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Contents 1 Teams and Drivers 2 Race Calendar 3 Changes 3.1 Driver Changes 3.2 Team Changes 3.3 Rule Changes 4 Results and Standings 4.1 Drivers Championship 4.2 Team Championship

[edit] Teams and Drivers

The following teams and drivers have been confirmed or are currently speculated for the 2007 V8 Supercar season. Drivers are numbered as per the official 2007 entry list listed on the V8 Supercar website.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Drivers	Endurance Driver 1	Endurance Driver 2
Toll HSV Dealer Team	Holden	VE Commodore	1	Rick Kelly	Rick Kelly	Garth Tander
			16	Garth Tander	Anthony Tratt	Tony D'Alberto
Holden Racing Team	Holden	VE Commodore	2	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife	Todd Kelly
			22	Todd Kelly	Glenn Seton	Craig Baird
Tasman Motorsport	Holden	VE Commodore	3	Jason Richards	Jason Richards	Greg Murphy
			51	Greg Murphy	Owen Kelly	Andrew Booth
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford	BF Falcon	4	James Courtney	James Courtney	David Besnard
			9	Russell Ingall	Russell Ingall	Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing	Ford	BF Falcon	5	Mark Winterbottom	Mark Winterbottom	Steven Richards
			6	Steven Richards	TBA	David Brabham
Jack Daniel's Racing	Holden	VE Commodore	7	Shane Price	Larry Perkins	Template:Country data TBA TBA
			11	Jack Perkins	Jack Perkins	Shane Price
WPS Racing	Ford	BF Falcon	8	Max Wilson	Max Wilson	Loic Duval
			10	Jason Bargwanna	Jason Bargwanna	TBA
Team BOC	Ford	BF Falcon	12	Andrew Jones	Michael Caruso	Alex Davison
			14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Andrew Jones
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	BF Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	Will Davison	Steven Johnson
			18	Will Davison	Grant Denyer	Andrew Thompson
Supercheap Auto Racing	Holden	VE Commodore	20	Paul Dumbrell	Nathan Pretty	Paul Weel
			50	Cameron McConville	Paul Dumbrell	Cameron McConville
Team Kiwi Racing	Ford	BF Falcon	021	Paul Radisich Adam Macrow	Matt Halliday	Paul Radisich
Britek Motorsport	Ford	BF Falcon	25	Jason Bright	Jason Bright	Adam Macrow
			26	Alan Gurr	Alan Gurr	Warren Luff
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden	VZ Commodore	33	Lee Holdsworth	Cameron McLean	Greg Ritter
		VE Commodore	34	Dean Canto	Dean Canto	Lee Holdsworth
Team Sirromet Wines	Holden	VZ Commodore	39	Fabian Coulthard	Fabian Coulthard	Kayne Scott
		VE Commodore	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Steve Ellery
Autobarn Racing	Holden	VZ Commodore	55	Steve Owen	Steve Owen	Tony Longhurst
Team Vodafone	Ford	BF Falcon	88	Jamie Whincup	Allan Simonsen	Richard Lyons
			888	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Jamie Whincup
Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford	BA Falcon	111	John Bowe	John Bowe	Jonathon Webb

[edit] Race Calendar

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	1 - 4 Mar	Rick Kelly	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Report
2	BigPond 400	Barbagallo Raceway	Wanneroo, Western Australia	23 - 25 Mar	Garth Tander	Toll HSV Dealer Team	Report
3	PlaceMakers V8 Supercars	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	20 - 22 Apr			Report
4	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, Victoria	18 - 20 May			Report
5	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	9 - 11 Jun			Report
6	Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	22 - 24 Jun			Report
7	Queensland	Queensland Raceway	Willowbank, Queensland	20 - 22 Jul			Report
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	17 - 19 Aug			Report
9	Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	14 - 16 Sept			Report
10	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama	Bathurst, New South Wales	4 - 7 Oct			Report
11	V8 Supercar Challenge	Gold Coast Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	18 - 21 Oct			Report
12	Desert 400	Bahrain International Circuit	Manama, Bahrain	1 - 3 Nov			Report
13	Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	16 - 18 Nov			Report
14	Grand Finale	Phillip Island	Philip Island, Victoria	30 Nov - 2 Dec			Report

