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Background

The meeting appeared on early announced calendars, but was subsequently cancelled in January after V8 Supercar and circuit operators Queensland Raceways were unable to agree to terms. The Ipswich venue was later restored to the calendar in a deal brokered by

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which saw the Council foot the bill for some of the previously unresolvable issues. Part of the resolution saw that the event was run for the first time by V8 Supercar Events rather than the circuit operators. Crowds however were the lowest ever seen for a V8 Supercar event at this circuit, a major factor was an accident in an

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race on Saturday which saw Kane Magro's Mini tumble over the fence and into the spectator area where two spectators were injured.

Results

Results as follows:

Qualifying Race 9

Qualifying timesheets:

Race 9

Race timesheets:

Qualifying Race 10

Qualifying timesheets:

Race 10

Race timesheets:

Standings

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References

External links

Official series websiteOfficial timing and results
{{V8 race report, Name_of_race = City of Ipswich 300 , Year_of_race = 2010 , Previous_race_in_season = 2010 ITM Hamilton 400 , Next_race_in_season =

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, Previous_year's_race = 2009 Queensland House and Land.com 300 , Next_year's_race = 2011 City of Ipswich 300 City of Ipswich 300