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2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Drivers' Champion:
Garth Tander
Teams' Champion:
HSV Dealer Team
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden
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Support series:
Fujitsu Series

The 2007 V8 Supercar season featured the ninth V8 Supercar Championship Series which began on 1 March and concluded on 2 December. This championship consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. The series also carried the Australian Touring Car Championship title, which was awarded by CAMS for the 48th time in 2007.[1]

The 2007 season was significant in that two new cars were being used by the teams. The Holden VE Commodore was a completely new car and the Ford BF Falcon consisted of several changes from the previous model. These cars debuted at the first round of the season at the Clipsal 500.

This season was also significant in that Seven Network broadcast the series for the first time since 1996, after Channel Ten and Fox Sports had rights to the series for the past ten years, and then revived in 2015.

Pre-season Edit

The 2007 pre-season began with a number of driver and team changes which occurred during December 2006 and January 2007. The most important of the driver changes being Greg Murphy moving to Tasman Motorsport from Paul Weel Racing and Steven Richards changing not only teams, but also manufacturers by moving from the Holden-based Perkins Engineering to the Ford Performance Racing team.

A number of team changes also occurred during the off-season with Vodafone being the naming sponsor for Triple Eight Race Engineering and Jim Beam joining forces with the Dick Johnson Racing team.

Most of the team launches occurred during late January and early February with a few exceptions, including the launch of Mark Winterbottom's FPR car in early January. As well as the individual team launches, an official season launch was held in Sydney's Martin Place on 15 February.

A number of testing days were also held during the pre-season. These tests were conducted at the two race circuits used as test tracks, Queensland Raceway (Triple Eight Race Engineering, Dick Johnson Racing and WPS Racing) and Winton Raceway (most Victorian based teams including Holden Racing Team, Ford Performance Racing, HSV Dealer Team and Perkins Engineering). Both of these major tests were conducted on 19 February 2007.

One of the other major stories of the 2007 pre-season involved both of Holden's most supported teams, being the Holden Racing Team and the HSV Dealer Team. Both teams temporarily had their TEGA licences revoked meaning they would not be able to compete in the championship. This was due to issues relating to the ownership of both teams, where under V8 Supercar regulations, one person can only own one team.[2] Officially, Mark Skaife owned HRT and John Kelly (father of Todd and Rick) owned HSV Dealer Team, however the close relationship between the two teams and the presence of Tom Walkinshaw in both teams clouded the ownership of both teams.[3] The teams had their licenses reinstated temporarily pending the presentation of documents proving the ownership of each team to TEGA. On 22 February 2007, the HSV Dealer Team produced the required documents and has been fully reinstated to the championship,[4] and HRT was cleared to race on 27 February 2007 after satisfying TEGA that Mark Skaife was the true owner of the team.[5]

Teams and drivers Edit

The following teams and drivers contested the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. Drivers are numbered as per the official 2007 entry list listed on the V8 Supercar website.

Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Events Endurance Event Drivers
Ford Falcon BF Stone Brothers Racing 4   James Courtney All   David Besnard
9   Russell Ingall All   Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing 5   Mark Winterbottom All   Owen Kelly
  Matt Halliday
6   Steven Richards All
WPS Racing 8   Max Wilson All   Michael Caruso
  Grant Denyer
10   Jason Bargwanna All
Brad Jones Racing 12   Andrew Jones All   Damien White
  Christian Murchison
14   Brad Jones 1–3
  Simon Wills 4–14
Dick Johnson Racing 17   Steven Johnson All   Alex Davison
  Andrew Thompson
18   Will Davison All
Team Kiwi Racing 021   Adam Macrow 1
  Paul Radisich 2–4
  Shane van Gisbergen 8–14   John McIntyre
Britek Motorsport 25   Jason Bright All   Adam Macrow
26   Alan Gurr All   Warren Luff
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88   Jamie Whincup All   Allan Simonsen
  Richard Lyons
888   Craig Lowndes All
Paul Cruickshank Racing 111   John Bowe All   Jonathon Webb
Holden Commodore VZ Perkins Engineering 11   Jack Perkins 1
Paul Weel Racing 50   Cameron McConville 1–6
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Lee Holdsworth 1–6
Paul Morris Motorsport 39   Fabian Coulthard 1–6, 8–10   Chris Pither
  Steven Ellery 7
  Owen Kelly 11–14
Rod Nash Racing 55   Steve Owen All   Tony D'Alberto
Commodore VE HSV Dealer Team (HRT) 1   Rick Kelly All   Craig Baird
  Paul Radisich
16   Garth Tander All
Holden Racing Team 2   Mark Skaife 1–8, 10–14   Glenn Seton
  Nathan Pretty
  Tony Longhurst 9
22   Todd Kelly All
Tasman Motorsport 3   Jason Richards All   Mark Noske
  Jay Verdnik
51   Greg Murphy All
Perkins Engineering 7   Shane Price All   Kayne Scott
  Marcus Marshall
11   Jack Perkins 2–12
  Marcus Marshall 13–14
Paul Weel Racing 20   Paul Dumbrell 1–6, 8–14   Paul Weel
  Paul Weel 7
50   Cameron McConville 7–14   David Reynolds
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Lee Holdsworth 7–14   Greg Ritter
  Cameron McLean
34   Dean Canto All
Paul Morris Motorsport 67   Paul Morris All   Steven Ellery

