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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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

Drivers consider it the second-most prestigious award after the drivers' championship, and it is frequently likened to Australian rules football's Brownlow Medal and rugby league's Dally M Medal. The inaugural recipient was the Stone Brothers Racing driver Marcos Ambrose in 2003. He won his first drivers' championship title that year. Ambrose claimed a second championship title the following year and earned a second medal win. 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. Lowndes has the most victories of any competitor, collecting the award five times: in 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013 and 2015. Chaz Mostert was named the 2023 recipient, his first victory.

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
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
2005 A freckled face man in his early thirties is looking away from the camera and downwards Craig Lowndes  Australian
2006 A man in his early thirties is smiling and sitting inside a yellow tomcar and strapped inside by a seatbelt Craig Lowndes  Australian
2007 A man in his early twenties looking away from the camera and smiling widely Jamie Whincup  Australian
2008 An young aged man is wearing a yellow baseball cap with sponsors logo and a red and white racing overalls Jamie Whincup  Australian
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
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
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
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
2013 A middle-aged man wearing a dark grey baseball with sponsors logos and looking down and away from the camera. Craig Lowndes  Australian
2014 A teenaged man wearing red racing overalls with sponsors logos is smiling at the camera Scott McLaughlin  New Zealander
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
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
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
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
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
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
2021 Jamie Whincup  Australian
2022 Lee Holdsworth  Australian
2023 Chaz Mostert  Australian

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