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.

Pre-season

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]

Teams and drivers

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.

Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Events Endurance Event Drivers
Ford Falcon BF Stone Brothers Racing 4 Australia James Courtney All Australia David Besnard
9 Australia Russell Ingall All Australia Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom All Australia Owen Kelly
New Zealand Matt Halliday
6 New Zealand Steven Richards All
WPS Racing 8 Brazil Max Wilson All Australia Michael Caruso
Australia Grant Denyer
10 Australia Jason Bargwanna All
Brad Jones Racing 12 Australia Andrew Jones All Australia Damien White
Singapore Christian Murchison
14 Australia Brad Jones 1–3
New Zealand Simon Wills 4–14
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Alex Davison
Australia Andrew Thompson
18 Australia Will Davison All
Team Kiwi Racing 021 Australia Adam Macrow 1
New Zealand Paul Radisich 2–4
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 8–14 New Zealand John McIntyre
Britek Motorsport 25 Australia Jason Bright All Australia Adam Macrow
26 Australia Alan Gurr All Australia Warren Luff
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Jamie Whincup All Denmark Allan Simonsen
United Kingdom Richard Lyons
888 Australia Craig Lowndes All
Paul Cruickshank Racing 111 Australia John Bowe All Australia Jonathon Webb
Holden Commodore VZ Perkins Engineering 11 Australia Jack Perkins 1
Paul Weel Racing 50 Australia Cameron McConville 1–6
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Lee Holdsworth 1–6
Paul Morris Motorsport 39 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 1–6, 8–10 New Zealand Chris Pither
Australia Steven Ellery 7
Australia Owen Kelly 11–14
Rod Nash Racing 55 Australia Steve Owen All Australia Tony D'Alberto
Commodore VE HSV Dealer Team (HRT) 1 Australia Rick Kelly All New Zealand Craig Baird
New Zealand Paul Radisich
16 Australia Garth Tander All
Holden Racing Team 2 Australia Mark Skaife 1–8, 10–14 Australia Glenn Seton
Australia Nathan Pretty
Australia Tony Longhurst 9
22 Australia Todd Kelly All
Tasman Motorsport 3 New Zealand Jason Richards All Australia Mark Noske
Australia Jay Verdnik
51 New Zealand Greg Murphy All
Perkins Engineering 7 Australia Shane Price All New Zealand Kayne Scott
Australia Marcus Marshall
11 Australia Jack Perkins 2–12
Australia Marcus Marshall 13–14
Paul Weel Racing 20 Australia Paul Dumbrell 1–6, 8–14 Australia Paul Weel
Australia Paul Weel 7
50 Australia Cameron McConville 7–14 Australia David Reynolds
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Lee Holdsworth 7–14 Australia Greg Ritter
Australia Cameron McLean
34 Australia Dean Canto All
Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Australia Paul Morris All Australia Steven Ellery

Race calendar

Rd. Race title Circuit Location Date Winner Team Report
1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1–4 Mar Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Report
2 BigPond 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 23–25 Mar Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
3 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 20–22 Apr Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Report
4 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 18–20 May Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
5 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney 9–11 Jun Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
6 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 22–24 Jun Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
7 Queensland 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 20–22 Jul Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
8 Jim Beam 400 Oran Park Raceway Sydney 17–19 Aug Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport Report
9 Just Car Insurance 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne 14–16 Sep Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
10 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 4–7 Oct Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
11 V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 18–21 Oct Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report
12 Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 1–3 Nov Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Report
13 Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 16–18 Nov Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
14 Dunlop Grand Finale Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 30 Nov – 2 Dec Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Report

Changes

Driver changes

Team changes

Rule changes

  • Points would only be awarded to the top 15 finishers.[16]
  • The top ten shootout would only be run at the endurance events.[16]
  • A single 45-minute qualifying session would be held in a fashion similar to Formula One, where all cars compete in the first 15 minutes. The quickest 20 would then complete in the second 15 minutes and the quickest 10 would complete in the final 15 minutes.[16]
  • No rounds would be dropped for the championship.[16]
  • There would be a greater spread of points between the point scoring positions.[16]

Results and standings

Event
format
Position, points per race
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

Drivers championship

Todd Kelly placed sixth in the championship driving this Holden Commodore VE. The car is pictured in 2018.
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia
BAR
Western Australia
PUK
New Zealand
WIN
Victoria (state)
EAS
New South Wales
HID
Northern Territory
QLD
Queensland
ORA
New South Wales
SAN
Victoria (state)
BAT
New South Wales
SUR
Queensland
BAH
Bahrain
SYM
Tasmania
PHI
Victoria (state)
Pen. Pts.
1 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Brazil 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand Paul Radisich 021/1 16 11 22 15 10 7 24 12 13 2 Ret 0 96
21 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Owen Kelly 6/5/39 3 13 24 23 Ret 20 19 17 18 28 Ret Ret 22 21 0 63
25 United Kingdom Richard Lyons 88 10 5 0 63
Denmark Allan Simonsen 88 10 5 0 63
27 Australia David Besnard 4 16 2 0 60
28 Australia Tony D'Alberto 55 11 6 0 54
29 Australia Paul Weel 20 22 Ret Ret 6 12 0 51
30 Australia 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 New Zealand Craig Baird 16 4 Ret 0 45
32 Australia Nathan Pretty 22 9 11 0 45
33 New Zealand Matt Halliday 5 8 13 0 42
34 Australia 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 Australia Luke Youlden 9 7 Ret 0 33
36 Australia Alex Davison 18 Ret 8 0 30
Australia Andrew Thompson 18 Ret 8 0 30
38 Australia Glenn Seton 2/22 13 11 0 30
39 Australia 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 Australia Greg Ritter 34 18 9 0 27
Australia Cameron McLean 34 18 9 0 27
42 Australia Jonathon Webb 111 12 14 0 25
43 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 021 20 13 23 20 Ret 22 12 Ret 15 16 13 24 15 18 14 14 17 0 23
44 Australia 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 Australia Tony Longhurst 2 13 0 12
46 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 Australia Steven Ellery 39/67 20 25 Ret 15 Ret 0 6
49 Australia Michael Caruso 8/10 Ret 15 0 6
Australia Grant Denyer 10 Ret 15 0 6
51 Australia 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 Australia Marcus Marshall 11 17 Ret 14 14 16 22 20 24 0 6
53 Australia 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 Australia Adam Macrow 021/25 18 16 Ret Ret 0 0
55 New Zealand Chris Pither 39 19 16 0 0
56 New Zealand Kayne Scott 11 17 Ret 0 0
57 Australia Brad Jones 14 Ret 21 20 27 26 Ret 22 Ret 0 0
58 New Zealand John McIntyre 021 20 Ret 0 0
Australia David Reynolds 50 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Warren Luff 26 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Mark Noske 3 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Jay Verdnik 3 Ret Ret 0 0
Singapore Christian Murchison 14 Ret DNS 0 0
Australia Damien White 14 Ret DNS 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia
BAR
Western Australia
PUK
New Zealand
WIN
Victoria (state)
EAS
New South Wales
HID
Northern Territory
QLD
Queensland
ORA
New South Wales
SAN
Victoria (state)
BAT
New South Wales
SUR
Queensland
BAH
Bahrain
SYM
Tasmania
PHI
Victoria (state)
Pen. Pts.

Team championship

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
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
  • (s) denotes a single-car team.

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