Race calendar Edit

Rd. Race title Circuit Location Date Winner Team Report
1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1–4 Mar Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Report
2 BigPond 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 23–25 Mar Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
3 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 20–22 Apr Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Report
4 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 18–20 May Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
5 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney 9–11 Jun Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
6 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 22–24 Jun Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
7 Queensland 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 20–22 Jul Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
8 Jim Beam 400 Oran Park Raceway Sydney 17–19 Aug Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Report
9 Just Car Insurance 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne 14–16 Sep Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
10 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 4–7 Oct Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
11 V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 18–21 Oct Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
12 Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 1–3 Nov Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Report
13 Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 16–18 Nov Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
14 Dunlop Grand Finale Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 30 Nov – 2 Dec Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report

Changes Edit

Driver changes Edit

Team changes Edit

Rule changes Edit

  • Points would only be awarded to the top 15 finishers.[16]
  • The top ten shootout would only be run at the endurance events.[16]
  • A single 45-minute qualifying session would be held in a fashion similar to Formula One, where all cars compete in the first 15 minutes. The quickest 20 would then complete in the second 15 minutes and the quickest 10 would complete in the final 15 minutes.[16]
  • No rounds would be dropped for the championship.[16]
  • There would be a greater spread of points between the point scoring positions.[16]

Results and standings Edit

Event
format
Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
One Race 72 60 51 45 39 36 33 30 27 24 18 15 12 9 6
Two Race 36 30 25 22 20 18 16 15 13 12 9 8 6 5 3
Three Race 24 20 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 6 5 4 3 2

Drivers championship Edit

 
Todd Kelly placed sixth in the championship driving this Holden Commodore VE. The car is pictured in 2018.
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 
BAR
 
