News. 21 March 2003. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ^ Prior, Matt (28 July 2017). "The Australian Supercars championship proves we need more street races". Autocar. Haymarket Media Group. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "No more AVESCO". Crash. 15 November 2005. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Innes, Stuart (22 March 2003). "Clipsal 500; Medal struck in memory of Sheene". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. p. 123. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via Gale OneFile: News.
  6. ^ Fogarty, Mark (5 December 2012). "Medal should be Brocky, not Barry". The Age. Nine Entertainment. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Barry Sheene Biography". The Biography Channel. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  8. ^ Mulach, Jordan (18 October 2020). "Scott McLaughlin, Cam Waters take home post-season awards". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  9. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (10 October 2020). "Bathurst celebration for Supercars medal winner". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2009Winner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Team credited with back-to-back win". The Weekend Post. News Corp Australia. 12 December 2009. p. 9. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via PressReader.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2003Winner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2004Winner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023Winner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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