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The 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the eleventh running of the V8 Supercar Development series. The series supported the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series, beginning on 11 March at the Clipsal 500 and ending on 5 December at the Sydney 500 after seven rounds.

Steve Owen won the series with a race in hand with victory in the first race at the 2010 Sydney Telstra 500. Owen, driving a Holden VE Commodore for Greg Murphy Racing placed in the top three in six of the seven rounds held, including round wins at the Adelaide, Queensland, Sandown and Sydney rounds, achieving eight race wins in total. It was the first time a Greg Murphy Racing driver had won the series.

Second place was attained by Tim Blanchard, driving a Ford BF Falcon for Sonic Motor Racing Services. He held onto a gap of 47 points over James Moffat. Walkinshaw Performance driver Nick Percat finished fourth, 27 behind Moffat and 9 ahead of MW Motorsport driver David Russell, who fell from third in the series with poor finishes in Sydney.

David Russell took victory at the Bathurst 1000 support round with two race victories, as well as scoring addition race wins at Winton and Sandown. Tim Blanchard, won the Townsville round, also winning his first Fujitsu Series race. Other race wins were mostly claimed by guest drivers making brief appearances in the series ahead of endurance co-driving roles in the Phillip Island 500K and Bathurst 1000 races, with wins being taken by Cameron McConville (2), Paul Morris and Jack Perkins. Taz Douglas took the remaining race win, the reverse grid race at Sandown.

Calendar

The Ford BF Falcon of John McIntyre at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit for the opening round of the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. Ford BF Falcon of John McIntyre.jpg
The Ford BF Falcon of John McIntyre at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit for the opening round of the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

The 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series consisted of seven rounds: [1]

Rd.EventCircuitLocationDateWinner
1 Flag of South Australia.svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 11–14 March Steve Owen
2 Flag of Queensland.svg City of Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 30 April-2 May Steve Owen
3 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 14–16 May Cameron McConville
4 Flag of Queensland.svg Sucrogen Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 9–11 July Tim Blanchard
5 Flag of New South Wales.svg Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–10 October David Russell
6 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 19–21 November Steve Owen
7 Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Telstra 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 3–5 December Steve Owen

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

TeamVehicleNoDriverRounds
Sieders Racing Team Ford BF Falcon 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Sieders 4–7
MW Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 021 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matthew Hamilton 1–3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Marshall 4
26 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ant Pedersen 1–3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden 4
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Barker 5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew White 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Tweedie 7
27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Bates 7
28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell All
Triple F Racing Holden VE Commodore 32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Fiore 1,3
Ford BF Falcon 5, 7
Holden VE Commodore Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Fiore 2, 4
Ford BF Falcon 6
Eggleston Motorsport
Walkinshaw Racing
Holden VE Commodore 38 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Eggleston 5
54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds 4
222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat 5–7
Red Lion Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 40 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Boston 7
41 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Oaklands 7
Jay Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Salmon 5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Price 7
222 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat 1–4
Greg Murphy Racing Holden VE Commodore 45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen All
46 Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Jilesen 3, 5–7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery 4
Holden VZ Commodore 48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery 1–3, 5–7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Bates 4
Ben McCashney Racing Holden VZ Commodore 57 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben McCashney 3–4
Novocastrian Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 58 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Russell All
59 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell All
Warrin Mining Holden VZ Commodore 62 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Wallis 1, 5
Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phill Foster 1–5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris 1 1 , 7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amber Anderson 6
Holden VE Commodore 67 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris 2, 4–5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 3, 6
78 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 2
Action Racing Holden VZ Commodore 71 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Zukanovic All
McGill Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron McGill 1, 3–7
Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore 77 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Owen Kelly 2–3
Miles Racing Ford BF Falcon 86 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Miles 2–4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert 5
Fastaz Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 92 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 4, 6–7
Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon 93 Flag of New Zealand.svg John McIntyre 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin 2–7
Batavia Coast Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 95 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Vince All
Peters Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Hansford 1–6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Besnard 7
Ford Rising Stars Racing Ford BF Falcon 99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat All
Sonic Motor Racing Services Ford BF Falcon 777 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodney Jane All
999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard All

^1 – Paul Morris was a last minute entry in Round 1 in the #66 car after the regular driver Phill Foster failed to qualify.

