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:[1]

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
Marcus Marshall 4
26 Ant Pedersen 1–3
Luke Youlden 4
Ben Barker 5
Matthew White 6
Tom Tweedie 7
27 Tony Bates 7
28 David Russell All
Triple F Racing Holden VE Commodore 32 Paul Fiore 1,3
Ford BF Falcon 5, 7
Holden VE Commodore Todd Fiore 2, 4
Ford BF Falcon 6
Eggleston Motorsport
Walkinshaw Racing 		Holden VE Commodore 38 Cameron McConville 3
Craig Baird 4
Ben Eggleston 5
54 David Reynolds 4
222 Nick Percat 5–7
Red Lion Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 40 John Boston 7
41 Bruce Oaklands 7
Jay Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 43 Rod Salmon 5
Shane Price 7
222 Nick Percat 1–4
Greg Murphy Racing Holden VE Commodore 45 Steve Owen All
46 Daniel Jilesen 3, 5–7
Geoff Emery 4
Holden VZ Commodore 48 Geoff Emery 1–3, 5–7
Tony Bates 4
Ben McCashney Racing Holden VZ Commodore 57 Ben McCashney 3–4
Novocastrian Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 58 Drew Russell All
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 11, 7
Amber Anderson 6
Holden VE Commodore 67 Paul Morris 2, 4–5
Jack Perkins 3, 6
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
Chaz Mostert 5
Fastaz Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 92 Taz Douglas 4, 6–7
Stone Brothers Racing Ford BF Falcon 93 John McIntyre 1
Scott McLaughlin 2–7
Batavia Coast Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 95 Nathan Vince All
Peters Motorsport Ford BF Falcon 96 Ryan Hansford 1–6
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
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.[2]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "2010 Fujitsu Series Event Calendar". Official website of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Further reading

  • Main Men in a Private World, The Speedcafe Annual – Australian Motorsport – Number 6/2010, pages 58 to 62
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