PUK
 
WIN
 
EAS
 
HID
 
QLD
 
ORA
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
SUR
 
BAH
 
SYM
 
PHI
 
Pen. Pts.
1   Garth Tander 16 6 10 1 1 1 1 1 8 4 1 1 5 15 5 6 3 3 1 1 1 Ret 19 2 4 Ret 1 1 8 2 14 4 1 10 Ret 1 1 4 0 625
2   Jamie Whincup 88 3 5 7 23 18 4 2 5 1 2 2 2 3 EX 5 4 26 4 2 3 3 Ret 4 1 1 2 2 Ret Ret 22 16 2 1 1 3 3 2 0 623
3   Craig Lowndes 888 13 11 4 8 8 14 7 4 18 6 5 9 4 2 3 1 1 5 3 2 7 1 14 1 1 3 24 7 Ret 5 1 5 6 5 4 6 3 0 592
4   Rick Kelly 1 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 7 16 6 2 15 15 2 Ret 7 16 6 4 12 8 6 5 Ret 5 8 10 0 552
5   Mark Winterbottom 5 5 Ret 10 6 5 2 23 11 26 20 10 11 7 6 Ret 6 6 10 7 5 4 3 24 8 10 20 17 5 1 1 3 3 3 7 7 4 5 0 420
6   Todd Kelly 22 1 2 Ret 10 7 6 4 2 27 11 4 4 5 1 4 8 4 8 11 19 8 2 11 9 Ret Ret 26 Ret 11 28 Ret 12 20 Ret 6 2 1 10 381
7   Steven Richards 6 11 8 22 13 9 5 18 12 2 16 12 6 6 7 7 9 8 13 Ret Ret 5 6 5 3 10 Ret 5 1 25 6 25 4 2 2 27 12 9 0 380
8   Mark Skaife 2 14 7 3 3 2 10 6 9 21 17 26 1 1 3 1 5 5 2 8 17 1 20 Ret Ret 17 8 Ret 7 18 21 7 4 4 2 5 7 0 379
9   James Courtney 4 2 3 11 Ret Ret 9 5 3 17 15 8 Ret 14 8 16 Ret DNS 3 4 18 19 7 Ret 16 2 6 15 4 6 2 2 28 8 6 12 7 6 0 359
10   Will Davison 18 Ret 9 6 5 6 11 8 6 Ret 14 9 14 9 10 EX 7 7 6 5 4 6 8 16 Ret 3 11 18 11 8 3 5 9 11 14 9 9 8 0 343
11   Russell Ingall 9 8 4 24 14 10 8 9 10 Ret 8 6 7 11 12 Ret Ret 11 9 6 9 Ret 9 3 7 Ret 4 3 3 5 8 7 16 30 13 8 19 26 0 311
12   Steven Johnson 17 9 6 5 4 4 13 21 16 6 5 Ret 10 8 9 11 23 18 11 22 Ret 13 12 12 Ret 3 8 13 Ret 3 4 6 8 9 8 13 11 27 0 304
13   Greg Murphy 51 7 Ret 8 7 12 12 11 13 Ret 4 7 12 25 11 Ret Ret 14 19 12 7 9 Ret 22 14 4 5 4 13 10 11 10 11 22 15 10 13 22 0 250
14   Jason Richards 3 20 13 14 12 19 7 Ret 18 23 Ret 16 13 24 16 10 10 9 Ret 13 8 11 5 6 14 4 10 6 2 16 13 15 10 7 3 17 26 Ret 0 235
15   Lee Holdsworth 33 24 12 9 9 11 17 13 17 5 Ret DNS 23 12 Ret 14 17 10 Ret 10 10 10 4 1 5 Ret 12 27 14 Ret 25 12 Ret 13 12 11 10 11 0 209
16   Dean Canto 34 12 18 27 25 28 25 17 Ret 19 23 14 16 Ret DNS 9 11 15 16 15 13 18 23 Ret 5 Ret 9 14 Ret 13 7 9 20 12 10 20 16 14 0 125
17   Max Wilson 8 17 Ret 23 18 13 16 12 14 9 Ret Ret 19 23 21 8 14 16 15 14 Ret 16 11 9 Ret 7 13 9 10 23 26 20 26 17 19 19 24 15 0 110
18   Jason Bargwanna 10 15 Ret 25 22 23 20 Ret DNS 11 22 15 15 13 13 Ret 16 13 14 Ret 21 15 27 13 Ret 7 14 7 12 9 10 11 23 23 Ret 23 18 16 0 109
19   Steve Owen 55 16 Ret 12 Ret 24 19 19 21 13 7 11 27 Ret Ret 13 12 19 18 Ret Ret Ret 23 8 11 6 15 21 Ret Ret 27 19 15 25 Ret 18 21 Ret 0 103
20   Paul Radisich 021/1 16 11 22 15 10 7 24 12 13 2 Ret 0 96
21   Jason Bright 25 10 14 DNS DNS DNS Ret 16 25 7 9 24 8 22 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 19 Ret Ret 17 18 9 Ret 15 12 0 71
22   Paul Morris 67 Ret 17 15 19 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 17 10 15 12 13 12 12 9 15 Ret Ret 21 15 Ret Ret 25 Ret Ret 23 Ret Ret 21 11 Ret Ret 13 0 70
23   Paul Dumbrell 20 Ret 20 18 17 Ret 22 Ret Ret 25 25 21 Ret 19 18 24 21 17 25 25 10 6 12 21 Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 13 16 Ret 25 Ret 19 0 69
24   Owen Kelly 6/5/39 3 13 24 23 Ret 20 19 17 18 28 Ret Ret 22 21 0 63
25   Richard Lyons 88 10 5 0 63
  Allan Simonsen 88 10 5 0 63
27   David Besnard 4 16 2 0 60
28   Tony D'Alberto 55 11 6 0 54
29   Paul Weel 20 22 Ret Ret 6 12 0 51
30   John Bowe 111 Ret Ret Ret 20 14 21 15 23 14 Ret 17 22 21 24 15 15 24 23 17 12 23 24 19 12 14 19 11 Ret 18 24 18 27 19 17 28 25 23 0 47
31   Craig Baird 16 4 Ret 0 45
32   Nathan Pretty 22 9 11 0 45
33   Matt Halliday 5 8 13 0 42
34   Cameron McConville 50 21 15 19 24 16 18 14 15 12 21 22 18 16 17 20 19 20 Ret 18 14 17 22 Ret Ret Ret 18 10 9 Ret 20 27 19 Ret DNS 15 Ret 18 0 35
35   Luke Youlden 9 7 Ret 0 33
36   Alex Davison 18 Ret 8 0 30
  Andrew Thompson 18 Ret 8 0 30
38   Glenn Seton 2/22 13 11 0 30
39   Shane Price 7 22 22 13 16 20 24 25 20 10 13 18 25 Ret 22 19 Ret DNS Ret 24 16 21 18 20 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 12 9 26 Ret 26 Ret 16 17 28 0 30
40   Greg Ritter 34 18 9 0 27
  Cameron McLean 34 18 9 0 27
42   Jonathon Webb 111 12 14 0 25
43   Shane van Gisbergen 021 20 13 23 20 Ret 22 12 Ret 15 16 13 24 15 18 14 14 17 0 23
44   Andrew Jones 12 25 Ret 26 28 21 26 Ret 22 Ret 10 20 24 Ret 23 18 25 23 24 23 Ret Ret 17 7 Ret Ret Ret 28 Ret 22 21 22 21 27 Ret 24 Ret 20 0 19
45   Tony Longhurst 2 13 0 12
46   Simon Wills 14/12 16 Ret 23 21 18 19 17 20 22 21 21 Ret 24 10 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 21 15 23 22 24 Ret 26 Ret Ret 0 12
47   Fabian Coulthard 39 Ret 19 17 15 17 23 20 19 20 19 19 Ret 17 20 22 22 25 14 14 Ret 19 16 0 8
48   Steven Ellery 39/67 20 25 Ret 15 Ret 0 6
49   Michael Caruso 8/10 Ret 15 0 6
  Grant Denyer 10 Ret 15 0 6
51   Jack Perkins 11 19 Ret 21 26 25 DNS DNS DNS 22 18 Ret 20 20 25 21 24 21 Ret 19 11 21 26 18 Ret Ret 16 19 Ret 17 17 Ret 0 6
52   Marcus Marshall 11 17 Ret 14 14 16 22 20 24 0 6
53   Alan Gurr 26 23 Ret 28 21 27 Ret 24 24 15 24 25 26 Ret Ret 23 18 Ret Ret 20 20 22 28 Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 16 24 Ret 24 25 29 20 24 23 24 0 2
54   Adam Macrow 021/25 18 16 Ret Ret 0 0
55   Chris Pither 39 19 16 0 0
56   Kayne Scott 11 17 Ret 0 0
57   Brad Jones 14 Ret 21 20 27 26 Ret 22 Ret 0 0
58   John McIntyre 021 20 Ret 0 0
  David Reynolds 50 Ret Ret 0 0
  Warren Luff 26 Ret Ret 0 0
  Mark Noske 3 Ret Ret 0 0
  Jay Verdnik 3 Ret Ret 0 0
  Christian Murchison 14 Ret DNS 0 0
  Damien White 14 Ret DNS 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 
BAR
 
