2007 BigPond 400

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Flag of Western Australia.svg 2007 BigPond 400
Event Information
Round 2 of 14 in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Barbagallo Raceway AKA Wanneroo Park (Australia) track map.svg
Date23–25 March 2007
Location Perth, Western Australia
Venue Barbagallo Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Pole position Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
56.0511
Winner Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
51:31.2237
Race 2
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Winner Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
52:22.0384
Race 3
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Winner Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
52:25.6340
Round Results
First 72 pts
Second 57 pts
Third 54 pts

The 2007 BigPond 400 is the second round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 23rd to 25 March at Barbagallo Raceway in Wanneroo, north of Perth, Western Australia. The round was significant in that John Bowe became the driver with the most round starts in the championship after passing Peter Brock. It was also significant in that it was Paul Radisich's first round after a major crash at Bathurst in 2006.

Contents

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 25 March 2007.

Part 1

Qualifying started with 30 cars hitting the track instead of the usual 31 after a major accident between Jason Bright and Jason Richards after Bright had an engine failure going through turn 4. He (Bright) pulled towards the short cut to go off the track across the path of Jason Richards. The damage to the Fujitsu Racing car was very extensive, so severe that Bright had to withdraw from the entire round.

Paul Dumbrell was one of ten drivers which did not make the top twenty due to a linkage breaking off the throttle pedal. Jamie Whincup also had a spin into the gravel trap at turn 6 which prompted the session to be red flagged. Whincup was able to recover to make the next part of qualifying. Other drivers who went off the circuit included Max Wilson and James Courtney.

Part 2

Session 2 saw Garth Tander set the fastest lap of the session and then sat out for most of the remaining session. The other drivers which were fast in this session were Rick Kelly, Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly. Max Wilson also had another off in this session when he ran wide at turn 7 and through the sand trap.

Part 3

The final session saw the top ten drivers fight for pole. The session was relatively quiet, however Jamie Whincup went off the track in turn 1 by locking the rear tyres and Will Davison ran off the track at turn four. The final results from qualifying was Garth Tander took pole, from Rick Kelly in second and Craig Lowndes in third.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 25 March 2007. It started with a relatively smooth start for the first lap, how this did not last long with Cameron McConville tagging John Bowe in turn 4, causing Bowe to go off the track. Over the next couple of laps, Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes had a major battle over 3rd place, with both drivers changing positions a number of times.

Garth Tander continued to lead the race, until he took his compulsory pit stop on lap 22, allowing his team mate Rick Kelly to take first place. However Rick pitted on the next lap.

After all of the compulsory pit stops were done, Tander came out in first, with Rick Kelly in second and Skaife in third. Todd Kelly and Craig Lowndes continued to battle over fourth position, until on lap 38 when Todd Kelly ran off the track at the first corner and bogged the car in the sand trap. This caused the first safety car of the race. Todd Kelly communicated to the team after the incident that "the brakes had let go, and there was brake fluid throughout the cabin."

With three laps to go, Max Wilson collided with John Bowe causing Bowe to get beached at corner 7. This didn’t cause a safety car due to the closeness of the end of the race, but rather a localised yellow flag. The race was won by Toll HSV Dealer Team’s Garth Tander with his team mate Rick Kelly second, and HRT’s Mark Skaife in third.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 26 March 2007. Off the start line, Craig Lowndes was able to get past 3rd place Mark Skaife and raced behind Garth Tander and Rick Kelly. However, on lap 9 Skaife was able to retake 3rd by overtaking Lowndes at turn 6. Lowndes struggled with tyres for the next few laps and pitted as soon as the pit stop window opened.

On lap 21, Cameron McConville was turned around by Steven Richards at the first corner after leaving the pitlane. Team Vodafones’s Jamie Whincup was given a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane after not turning on his pit speed limiter. Brad Jones also had a minor off at turn 7 during the second half of the race.

On lap 44, Steve Owen ran off the track at turn 4 after contact with Steven Richards and then crashed into the tyre barriers at turn 7 on the same lap after stating on the radio that he had no brakes. This prompted the first safety car of the race. James Courtney also had engine troubles and retired from the race on the same lap.

Following the restart, Tander went on to win the race, with Rick Kelly in second and Skaife in third.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 26 March 2007. The race saw a close fight between both Toll HSV Dealer Team cars and Mark Skaife. The race saw James Courtney have a large crash after steering failure going through the turn 3 complex of the track. This caused his retirement on the 28th lap.

Overall Garth Tander won the race from his team mate Rick Kelly with Mark Skaife in third. This gave Tander not only the round win, but also the clean sweep of taking pole position as well as all three race wins.

Results

Qualifying

PosNoNameTeamPart 3Part 2Part 1
116 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 0:56.0511
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 0:56.2729
3888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 0:56.3653
42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 0:56.3879
522 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 0:56.3927
64 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 0:56.4623
718 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 0:56.4645
817 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 0:56.5458
988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 0:56.6975
1033 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 0:56.8341
1151 Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 0:56.7067
123 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 0:56.7488
136 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 0:56.7630
148 Flag of Brazil.svg Max Wilson WPS Racing 0:56.8494
155 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 0:56.8741
1655 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen Rod Nash Racing 0:56.8907
179 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 0:56.8962
187 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Price Perkins Engineering 0:56.9461
1967 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 0:57.0128
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 0:57.2065
21021 Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 0:57.1294
2220 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel Racing 0:57.1867
2334 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 0:57.1965
2439 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard Paul Morris Motorsport 0:57.3064
2511 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins Perkins Engineering 0:57.3077
2650 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville Paul Weel Racing 0:57.3728
27111 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe Paul Cruickshank Racing 0:57.4124
2812 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Jones Brad Jones Racing 0:57.4610
2926 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Gurr Britek Motorsport 0:57.4985
3014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing 0:57.4985
DNS25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Britek Motorsport