[edit] Changes

[edit] Driver Changes

• In a joint statement released, Greg Murphy will drive for Tasman Motorsport in 2007, with Paul Dumbrell replacing Murphy at Supercheap Auto Racing.^[1]
• On 1st January 2007, FPR announced Steven Richards as the teams second driver.^[2]
• Andrew Jones will join his father's and uncle's team and race in the second Team BOC car.^[3]
• Jack Daniel's Racing will run two V8 Supercar rookies, Shane Price and Jack Perkins in the 2007 season.^[4]
• Alan Gurr will drive for Britek Motorsport as the teammate to Jason Bright.^[5]
• John Bowe will drive for the Paul Cruickshank Racing team in his final year of V8 Supercar racing before retirement.^[6]

[edit] Team Changes

• Triple Eight Race Engineering will have Vodafone as their main sponsor in 2007 replacing Betta Electrical.^[7]
• Orccon will return to V8 Supercars as a sponsor for FPR.^[8]
• WPS Racing has undergone a complete re-structure of the team with Team Principal Mark Larkham leaving.^[9]
• At the DJR season launch on 6 February 2007, it was announced that Jim Beam would be the main naming sponsor of the team.^[10]

[edit] Rule Changes

• Points will only be awarded to the top 15 finishers.^[11]
  
• The top ten shootout will only be run at the endurance events.^[11]
  
• A single 45 minute qualifying session will be held in a fashion similar to Formula One, were all cars compete in the first 15 minutes. The quickest 20 will then complete in the second 15 minutes and the quickest 10 will complete in the final 15 minutes.^[11]
  
• No rounds will be dropped for the championship.^[11]
  
• There will be a greater spread of points between the point scoring positions.^[11]

[edit] Results and Standings

[edit] Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Make 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 1 Rick Kelly 0 1 2 115 2 Garth Tander 0 10 1 102 3 Todd Kelly 0 2 10 85 4 Mark Skaife 0 7 3 75 5 Steven Johnson 0 6 4 74 6 James Courtney 0 3 16 61 7 Jamie Whincup 0 5 13 56 8 Mark Winterbottom 0 28 7 53 9 Will Davison 0 9 5 50 10 Craig Lowndes 0 11 6 50 11 Russell Ingall 0 4 12 48 12 Greg Murphy 0 23 8 42 13 Steven Richards 0 8 11 37 14 Lee Holdsworth 0 12 9 32 15 Jason Bright 0 14 31 17 16 Jason Richards 0 13 14 14 17 Dean Canto 0 18 29 8 18 Paul Radisich 0 DNS 15 6 19 Steve Owen 0 31 17 5 20 Max Wilson 0 23 18 4 21 Paul Morris 0 17 19 4 22 Shane Price 0 22 20 4 23 Cameron McConville 0 15 23 3 24 Jason Bargwanna 0 27 25 3 25 John Bowe 0 26 21 3 26 Fabian Coulthard 0 19 22 2 27 Adam Macrow 0 16 DNS 0 28 Paul Dumbrell 0 20 30 0 29 Andrew Jones 0 25 24 0 30 Brad Jones 0 21 27 0 31 Jack Perkins 0 29 26 0 32 Alan Gurr 0 30 28 0 Pos Driver Make 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] Team Championship

Pos Team Make Car no. 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 1 Toll HSV Dealer Team 1 0 1 2 217 16 0 10 1 2 Holden Racing Team 2 0 7 3 160 22 0 2 10 3 Jim Beam Racing 17 0 6 4 124 18 0 9 5 4 Stone Brothers Racing 4 0 3 16 109 9 0 4 12 5 TeamVodafone 88 0 5 13 106 888 0 11 6 6 Ford Performance Racing 5 0 28 7 90 6 0 8 11 7 Tasman Motorsport 3 0 13 14 56 51 0 24 8 8 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 0 12 9 40 34 0 18 29 9 Britek Motorsport 25 0 14 31 17 26 0 30 28 10 WPS Racing 8 0 23 18 7 10 0 27 25 11 Team Kiwi Racing 021 0 16 15 6 12 Team Sirromet Wines 39 0 19 22 6 67 0 17 19 13 Autobarn Racing 55 0 31 17 5 14 Jack Daniel's Racing 7 0 22 20 4 11 0 29 26 15 Supercheap Auto Racing 20 0 20 30 3 50 0 15 23 16 Paul Cruickshank Racing 111 0 26 21 3 17 Team BOC 12 0 25 24 0 14 0 21 27 Pos Team Make Car No. 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)