| 2010 Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||||||||||
| Segment 1 of 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Driver | N/A | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | Seg. Total | Season |
| 1 | Bob Thomas | 0 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 41 | ||||||
| 2 | Ron Parlacoski, Jr. | 0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 38 | ||||||
| 3 | John Magee | 0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 38 | ||||||
| 4 | Leon Baker | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 35 | ||||||
| 5 | Jeffrey Ouderkirk | 0 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| 6 | Marvin Jones | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 27 | ||||||
| Rookie of the Year Scoring: | ||||||||||||||
| 1. A 10-1 point system is used for rookies in relation to how they finished in relation to each other. The highest rookie will receive 10 points, | ||||||||||||||
| the next highest will receive 9 points, etc. If there are more than 10 rookies during the year, the point system will be expanded for each additional rookie. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Each rookie will receive bonus points for finishing in the top 10. If a rookie finishes 10th, he will receive 1 point. If a rookie finishes 1st, he | ||||||||||||||
| will receive 10 points. | ||||||||||||||
| 10th is 1 bonus rookie point | ||||||||||||||
| 9th is 2 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 8th is 3 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 7th is 4 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 6th is 5 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 5th is 6 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 4th is 7 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 3rd is 8 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 2nd is 9 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 1st/WIN is 10 bonus rookie points | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Bonus points are awarded to each rookie after race 10, 20, 30 and the final race. The rookie with the most points earned in the segment will | ||||||||||||||
| receive 10 points, the next highest will receive 9 points, etc. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Following the final race, the highest finishing rookie in the standings will receive 10 points, next highest 9 points, etc. | ||||||||||||||