2007 Just Car Insurance 500 Explained

Flag:Victoria
2007 Just Car Insurance 500
Round No:9
Season No:14
Year:2007
Series:V8SC
Track Map:Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
Date:14–16 September
Location:Melbourne, Victoria
Circuit:Sandown International Raceway
Weather:Fine
Race1 Laps:161
Race1 Dist:500
Pole1:Mark Winterbottom
Pole1 Team:Ford Performance Racing
Pole1 Time:1:10.6405
Winner1:Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Winner1 Team:Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner1 Time:3:23:16.5157
First Round:Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
First Round Team:Triple Eight Race Engineering
First Pts:72
Second Round:Rick Kelly
Paul Radisich
Second Round Team:HSV Dealer Team
Second Pts:60
Third Round:Steven Richards
Owen Kelly
Third Round Team:Ford Performance Racing
Third Pts:51

The 2007 Just Car Insurance 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of the 14 to 16 September at the Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia. The race, which was the 40th Sandown 500, was the ninth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was won by Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes, driving a Ford Falcon BF for Team Vodafone.[1]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying and the Top Ten Shootout were held on Saturday, 15 September 2007.

PosNoDriversCarTeamShootoutPart 2Part 1
15 Mark Winterbottom
Matt Halliday
Ford BF FalconFord Performance Racing1:10.64051:10.5655
24 James Courtney
David Besnard
Ford BF FalconStone Brothers Racing1:10.72771:10.4430
322 Todd Kelly
Nathan Pretty
Holden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:10.73551:10.4918
416 Garth Tander
Craig Baird
Holden VE CommodoreToll HSV Dealer Team1:10.78951:10.4559
5888Ford BF FalconTeam Vodafone1:10.79311:10.4711
66 Steven Richards
Owen Kelly
Ford BF FalconFord Performance Racing1:10.87391:10.6281
717 Will Davison
Steven Johnson
Ford BF FalconDick Johnson Racing1:10.96161:10.5391
81 Rick Kelly
Paul Radisich
Holden VE CommodoreToll HSV Dealer Team1:11.00011:10.6704
951 Jason Richards
Greg Murphy
Holden VE CommodoreTasman Motorsport1:11.34401:10.7157
109 Russell Ingall
Luke Youlden
Ford BF FalconStone Brothers Racing1:19.35081:10.6275
1133 Lee Holdsworth
Dean Canto
Holden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:10.7554
128 Max Wilson
Michael Caruso
Ford BF FalconWPS Racing1:10.7601
1318 Alex Davison
Andrew Thompson
Ford BF FalconDick Johnson Racing1:10.7823
1488 Richard Lyons
Allan Simonsen
Ford BF FalconTeam Vodafone1:10.8428
1555 Steve Owen
Tony D'Alberto
Holden VZ CommodoreAutobarn Racing1:10.9802
1650 Cameron McConville
David Reynolds
Holden VE CommodoreSupercheap Auto Racing1:10.9869
1725 Jason Bright
Adam Macrow
Ford BF FalconBritek Motorsport1:11.0281
187 Shane Price
Jack Perkins
Holden VE CommodoreJack Daniel's Racing1:11.0284
1934 Greg Ritter
Cameron McLean
Holden VE CommodoreGarry Rogers Motorsport1:11.0609
202 Glenn Seton
Tony Longhurst
Holden VE CommodoreHolden Racing Team1:11.2925
2110 Jason Bargwanna
Grant Denyer
Ford BF FalconWPS Racing1:11.3658
2211 Marcus Marshall
Kayne Scott
Holden VE CommodoreJack Daniel's Racing1:11.3810
23021 Shane van Gisbergen
John McIntyre
Ford BF FalconTeam Kiwi Racing1:11.4615
2412 Andrew Jones
Simon Wills
Ford BF FalconTeam BOC1:11.5038
2520 Paul Dumbrell
Paul Weel
Holden VE CommodoreSupercheap Auto Racing1:11.5118
2667 Paul Morris
Steve Ellery
Holden VE CommodoreTeam Sirromet Wines1:11.5699
2726 Warren Luff
Alan Gurr
Ford BF FalconBritek Motorsport1:11.7990
28111 Jonathon Webb
John Bowe
Ford BF FalconPaul Cruickshank Racing1:11.8028
2939 Fabian Coulthard
Chris Pither
Holden VZ CommodoreTeam Sirromet Wines1:11.8885
303 Mark Noske
Jay Verdnik
Holden VE CommodoreTasman Motorsport1:11.9127
3114 Damien White
Christian Murchison
Ford BF FalconTeam BOC1:11.9297