PUK
 
WIN
 
EAS
 
HID
 
QLD
 
ORA
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
SUR
 
BAH
 
SYM
 
PHI
 
Pen. Pts.

Team championship Edit

Pos Team Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Rd 14 Pts
1 HSV Dealer Team 0 88 129 116 114 80 106 95 44 105 0 81 68 57 94 1177
2 Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 60 46 77 89 81 93 102 70 96 111 68 37 106 98 1134
3 Holden Racing Team 0 87 73 76 21 117 90 46 60 39 18 10 17 46 100 800
4 Ford Performance Racing 0 44 46 44 33 64 54 36 70 81 36 50 77 100 53 788
5 Stone Brothers Racing 0 92 17 66 34 35 6 62 37 33 60 78 86 26 38 670
6 Dick Johnson Racing 0 44 80 32 37 47 28 46 36 0 81 26 84 47 38 626
7 Tasman Motorsport 0 22 34 26 26 15 28 30 40 9 45 72 28 44 12 431
8 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 16 24 4 16 5 28 22 47 39 27 20 29 22 23 322
9 WPS Racing 0 3 4 8 17 10 17 8 21 0 39 40 23 2 192
10 Paul Weel Racing 0 3 0 5 5 0 0 3 8 36 15 17 6 4 2 104
11 Rod Nash Racing (s) 0 0 5 0 21 0 9 0 10 18 36 2 0 2 0 103
12 Paul Morris Motorsport 0 0 6 0 10 10 14 16 6 6 0 0 0 6 4 78
13 Britek Motorsport 0 17 0 0 22 13 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 7 73
14 Team Kiwi Racing (s) 0 0 6 21 9 4 0 0 5 6 2 6 59
15 Paul Cruickshank Racing (s) 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 5 0 15 9 6 0 0 0 47
16 Perkins Engineering 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 6 0 42
17 Brad Jones Racing 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 19 0 0 2 2 0 0 31
  • (s) denotes a single-car team.

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External links Edit

  • 2007 Racing Results Archive 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  • Retrieved from motorsport.com on 16 August 2008

