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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2007 Australian Production Car Championship Regulations, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 August 2007
- 1 2 3 4 Conor McNally, Production lines, Official Program, Mallala, October 13–14, 2007, pages 6-7
- ↑ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
- 1 2 3 Mitchell Adam, By no means a cakewalk, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3 / 2007, pages 108-110
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2007 Race Results Archive, www.natsoft.biz Retrieved on 6 December 2011 Archived 19 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Shannons 250 entry list, Official Program, Mallala, October 13–14, 2007
- ↑ The Inside Cover Newsletter issue #1, Production Car Association of Australia, Retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au on 18 December 2007
- 1 2 3 Shannons APCC 2007 Corrected Round Points, retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au on 24 December 2007
- 1 2 3 2007 APCC pointscore table retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au on 24 December 2007