Race

The race was held on Sunday, 16 September 2007.

PosNoDriversTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1888Triple Eight Race EngineeringFord Falcon BF1613:23:16.5157572
21 Rick Kelly
Paul Radisich
HSV Dealer TeamHolden Commodore VE161+2.7173860
36 Steven Richards
Owen Kelly
Ford Performance RacingFord Falcon BF161+13.0689651
416 Garth Tander
Craig Baird
HSV Dealer TeamHolden Commodore VE161+35.6291445
533 Lee Holdsworth
Dean Canto
Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE161+40.29611139
620 Paul Dumbrell
Paul Weel
Paul Weel RacingHolden Commodore VE161+59.71932536
79 Russell Ingall
Luke Youlden
Stone Brothers RacingFord Falcon BF160+1 lap1033
85 Mark Winterbottom
Matt Halliday
Ford Performance RacingFord Falcon BF160+1 lap130
922 Todd Kelly
Nathan Pretty
Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VE160+1 lap327
1088 Richard Lyons
Allan Simonsen
Triple Eight Race EngineeringFord Falcon BF160+1 lap1424
1155 Steve Owen
Tony D'Alberto
Rod Nash RacingHolden Commodore VZ160+1 lap1518
12111 Jonathon Webb
John Bowe
Paul Cruickshank RacingFord Falcon BF160+1 lap2815
132 Glenn Seton
Tony Longhurst
Holden Racing TeamHolden Commodore VE160+1 lap2012
1451 Jason Richards
Greg Murphy
Tasman MotorsportHolden Commodore VE160+1 lap99
1567 Paul Morris
Steve Ellery
Paul Morris MotorsportHolden Commodore VE160+1 lap266
164 James Courtney
David Besnard
Stone Brothers RacingFord Falcon BF160+1 lap2
1711 Marcus Marshall
Kayne Scott
Perkins EngineeringHolden Commodore VE160+1 lap22
1834 Greg Ritter
Cameron McLean
Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden Commodore VE159+2 laps19
1939 Fabian Coulthard
Chris Pither
Paul Morris MotorsportHolden Commodore VZ159+2 laps29
20021 Shane van Gisbergen
John McIntyre
Team Kiwi RacingFord Falcon BF154+7 laps23
DNF18 Alex Davison
Andrew Thompson
Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BF14013
DNF8 Max Wilson
Michael Caruso
WPS RacingFord Falcon BF13412
DNF10 Jason Bargwanna
Grant Denyer
WPS RacingFord Falcon BF12721
DNF26 Warren Luff
Alan Gurr
Britek MotorsportFord Falcon BF12327
DNF50 Cameron McConville
David Reynolds
Paul Weel RacingHolden Commodore VE11716
DNF3 Mark Noske
Jay Verdnik
Tasman MotorsportHolden Commodore VE10830
DNF12 Andrew Jones
Simon Wills
Brad Jones RacingFord Falcon BF9224
DNF25 Jason Bright
Adam Macrow
Britek MotorsportFord Falcon BF77Spun out17
DNF14 Damien White
Christian Murchison
Brad Jones RacingFord Falcon BF6631
DNF7 Shane Price
Jack Perkins
Perkins EngineeringHolden Commodore VE35Hydraulics18
DNF17 Will Davison
Steven Johnson
Dick Johnson RacingFord Falcon BF29Brakes7

External links

Notes and References

  1. A case for combinations, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3/2007, pages 40-41