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changes from the previous model These cars debuted at the first round of the season at the Clipsal 500 This season was also significant in that Seven Network broadcast the series for the first time since 1996 after Channel Ten and Fox Sports had rights to the series for the past ten years and then revived in 2015 Contents 1 Pre season 2 Teams and drivers 3 Race calendar 4 Changes 4 1 Driver changes 4 2 Team changes 4 3 Rule changes 5 Results and standings 5 1 Drivers championship 5 2 Team championship 6 References 7 External linksPre season EditThe 2007 pre season began with a number of driver and team changes which occurred during December 2006 and January 2007 The most important of the driver changes being Greg Murphy moving to Tasman Motorsport from Paul Weel Racing and Steven Richards changing not only teams but also manufacturers by moving from the Holden based Perkins Engineering to the Ford Performance Racing team A number of team changes also occurred during the off season with Vodafone being the naming sponsor for Triple Eight Race Engineering and Jim Beam joining forces with the Dick Johnson Racing team Most of the team launches occurred during late January and early February with a few exceptions including the launch of Mark Winterbottom s FPR car in early January As well as the individual team launches an official season launch was held in Sydney s Martin Place on 15 February A number of testing days were also held during the pre season These tests were conducted at the two race circuits used as test tracks Queensland Raceway Triple Eight Race Engineering Dick Johnson Racing and WPS Racing and Winton Raceway most Victorian based teams including Holden Racing Team Ford Performance Racing HSV Dealer Team and Perkins Engineering Both of these major tests were conducted on 19 February 2007 One of the other major stories of the 2007 pre season involved both of Holden s most supported teams being the Holden Racing Team and the HSV Dealer Team Both teams temporarily had their TEGA licences revoked meaning they would not be able to compete in the championship This was due to issues relating to the ownership of both teams where under V8 Supercar regulations one person can only own one team 2 Officially Mark Skaife owned HRT and John Kelly father of Todd and Rick owned HSV Dealer Team however the close relationship between the two teams and the presence of Tom Walkinshaw in both teams clouded the ownership of both teams 3 The teams had their licenses reinstated temporarily pending the presentation of documents proving the ownership of each team to TEGA On 22 February 2007 the HSV Dealer Team produced the required documents and has been fully reinstated to the championship 4 and HRT was cleared to race on 27 February 2007 after satisfying TEGA that Mark Skaife was the true owner of the team 5 Teams and drivers EditThe following teams and drivers contested the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series Drivers are numbered as per the official 2007 entry list listed on the V8 Supercar website Manufacturer Car Team No Drivers Events Endurance Event DriversFord Falcon BF Stone Brothers Racing 4 nbsp James Courtney All nbsp David Besnard9 nbsp Russell Ingall All nbsp Luke YouldenFord Performance Racing 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom All nbsp Owen Kelly nbsp Matt Halliday6 nbsp Steven Richards AllWPS Racing 8 nbsp Max Wilson All nbsp Michael Caruso nbsp Grant Denyer10 nbsp Jason Bargwanna AllBrad Jones Racing 12 nbsp Andrew Jones All nbsp Damien White nbsp Christian Murchison14 nbsp Brad Jones 1 3 nbsp Simon Wills 4 14Dick Johnson Racing 17 nbsp Steven Johnson All nbsp Alex Davison nbsp Andrew Thompson18 nbsp Will Davison AllTeam Kiwi Racing 021 nbsp Adam Macrow 1 nbsp Paul Radisich 2 4 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 8 14 nbsp John McIntyreBritek Motorsport 25 nbsp Jason Bright All nbsp Adam Macrow26 nbsp Alan Gurr All nbsp Warren LuffTriple Eight Race Engineering 88 nbsp Jamie Whincup All nbsp Allan Simonsen nbsp Richard Lyons888 nbsp Craig Lowndes AllPaul Cruickshank Racing 111 nbsp John Bowe All nbsp Jonathon WebbHolden Commodore VZ Perkins Engineering 11 nbsp Jack Perkins 1Paul Weel Racing 50 nbsp Cameron McConville 1 6 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 nbsp Lee Holdsworth 1 6 Paul Morris Motorsport 39 nbsp Fabian Coulthard 1 6 8 10 nbsp Chris Pither nbsp Steven Ellery 7 