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.
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]
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.
Event format | Position, points per race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE | BAR | PUK | WIN | EAS | HID | QLD | ORA | SAN | BAT | SUR | BAH | SYM | PHI | Pen. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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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 |
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