| Flag: | New Zealand |
| 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars | |
| Round No: | 3 |
| Season No: | 14 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Series: | V8SC |
| Track Map: | Pukekohe_Park_Raceway_(1990).png |
| Date: | 20–22 April |
| Location: | Pukekohe, New Zealand |
| Circuit: | Pukekohe Park Raceway |
| Weather: | Fine, partly cloudy |
| Race1 Laps: | 43 |
| Race1 Dist: | 120 |
| Pole1: | Mark Winterbottom |
| Pole1 Team: | Ford Performance Racing |
| Pole1 Time: | 55.6704 |
| Winner1: | Garth Tander |
| Winner1 Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| Winner1 Time: | 43:46.0087 |
| Race2 Laps: | 43 |
| Race2 Dist: | 120 |
| Winner2: | Garth Tander |
| Winner2 Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| Winner2 Time: | 47:28.1385 |
| Race3 Laps: | 36 |
| Race3 Dist: | 100 |
| Winner3: | Rick Kelly |
| Winner3 Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| Winner3 Time: | 47:13.1552 |
| First Round: | Rick Kelly |
| First Round Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| First Pts: | 58 |
| Second Round: | Garth Tander |
| Second Round Team: | HSV Dealer Team |
| Second Pts: | 58 |
| Third Round: | Jamie Whincup |
| Third Round Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Third Pts: | 48 |
The 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars was the third round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 20 to 22 April at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand. This round will be the last V8 Supercar event at Pukekohe until 2013, with the 2008-12 New Zealand rounds being held on the streets of Hamilton. The round was also Cameron McConville's 100th start in the V8 Supercar Championship, and ran the number 100 on his car to mark this achievement.
For the second round in a row, only 30 cars made the grid for qualifying after Jack Perkins from Jack Daniels Racing crashed at approximately 160 km/h into the barrier, on the main straight. The first part of qualifying began with Rick Kelly quickest, however a number of cars including Shane Price, Jason Richards and Steven Richards all ran wide at the hairpin at turn 5. Brad Jones also crashed into the tyre barriers at the hairpin after brake failure, which caused the session to be red flagged. The session was restarted with Garth Tander taking provisional pole from his teammate Rick Kelly and Todd Kelly.
Once again, a number of drivers including Jamie Whincup, James Courtney and both Jim Beam Racing cars, ran wide at the hairpin, whilst trying to set quick laps which Craig Lowndes was quickest early on. Paul Dumbrell also crashed at turn 4, which caused the second red flag of qualifying. At the end of part 2, James Courtney lead, from Lowndes and Skaife.
The third part of qualifying began with Whincup running wide at turn 4, and touched the tyre barriers. However he did not suffer any major damage and was able to continue. The pole position holder changed a number of times with Skaife, Whincup and Steven Richards among the drivers who temporarily held pole. Once qualifying finished, Mark Winterbottom had the quickest lap and took pole, from Garth Tander and team-mate Steven Richards in third.
Garth Tander got off the line and beat Mark Winterbottom into the first corner. Meanwhile, Dean Canto ran wide at the first corner and into the gravel trap, causing the safety car to come out at the end of the first lap. The race was not a great one for Britek Motorsport, with both cars in the pits on lap 11 with Jason Bright's car cutting out, which was the same problem that caused the accident at the BigPond 400 and Alan Gurr's car having a sticky throttle. After the compulsory pit stop, Tander lost the lead to Winterbottom, and struggled to keep Steven Richards in third place. Tander managed to keep Richards behind him, and eventually pulled away from him. Eventually, Tander managed to get back past Winterbottom, and won the race, with Winterbottom in second and Rick Kelly in third.