Points system

Points were awarded only to drivers who completed 75% of race distance and were running on the completion of the final lap. Points were awarded on the following basis. [2]

Pos1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st
Rounds 1, 5 & 7
Both races
150138129120111102969084787269666360575451484542
Rounds 2–4 & 6
Races 1 & 3
120110103968982777267625755535148464341383633
Rounds 2–4 & 6
Race 2
605652484440383634323028262423222120191817

Driver standings

PosDriverPenaltyRd 1 [3] Rd 2 [4] Rd 3 [5] Rd 4 [6] Rd 5 [7] Rd 6 [8] Rd 7 [9] Pts
1 Steve Owen 1st1st2nd1st2nd2nd4th2nd1st1st15th2nd17th1st5th3rd1st1st1835
2 Tim Blanchard 5th5th5th10th4th4th6th17th6th3rd1st14th5th5th2nd5th4th4th1520
3 James Moffat 2nd2nd15th9thRet3rd5thRet2ndRet7th4th2nd3rd3rd2nd3rd3rd1473
4 Nick Percat 4th10th8th4th7th6th3rd3rd10th2nd3rd5th3rdRetRet7th2nd2nd1446
5 David Russell 14th3rd3rd8thRet5th1st19th3rd4th4th1st1st4th8th1st18th12th1437
6 Rodney Jane 7th11th6th5th10th7th9th6th20th19th11th7th8th8th6th12th9th16th1161
7 Geoff Emery 308th7th12th14th8thRet10th12thRetRet10th8th6th7th8th9th11th7th1002
8 Marcus Zukanovic 9th8th14th13th6th19thRet11thRet9th9th10th9thRet10th11th6th10th960
9 Aaren Russell 12th13th18th15th13th8th15th8th12th10th13th12th10th11th16th14th10thRet920
10 Drew Russell 15Ret6th11th6th9thRet14th7th8th16th6thRet11th9th9th19thRet5th850
11 Ryan Hansford 13th9th16thRet15th12th17th16th14th14th19th18th12th13th12th17th723
12 Scott McLaughlin 9thRetDNS13th7th4th9th8th12thRetDNS6thRet6thRet6th678
13 Jack Perkins 4th3rd1st15th8th5th2nd4th10th661
14 Nathan Vince DNQDNQ19th16th14th17th18th20th15thRet18th20th15th15th14th13th16th13th649
15 Aaron McGill 11th14th14th21st15thRet15thRet16th14th17th15th16th12th11th647
16 Paul Morris RetRet1st7th3rd4thRetDNS3rdRet5thRet597
17 Ant Pedersen 6th4th10th2nd11thRet13th10th485
18 Daniel Jilesen 10th11th13th11th13th16thRetRet7thRet425
19 Taz Douglas 7th6th8th10th1st4thRetDNS407
20 Matthew Hamilton Ret12th13th11th12th11th12th14th343
21 Todd Fiore 17th12thRet18th11th16th12th13th15th317
22 Cameron McConville 1st2nd1st296
23 Ben McCashney 9th16th9th11th12th14th292
24 Phill Foster DNQDNQ20thDNSDNS16th19th18th16thRetDNS19th18th287
25 Wayne Miles 21st17thRet18th20th19th17th20th20th248
26 Paul Fiore 10thRetRetDNSDNS13thRet19th17th246
27 Chaz Mostert 6th4th222
28 Colin Sieders 19th13thRet14th15th187
29 Tony Bates 13th17th17th17thRet171
30 David Besnard 11th8th162
31 Ben Barker 15th7th156
32 Owen Kelly 157thRet5thDNSDNSDNS151
33 David Reynolds Ret7th2nd148
34 Matthew White 1514th11th8th138
35 Craig Baird 5th5thDNS133
36 John McIntyre 3rdRet129
John Boston 13th14th129
38 Tom Tweedie 15th18th111
Adam Wallis RetDNS17th16th111
40 Luke Youlden Ret18th5th109
41 Amber Anderson 18th17th18th103
42 Ben Eggleston 9thRet84
Shane Price Ret9th84
Marcus Marshall RetRetDNS0
Rod Salmon DNQDNQ0
Bruce Oaklands DNQDNQ0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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