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The 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercars season was the eleventh running of the V8 Supercar Development series. It 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. 2008 series champion Steve Owen wrapped up the championship with a race in hand in winning the first race held at the 2010 Sydney 500. Owen, driving a Holden VE Commodore for Greg Murphy Racing placed in the top three in six of the seven rounds held, including wins at the Adelaide, Queensland, Sandown and Sydney rounds of the series and taken eight individual race wins. It is the first time a Greg Murphy Racing driver has won the championship. Second place was Tim Blanchard, driving a Ford BF Falcon for Sonic Motor Racing Services. He held onto a gap of 47 points over his Sonic team mate 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 championship with poor finishes in Sydney. David Russell took the round victory at the Bathurst 1000-support meeting 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 have been 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 Adelaide Parklands Circuit]] for the opening round of the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. The 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar season consisted of seven rounds:[1] Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. Points system Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. These are the points awarded for each race.[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 See also 2010 V8 Supercar season References
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