2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
# 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

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 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series consisted of seven rounds:

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

| Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sieders Racing Team | Ford BF Falcon | 13 | Colin Sieders | 4–7 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 021 | Matthew Hamilton | 1–3 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 021 | Marcus Marshall | 4 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Ant Pedersen | 1–3 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Luke Youlden | 4 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Ben Barker | 5 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Matthew White | 6 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 26 | Tom Tweedie | 7 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 27 | Tony Bates | 7 |
| MW Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 28 | David Russell | All |
| Triple F Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 32 | Paul Fiore | 1,3 |
| Triple F Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 32 | Paul Fiore | 5, 7 |
| Triple F Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 32 | Todd Fiore | 2, 4 |
| Triple F Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 32 | Todd Fiore | 6 |
| Eggleston Motorsport Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 38 | Cameron McConville | 3 |
| Eggleston Motorsport Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 38 | Craig Baird | 4 |
| Eggleston Motorsport Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 38 | Ben Eggleston | 5 |
| Eggleston Motorsport Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 54 | David Reynolds | 4 |
| Eggleston Motorsport Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 222 | Nick Percat | 5–7 |
| Red Lion Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 40 | John Boston | 7 |
| Red Lion Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 41 | Bruce Oaklands | 7 |
| Jay Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 43 | Rod Salmon | 5 |
| Jay Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 43 | Shane Price | 7 |
| Jay Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 222 | Nick Percat | 1–4 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 45 | Steve Owen | All |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 46 | Daniel Jilesen | 3, 5–7 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 46 | Geoff Emery | 4 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 48 | Geoff Emery | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 48 | Tony Bates | 4 |
| Ben McCashney Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 57 | Ben McCashney | 3–4 |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 58 | Drew Russell | All |
| Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 59 | Aaren Russell | All |
| Warrin Mining | Holden VZ Commodore | 62 | Adam Wallis | 1, 5 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 66 | Phill Foster | 1–5 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 66 | Paul Morris | 1, 7 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 66 | Amber Anderson | 6 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 67 | Paul Morris | 2, 4–5 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 67 | Jack Perkins | 3, 6 |
| Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 78 | Jack Perkins | 2 |
| Action Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic | All |
| McGill Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 75 | Aaron McGill | 1, 3–7 |
| Kelly Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 77 | Owen Kelly | 2–3 |
| Miles Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 86 | Wayne Miles | 2–4 |
| Miles Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 86 | Chaz Mostert | 5 |
| Fastaz Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 92 | Taz Douglas | 4, 6–7 |
| Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 93 | John McIntyre | 1 |
| Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 93 | Scott McLaughlin | 2–7 |
| Batavia Coast Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 95 | Nathan Vince | All |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 96 | Ryan Hansford | 1–6 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 96 | David Besnard | 7 |
| Ford Rising Stars Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 99 | James Moffat | All |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | Ford BF Falcon | 777 | Rodney Jane | All |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | Ford BF Falcon | 999 | 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.

| Pos | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rounds 1, 5 & 7 Both races | 150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 |
| Rounds 2–4 & 6 Races 1 & 3 | 120 | 110 | 103 | 96 | 89 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 67 | 62 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 33 |
| Rounds 2–4 & 6 Race 2 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |

