Award for best and fairest driver in a V8 Supercars season
Barry Sheene Medal
Sport
Touring car racing
Competition
Supercars Championship
Awarded for
"outstanding leadership, media interaction, character, personality, fan appeal and sportsmanship throughout the season"[1]
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
History
First winner
Marcos Ambrose (2003)
Most wins
Craig Lowndes (five)
Most recent
Chaz 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]
^ abcdefPavey, 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.
^ abc"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.
^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.
^ ab"No more AVESCO". Crash. 15 November 2005. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ abcInnes, 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.
^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.
^"Barry Sheene Biography". The Biography Channel. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^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.
^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.
^ abCite error: The named reference 2009Winner was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"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.
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