nbsp Owen Kelly 11 14Rod Nash Racing 55 nbsp Steve Owen All nbsp Tony D AlbertoCommodore VE HSV Dealer Team HRT 1 nbsp Rick Kelly All nbsp Craig Baird nbsp Paul Radisich16 nbsp Garth Tander AllHolden Racing Team 2 nbsp Mark Skaife 1 8 10 14 nbsp Glenn Seton nbsp Nathan Pretty nbsp Tony Longhurst 922 nbsp Todd Kelly AllTasman Motorsport 3 nbsp Jason Richards All nbsp Mark Noske nbsp Jay Verdnik51 nbsp Greg Murphy AllPerkins Engineering 7 nbsp Shane Price All nbsp Kayne Scott nbsp Marcus Marshall11 nbsp Jack Perkins 2 12 nbsp Marcus Marshall 13 14Paul Weel Racing 20 nbsp Paul Dumbrell 1 6 8 14 nbsp Paul Weel nbsp Paul Weel 750 nbsp Cameron McConville 7 14 nbsp David ReynoldsGarry Rogers Motorsport 33 nbsp Lee Holdsworth 7 14 nbsp Greg Ritter nbsp Cameron McLean34 nbsp Dean Canto AllPaul Morris Motorsport 67 nbsp Paul Morris All nbsp Steven ElleryRace calendar EditRd Race title Circuit Location Date Winner Team Report1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide South Australia 1 4 Mar Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Report2 BigPond 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo Western Australia 23 25 Mar Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report3 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe New Zealand 20 22 Apr Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Report4 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla Victoria 18 20 May Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report5 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney 9 11 Jun Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report6 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin Northern Territory 22 24 Jun Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Report7 Queensland 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich Queensland 20 22 Jul Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report8 Jim Beam 400 Oran Park Raceway Sydney 17 19 Aug Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Report9 Just Car Insurance 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne 14 16 Sep Craig LowndesJamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report10 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst New South Wales 4 7 Oct Craig LowndesJamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report11 V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Queensland 18 21 Oct Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report12 Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama Bahrain 1 3 Nov Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Report13 Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston Tasmania 16 18 Nov Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report14 Dunlop Grand Finale Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 30 Nov 2 Dec Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report nbsp nbsp Adelaide nbsp Eastern Creek nbsp Perth nbsp Sandown nbsp Darwin nbsp Ipswich nbsp Winton nbsp Phillip Island nbsp Bathurst nbsp Gold Coast nbsp Launceston nbsp Oran Parkclass notpageimage Australian rounds nbsp nbsp Pukekoheclass notpageimage New Zealand rounds nbsp nbsp Sakhirclass notpageimage Bahrain roundsChanges EditDriver changes Edit Greg Murphy drove for Tasman Motorsport in 2007 with Paul Dumbrell replacing Murphy at Paul Weel Racing 6 On 1 January 2007 FPR announced Steven Richards as the team s second driver 7 Andrew Jones joined his father s and uncle s team and raced in the second Brad Jones Racing car 8 Perkins Engineering ran two V8 Supercar rookies Shane Price and Jack Perkins in the 2007 season 9 Alan Gurr drove for Britek Motorsport as the teammate to Jason Bright 10 John Bowe drove for the Paul Cruikshank Racing team in his final year of V8 Supercar racing before retirement 11 Simon Wills took over the No 14 Brad Jones Racing car from Brad Jones who retired from full time driving following Round 3 After Bathurst Fabian Coulthard was dropped from Paul Morris Motorsport older VZ Commodore and replaced with Ford Performance Racing s endurance co driver Owen Kelly Between the Bahrain and Symmons Plains rounds Jack Perkins stood aside from his Perkins Engineering VE Commodore because of diabetes Recent Carrera Cup star and former Champ Car racer Marcus Marshall returned to the team after racing in the No 11 car at Sandown and Bathurst to complete the season Reigning Fujitsu Series champion Adam Macrow signed for Team Kiwi Racing for Adelaide but