## Driver standings

| Pos | Driver | Penalty | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 2 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 3 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 4 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 6 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 7 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Steve Owen | | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 15th | 2nd | 17th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1835 |
| 2 | Tim Blanchard | | 5th | 5th | 5th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 17th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 14th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 1520 |
| 3 | James Moffat | | 2nd | 2nd | 15th | 9th | Ret | 3rd | 5th | Ret | 2nd | Ret | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1473 |
| 4 | Nick Percat | | 4th | 10th | 8th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | Ret | Ret | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 1446 |
| 5 | David Russell | | 14th | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | Ret | 5th | 1st | 19th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 8th | 1st | 18th | 12th | 1437 |
| 6 | Rodney Jane | | 7th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 10th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 20th | 19th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 6th | 12th | 9th | 16th | 1161 |
| 7 | Geoff Emery | 30 | 8th | 7th | 12th | 14th | 8th | Ret | 10th | 12th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 7th | 1002 |
| 8 | Marcus Zukanovic | | 9th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 6th | 19th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 9th | 9th | 10th | 9th | Ret | 10th | 11th | 6th | 10th | 960 |
| 9 | Aaren Russell | | 12th | 13th | 18th | 15th | 13th | 8th | 15th | 8th | 12th | 10th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 16th | 14th | 10th | Ret | 920 |
| 10 | Drew Russell | 15 | Ret | 6th | 11th | 6th | 9th | Ret | 14th | 7th | 8th | 16th | 6th | Ret | 11th | 9th | 9th | 19th | Ret | 5th | 850 |
| 11 | Ryan Hansford | | 13th | 9th | 16th | Ret | 15th | 12th | 17th | 16th | 14th | 14th | 19th | 18th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 17th | | | 723 |
| 12 | Scott McLaughlin | | | | 9th | Ret | DNS | 13th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 8th | 12th | Ret | DNS | 6th | Ret | 6th | Ret | 6th | 678 |
| 13 | Jack Perkins | | | | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 15th | 8th | 5th | | | | | | 2nd | 4th | 10th | | | 661 |
| 14 | Nathan Vince | | DNQ | DNQ | 19th | 16th | 14th | 17th | 18th | 20th | 15th | Ret | 18th | 20th | 15th | 15th | 14th | 13th | 16th | 13th | 649 |
| 15 | Aaron McGill | | 11th | 14th | | | | 14th | 21st | 15th | Ret | 15th | Ret | 16th | 14th | 17th | 15th | 16th | 12th | 11th | 647 |
| 16 | Paul Morris | | Ret | Ret | 1st | 7th | 3rd | | | | 4th | Ret | DNS | 3rd | Ret | | | | 5th | Ret | 597 |
| 17 | Ant Pedersen | | 6th | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 11th | Ret | 13th | 10th | | | | | | | | | | | 485 |
| 18 | Daniel Jilesen | | | | | | | 10th | 11th | 13th | | | | 11th | 13th | 16th | Ret | Ret | 7th | Ret | 425 |
| 19 | Taz Douglas | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 6th | 8th | | | 10th | 1st | 4th | Ret | DNS | 407 |
| 20 | Matthew Hamilton | | Ret | 12th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 14th | | | | | | | | | | | 343 |
| 21 | Todd Fiore | | | | 17th | 12th | Ret | | | | 18th | 11th | 16th | | | 12th | 13th | 15th | | | 317 |
| 22 | Cameron McConville | | | | | | | 1st | 2nd | 1st | | | | | | | | | | | 296 |
| 23 | Ben McCashney | | | | | | | 9th | 16th | 9th | 11th | 12th | 14th | | | | | | | | 292 |
| 24 | Phill Foster | | DNQ | DNQ | 20th | DNS | DNS | 16th | 19th | 18th | 16th | Ret | DNS | 19th | 18th | | | | | | 287 |
| 25 | Wayne Miles | | | | 21st | 17th | Ret | 18th | 20th | 19th | 17th | 20th | 20th | | | | | | | | 248 |
| 26 | Paul Fiore | | 10th | Ret | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | 13th | Ret | | | | 19th | 17th | 246 |
| 27 | Chaz Mostert | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 4th | | | | | | 222 |
| 28 | Colin Sieders | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 13th | Ret | | | | | | 14th | 15th | 187 |
| 29 | Tony Bates | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 17th | 17th | | | | | | 17th | Ret | 171 |
| 30 | David Besnard | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 8th | 162 |
| 31 | Ben Barker | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 7th | | | | | | 156 |
| 32 | Owen Kelly | 15 | | | 7th | Ret | 5th | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 151 |
| 33 | David Reynolds | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 7th | 2nd | | | | | | | | 148 |
| 34 | Matthew White | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14th | 11th | 8th | | | 138 |
| 35 | Craig Baird | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 5th | DNS | | | | | | | | 133 |
| 36 | John McIntyre | | 3rd | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 129 |
| 36 | John Boston | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 14th | 129 |
| 38 | Tom Tweedie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 18th | 111 |
| 38 | Adam Wallis | | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 16th | | | | | | 111 |
| 40 | Luke Youlden | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 18th | 5th | | | | | | | | 109 |
| 41 | Amber Anderson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 17th | 18th | | | 103 |
| 42 | Ben Eggleston | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | Ret | | | | | | 84 |
| 42 | Shane Price | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 9th | 84 |
| | Marcus Marshall | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rod Salmon | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| | Bruce Oaklands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