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| 1 | 16 |  Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | 43 | 43min 46.0087sec | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 43 | +1.233 s| align="center" | 1| 20|-! 3| align="center" | 1| Rick Kelly| HSV Dealer Team| align="center" | 43| +2.614 s| align="center" | 4| 17|-! 4| align="center" | 88| Jamie Whincup| Triple Eight Race Engineering| align="center" | 43| +5.245 s| align="center" | 5| 15|-! 5| align="center" | 6|  Steven Richards| Ford Performance Racing| align="center" | 43| +6.807 s | 3 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 22 | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | 43 | +10.534 s| align="center" | 10| 12|-! 7| align="center" | 3| Jason Richards| Tasman Motorsport| align="center" | 43| +16.298 s| align="center" | 11| 11|-! 8| align="center" | 9| Russell Ingall| Stone Brothers Racing| align="center" | 43| +17.671 s| align="center" | 9| 10|-! 9| align="center" | 4| James Courtney| Stone Brothers Racing| align="center" | 43| +18.053 s | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 43 | +25.271 s| align="center" | 6| 8|-! 11| align="center" | 18| Will Davison| Dick Johnson Racing| align="center" | 43| +26.005 s| align="center" | 13| 6|-! 12| align="center" | 51| Greg Murphy| Tasman Motorsport| align="center" | 43| +26.328 s| align="center" | 12| 5|-! 13| align="center" | 17| Steven Johnson| Dick Johnson Racing| align="center" | 43| +27.219 s| align="center" | 14| 4|-! 14| align="center" | 888| Craig Lowndes| Triple Eight Race Engineering| align="center" | 43| +28.342 s | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 021 | Paul Radisich | Team Kiwi Racing | 43 | +28.342 s| align="center" | 15| 2|-! 16| align="center" | 8|  Max Wilson| WPS Racing| align="center" | 43| +35.765 s | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 43 | +37.978 s| align="center" | 19||-! 18| align="center" | 100| Cameron McConville| Paul Weel Racing| align="center" | 43| +43.720 s | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 55 | Steve Owen | Rod Nash Racing | 43 | +51.060 s| align="center" | 16||-! 20| align="center" | 10| Jason Bargwanna| WPS Racing| align="center" | 43| +51.179 s | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 111 | John Bowe | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 43 | +55.733 s| align="center" | 17||-! 22| align="center" | 39| Fabian Coulthard| Paul Morris Motorsport| align="center" | 43| +55.873 s| align="center" | 24||-! 23| align="center" | 20| Paul Dumbrell| Paul Weel Racing| align="center" | 43| +56.946 s | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 7 | Shane Price | Perkins Engineering | 42 | +1 lap| align="center" | 27||-! 25| align="center" | 34| Dean Canto| Garry Rogers Motorsport| align="center" | 40| +3 laps| align="center" | 22||-! 26| align="center" | 12| Brad Jones| Brad Jones Racing| align="center" | 37| +6 laps| align="center" | 28||-! Ret| align="center" | 67| Paul Morris| Paul Morris Motorsport| align="center" | 31| Engine| align="center" | 25||-! Ret| align="center" | 26| Alan Gurr| Britek Motorsport| align="center" | 21| Throttle| align="center" | 29||-! Ret| align="center" | 14| Andrew Jones| Brad Jones Racing| align="center" | 20| Hydraulics| align="center" | 28||-! Ret| align="center" | 25| Jason Bright| Britek Motorsport| align="center" | 11| Electrical| align="center" | 18||-! DNS| align="center" | 11| Jack Perkins| Perkins Engineering|| Did Not Start|||-| colspan="8" align="center" | Fastest lap: Rick Kelly (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.4068 |-! colspan="8" | Sources: |-|}Race 2Even before the race had begun, there were problems for both Greg Murphy who had a stuck throttle in the installation laps before the race, and Andrew Jones who started from the pit lane. When the race started, Steven Richards had contact with Todd Kelly and spun off into the wall at turn 3. However he was able to continue, through also ran off the track at turn 5 a couple of laps later. At the hairpin (turn 5), Jamie Whincup overtook Garth Tander on the first lap, however Tander retook the position at the same location of lap 2. Andrew Jones had a new steering rack installed in his car due to problems in his steering and Paul Morris had engine dramas, which also caused his retirement in the first race. At the compulsory pit stop, Mark Winterbottom was able to overtake Tander, however he had a major brake lock-up into turn 5 on the out-lap, destroying his front left tyre and requiring a second pitstop. On lap 28, Jason Richards crashed at the hairpin, after having front left suspension failure, which caused the safety car to be deployed. The safety car was also deployed on lap 37, when Jason Bargwanna ran wide coming onto the front straight and crashed into the safety fence. This led to a sprint to the finish when the safety car came in, and Garth Tander won the race from Jamie Whincup and teammate Rick Kelly.
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