was dropped after just one round for Paul Radisich who was back to full fitness after his crash at Bathurst He competed in three rounds before leaving the team and after not fielding a car for another three rounds the team replaced him with 17 year old rookie Shane van Gisbergen at Oran Park Team changes Edit Triple Eight Race Engineering had Vodafone as their main sponsor in 2007 replacing Betta Electrical 12 Orrcon returned to V8 Supercars as a sponsor for FPR 13 WPS Racing has undergone a complete re structure of the team with Team Principal Mark Larkham leaving 14 At the DJR season launch on 6 February 2007 it was announced that Jim Beam would be the main naming sponsor of the team 15 Team Kiwi Racing swapped from running Holdens to Fords for 2007 Rule changes Edit Points would only be awarded to the top 15 finishers 16 The top ten shootout would only be run at the endurance events 16 A single 45 minute qualifying session would be held in a fashion similar to Formula One where all cars compete in the first 15 minutes The quickest 20 would then complete in the second 15 minutes and the quickest 10 would complete in the final 15 minutes 16 No rounds would be dropped for the championship 16 There would be a greater spread of points between the point scoring positions 16 Results and standings EditEventformat Position points per race1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15thOne Race 72 60 51 45 39 36 33 30 27 24 18 15 12 9 6Two Race 36 30 25 22 20 18 16 15 13 12 9 8 6 5 3Three Race 24 20 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 6 5 4 3 2Drivers championship Edit nbsp Todd Kelly placed sixth in the championship driving this Holden Commodore VE The car is pictured in 2018 Pos Driver No ADE nbsp BAR nbsp PUK nbsp WIN nbsp EAS nbsp HID nbsp QLD nbsp ORA nbsp SAN nbsp BAT nbsp SUR nbsp BAH nbsp SYM nbsp PHI nbsp Pen Pts 1 nbsp Garth Tander 16 6 10 1 1 1 1 1 8 4 1 1 5 15 5 6 3 3 1 1 1 Ret 19 2 4 Ret 1 1 8 2 14 4 1 10 Ret 1 1 4 0 6252 nbsp Jamie Whincup 88 3 5 7 23 18 4 2 5 1 2 2 2 3 EX 5 4 26 4 2 3 3 Ret 4 1 1 2 2 Ret Ret 22 16 2 1 1 3 3 2 0 6233 nbsp Craig Lowndes 888 13 11 4 8 8 14 7 4 18 6 5 9 4 2 3 1 1 5 3 2 7 1 14 1 1 3 24 7 Ret 5 1 5 6 5 4 6 3 0 5924 nbsp Rick Kelly 1 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 7 16 6 2 15 15 2 Ret 7 16 6 4 12 8 6 5 Ret 5 8 10 0 5525 nbsp Mark Winterbottom 5 5 Ret 10 6 5 2 23 11 26 20 10 11 7 6 Ret 6 6 10 7 5 4 3 24 8 10 20 17 5 1 1 3 3 3 7 7 4 5 0 4206 nbsp Todd Kelly 22 1 2 Ret 10 7 6 4 2 27 11 4 4 5 1 4 8 4 8 11 19 8 2 11 9 Ret Ret 26 Ret 11 28 Ret 12 20 Ret 6 2 1 10 3817 nbsp Steven Richards 6 11 8 22 13 9 5 18 12 2 16 12 6 6 7 7 9 8 13 Ret Ret 5 6 5 3 10 Ret 5 1 25 6 25 4 2 2 27 12 9 0 3808 nbsp Mark Skaife 2 14 7 3 3 2 10 6 9 21 17 26 1 1 3 1 5 5 2 8 17 1 20 Ret Ret 17 8 Ret 7 18 21 7 4 4 2 5 7 0 3799 nbsp James Courtney 4 2 3 11 Ret Ret 9 5 3 17 15 8 Ret 14 8 16 Ret DNS 3 4 18 19 7 Ret 16 2 6 15 4 6 2 2 28 8 6 12 7 6 0 35910 nbsp Will Davison 18 Ret 9 6 5 6 11 8 6 Ret 14 9 14 9 10 EX 7 7 6 5 4 6 8 16 Ret 3 11 18 11 8 3 5 9 11 14 9 9 8 0 34311 nbsp Russell Ingall 9 8 4 24 14 10 8 9 10 Ret 8 6 7 11 12 Ret Ret 11 9 6 9 Ret 9 3 7 Ret 4 3 3 5 8 7 16 30 13 8 19 26 0 31112 nbsp Steven Johnson 17 9 6 5 4 4 13 21 16 6 5 Ret 10 8 9 11 23 18 11 22 Ret 13 12 12 Ret 3 8 13 Ret 3 4 6 8 9 8 13 11 27 0 30413 nbsp Greg Murphy 51 7 Ret 8 7 12 12 11 13 Ret 4 7 12 25 11 Ret Ret 14 19 12 7 9 Ret 22 14 4 5 4 13 10 11 10 11 22 15 10 13 22 0 25014 nbsp Jason Richards 3 20 13 14 12 19 7 Ret 18 23 Ret 16 13 24 16 10 10 9 Ret 13 8 11 5 6 14 4 10 6 2 16 13 15 10 7 3 17 26 Ret 0 23515 nbsp Lee Holdsworth 33 24 12 9 9 11 17 13 17 5 Ret DNS 23 12 Ret 14 17 10 Ret 10 10 10 4 1 5 Ret 12 27 14 Ret 25 12 Ret 13 12 11 10 11 0 20916 nbsp Dean Canto 34 12 18 27 25 28 25 17 Ret 19 23 14 16 Ret DNS 9 11 15 16 15 13 18 23 Ret 5 Ret 9 14 Ret 13 7 9 20 12 10 20 16 14 0 12517 nbsp Max Wilson 8 17 Ret 23 18 13 16 12 14 9 Ret Ret 19 23 21 8 14 16 15 14 Ret 16 11 9 Ret 7 13 9 10 23 26 20 26 17 19 19 24 15 0 11018 nbsp Jason Bargwanna 10 15 Ret 25 22 23 20 Ret DNS 11 22 15 15 13 13 Ret 16 13 14 Ret 21 15 27 13 Ret 7 14 7 12 9 10 11 23 23 Ret 23 18 16 0 10919 nbsp Steve Owen 55 16 Ret 12 Ret 24 19 19 21 13 7 11 27 Ret Ret 13 12 19 18 Ret Ret Ret 23 8 11 6 15 21 Ret Ret 27 19 15 25 Ret 18 21 Ret 0 10320 nbsp Paul Radisich 021 1 16 11 22 15 10 7 24 12 13 2 Ret 0 9621 nbsp Jason Bright 25 10 14 DNS DNS DNS Ret 16 25 7 9 24 8 22 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 