Race 1 results

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
116 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team 5051:31.2237124
21 Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team 50+0.2986sec220
32 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 50+3.6703sec417
4888 Craig Lowndes Team Vodafone 50+7.027sec315
517 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing 50+7.6533sec813
618 Will Davison Jim Beam Racing 50+8.2436sec712
788 Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 50+10.2184sec911
851 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 50+10.2184sec1110
933 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 50+13.9126sec109
105 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 50+16.79sec158
114 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 50+17.1979sec66
1255 Steve Owen Autobarn Racing 50+17.8452sec165
137 Shane Price Jack Daniel's Racing 50+18.3338sec184
143 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 50+19.2161sec123
1567 Paul Morris Team Sirromet Wines 50+19.5589sec192
16021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 50+20.1606sec21
1739 Fabian Coulthard Team Sirromet Wines 50+21.6402sec24
1820 Paul Dumbrell Supercheap Auto Racing 50+23.8299sec22
1950 Cameron McConville Supercheap Auto Racing 50+24.1006sec26
2014 Brad Jones Team BOC 50+25.5051sec30
2111 Jack Perkins Jack Daniel's Racing 50+28.9624sec25
226 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 50+36.2044sec13
238 Max Wilson WPS Racing 50+39.5348sec14
249 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 50+42.5601sec17
2510 Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 49+1 lap20
2612 Andrew Jones Team BOC 49+1 lap28
2734 Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 49+1 lap23
2826 Alan Gurr Irwin Racing 45+4 laps29
DNF111 John Bowe Glenfords Racing 45Accident27
DNF22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 37Brakes5
DNS25 Jason Bright Fujitsu Racing

Race 2 results

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
116 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team 5052:22.0384124
21 Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team 50+1.066sec220
32 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 50+1.4294sec317
417 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing 50+4.4689sec515
518 Will Davison Jim Beam Racing 50+5.2199sec613
65 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 50+6.0923sec1212
751 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 50+6.3009sec811
8888 Craig Lowndes Team Vodafone 50+7.1776sec410
933 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 50+7.3900sec109
1022 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 50+7.5631sec308
11021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 50+8.3797sec196
123 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 50+8.8062sec165
135 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 50+9.089sec94
149 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 50+9.5472sec183
1539 Fabian Coulthard Team Sirromet Wines 50+10.2393sec202
167 Shane Price Jack Daniel's Racing 50+10.8531sec15
1720 Paul Dumbrell Supercheap Auto Racing 50+11.1693sec21
188 Max Wilson WPS Racing 50+11.4272sec11
1967 Paul Morris Team Sirromet Wines 50+11.7709sec17
20111 John Bowe Glenfords Racing 50+11.9025sec29
2126 Alan Gurr Irwin Racing 50+12.5465sec28
2210 Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 50+12.6616sec25
2388 Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 50+13.0116sec7
2450 Cameron McConville Supercheap Auto Racing 50+13.2679sec22
2534 Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 49+1 lap27
2611 Jack Perkins Jack Daniel's Racing 49+1 lap24
2714 Brad Jones Team BOC 49+1 lap23
2812 Andrew Jones Team BOC 49+1 lap26
DNF4 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 42Engine13
DNF55 Steve Owen Autobarn Racing 42Accident14
DNS25 Jason Bright Fujitsu Racing

Race 3 results

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
116 Garth Tander Toll HSV Dealer Team 5052:25.6340124
22 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 50+0.6188sec320
31 Rick Kelly Toll HSV Dealer Team 50+10.3304sec217
417 Steven Johnson Jim Beam Racing 50+10.5142sec415
55 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 50+13.4652sec613
618 Will Davison Jim Beam Racing 50+13.7493sec512
722 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 50+13.9252sec1011
8888 Craig Lowndes Team Vodafone 50+14.1343sec810
96 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 50+14.4642sec139
104 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 50+16.6701sec148
1133 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 50+20.7623sec96
1251 Greg Murphy Tasman Motorsport 50+21.4516sec75
138 Max Wilson WPS Racing 50+23.2679sec184
14111 John Bowe Glenfords Racing 50+23.5954sec203
1567 Paul Morris Team Sirromet Wines 50+24.4327sec192
1650 Cameron McConville Supercheap Auto Racing 50+25.4782sec24
1739 Fabian Coulthard Team Sirromet Wines 50+26.1079sec15
1888 Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 50+26.4622sec23
193 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport 50+27.1296sec12
207 Shane Price Jack Daniel's Racing 50+27.5134sec16
2112 Andrew Jones Team BOC 50+28.5265sec28
22021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing 50+30.2884sec11
2310 Jason Bargwanna WPS Racing 50+30.7163sec22
2455 Steve Owen Autobarn Racing 50+31.4202sec30
2511 Jack Perkins Jack Daniel's Racing 50+31.9292sec26
2614 Brad Jones Team BOC 50+31.6301sec27
2726 Alan Gurr Irwin Racing 50+41.525sec21
2834 Dean Canto Garry Rogers Motorsport 49+1 lap25
DNF4 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 28Accident29
DNF20 Paul Dumbrell Supercheap Auto Racing 717
DNS25 Jason Bright Fujitsu Racing

In-Car Camera Coverage

The six cars carrying cameras at this round were those of Rick Kelly, Mark Skaife, Russell Ingall, Jamie Whincup, Max Wilson and Paul Dumbrell.

Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2007 Clipsal 500
2007 Supercars Championship Next race:
2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars
Previous year:
2006 Perth V8 400
BigPond 400 Next year:
2008 BigPond 400

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