19 Ret Ret 17 18 9 Ret 15 12 0 7122 nbsp Paul Morris 67 Ret 17 15 19 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 17 10 15 12 13 12 12 9 15 Ret Ret 21 15 Ret Ret 25 Ret Ret 23 Ret Ret 21 11 Ret Ret 13 0 7023 nbsp Paul Dumbrell 20 Ret 20 18 17 Ret 22 Ret Ret 25 25 21 Ret 19 18 24 21 17 25 25 10 6 12 21 Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 13 16 Ret 25 Ret 19 0 6924 nbsp Owen Kelly 6 5 39 3 13 24 23 Ret 20 19 17 18 28 Ret Ret 22 21 0 6325 nbsp Richard Lyons 88 10 5 0 63 nbsp Allan Simonsen 88 10 5 0 6327 nbsp David Besnard 4 16 2 0 6028 nbsp Tony D Alberto 55 11 6 0 5429 nbsp Paul Weel 20 22 Ret Ret 6 12 0 5130 nbsp John Bowe 111 Ret Ret Ret 20 14 21 15 23 14 Ret 17 22 21 24 15 15 24 23 17 12 23 24 19 12 14 19 11 Ret 18 24 18 27 19 17 28 25 23 0 4731 nbsp Craig Baird 16 4 Ret 0 4532 nbsp Nathan Pretty 22 9 11 0 4533 nbsp Matt Halliday 5 8 13 0 4234 nbsp Cameron McConville 50 21 15 19 24 16 18 14 15 12 21 22 18 16 17 20 19 20 Ret 18 14 17 22 Ret Ret Ret 18 10 9 Ret 20 27 19 Ret DNS 15 Ret 18 0 3535 nbsp Luke Youlden 9 7 Ret 0 3336 nbsp Alex Davison 18 Ret 8 0 30 nbsp Andrew Thompson 18 Ret 8 0 3038 nbsp Glenn Seton 2 22 13 11 0 3039 nbsp Shane Price 7 22 22 13 16 20 24 25 20 10 13 18 25 Ret 22 19 Ret DNS Ret 24 16 21 18 20 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 12 9 26 Ret 26 Ret 16 17 28 0 3040 nbsp Greg Ritter 34 18 9 0 27 nbsp Cameron McLean 34 18 9 0 2742 nbsp Jonathon Webb 111 12 14 0 2543 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 021 20 13 23 20 Ret 22 12 Ret 15 16 13 24 15 18 14 14 17 0 2344 nbsp Andrew Jones 12 25 Ret 26 28 21 26 Ret 22 Ret 10 20 24 Ret 23 18 25 23 24 23 Ret Ret 17 7 Ret Ret Ret 28 Ret 22 21 22 21 27 Ret 24 Ret 20 0 1945 nbsp Tony Longhurst 2 13 0 1246 nbsp Simon Wills 14 12 16 Ret 23 21 18 19 17 20 22 21 21 Ret 24 10 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 21 15 23 22 24 Ret 26 Ret Ret 0 1247 nbsp Fabian Coulthard 39 Ret 19 17 15 17 23 20 19 20 19 19 Ret 17 20 22 22 25 14 14 Ret 19 16 0 848 nbsp Steven Ellery 39 67 20 25 Ret 15 Ret 0 649 nbsp Michael Caruso 8 10 Ret 15 0 6 nbsp Grant Denyer 10 Ret 15 0 651 nbsp Jack Perkins 11 19 Ret 21 26 25 DNS DNS DNS 22 18 Ret 20 20 25 21 24 21 Ret 19 11 21 26 18 Ret Ret 16 19 Ret 17 17 Ret 0 652 nbsp Marcus Marshall 11 17 Ret 14 14 16 22 20 24 0 653 nbsp Alan Gurr 26 23 Ret 28 21 27 Ret 24 24 15 24 25 26 Ret Ret 23 18 Ret Ret 20 20 22 28 Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 16 24 Ret 24 25 29 20 24 23 24 0 254 nbsp Adam Macrow 021 25 18 16 Ret Ret 0 055 nbsp Chris Pither 39 19 16 0 056 nbsp Kayne Scott 11 17 Ret 0 057 nbsp Brad Jones 14 Ret 21 20 27 26 Ret 22 Ret 0 058 nbsp John McIntyre 021 20 Ret 0 0 nbsp David Reynolds 50 Ret Ret 0 0 nbsp Warren Luff 26 Ret Ret 0 0 nbsp Mark Noske 3 Ret Ret 0 0 nbsp Jay Verdnik 3 Ret Ret 0 0 nbsp Christian Murchison 14 Ret DNS 0 0 nbsp Damien White 14 Ret DNS 0 0Pos Driver No ADE nbsp BAR nbsp PUK nbsp WIN nbsp EAS nbsp HID nbsp QLD nbsp ORA nbsp SAN nbsp BAT nbsp SUR nbsp BAH nbsp SYM nbsp PHI nbsp Pen Pts Team championship Edit Pos Team Penalty Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Rd 11 Rd 12 Rd 13 Rd 14 Pts1 HSV Dealer Team 0 88 129 116 114 80 106 95 44 105 0 81 68 57 94 11772 Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 60 46 77 89 81 93 102 70 96 111 68 37 106 98 11343 Holden Racing Team 0 87 73 76 21 117 90 46 60 39 18 10 17 46 100 8004 Ford Performance Racing 0 44 46 44 33 64 54 36 70 81 36 50 77 100 53 7885 Stone Brothers Racing 0 92 17 66 34 35 6 62 37 33 60 78 86 26 38 6706 Dick Johnson Racing 0 44 80 32 37 47 28 46 36 0 81 26 84 47 38 6267 Tasman Motorsport 0 22 34 26 26 15 28 30 40 9 45 72 28 44 12 4318 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 16 24 4 16 5 28 22 47 39 27 20 29 22 23 3229 WPS Racing 0 3 4 8 17 10 17 8 21 0 39 40 23 2 19210 Paul Weel Racing 0 3 0 5 5 0 0 3 8 36 15 17 6 4 2 10411 Rod Nash Racing s 0 0 5 0 21 0 9 0 10 18 36 2 0 2 0 10312 Paul Morris Motorsport 0 0 6 0 10 10 14 16 6 6 0 0 0 6 4 7813 Britek Motorsport 0 17 0 0 22 13 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 7 7314 Team Kiwi Racing s 0 0 6 21 9 4 0 0 5 6 2 6 5915 Paul Cruickshank Racing s 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 5 0 15 9 6 0 0 0 4716 Perkins Engineering 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 6 0 4217 Brad Jones Racing 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 19 0 0 2 2 0 0 31 s 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