2007 Just Car Insurance 500

2007 Just Car Insurance 500

Event Information
Round 9 of 14 in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	14–16 September 2007
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 500 km Pole position Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 1:10.6405 Winner Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 3:23:16.5157
Round Results First Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 72 pts Second Rick Kelly Paul Radisich HSV Dealer Team 60 pts Third Steven Richards Owen Kelly Ford Performance Racing 51 pts

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.

Results

Qualifying

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

Pos	No	Drivers	Car	Team	Shootout	Part 2	Part 1
1	5	Mark Winterbottom Matt Halliday	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.6405	1:10.5655
2	4	James Courtney David Besnard	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:10.7277	1:10.4430
3	22	Todd Kelly Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:10.7355	1:10.4918
4	16	Garth Tander Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team	1:10.7895	1:10.4559
5	888	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	1:10.7931	1:10.4711
6	6	Steven Richards Owen Kelly	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.8739	1:10.6281
7	17	Will Davison Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:10.9616	1:10.5391
8	1	Rick Kelly Paul Radisich	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team	1:11.0001	1:10.6704
9	51	Jason Richards Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:11.3440	1:10.7157
10	9	Russell Ingall Luke Youlden	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:19.3508	1:10.6275
11	33	Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:10.7554
12	8	Max Wilson Michael Caruso	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing		1:10.7601
13	18	Alex Davison Andrew Thompson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:10.7823
14	88	Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone		1:10.8428
15	55	Steve Owen Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	Autobarn Racing		1:10.9802
16	50	Cameron McConville David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing		1:10.9869
17	25	Jason Bright Adam Macrow	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		1:11.0281
18	7	Shane Price Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing		1:11.0284
19	34	Greg Ritter Cameron McLean	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:11.0609
20	2	Glenn Seton Tony Longhurst	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team		1:11.2925
21	10	Jason Bargwanna Grant Denyer	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing			1:11.3658
22	11	Marcus Marshall Kayne Scott	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing			1:11.3810
23	021	Shane Van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			1:11.4615
24	12	Andrew Jones Simon Wills	Ford BF Falcon	Team BOC			1:11.5038
25	20	Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing			1:11.5118
26	67	Paul Morris Steve Ellery	Holden VE Commodore	Team Sirromet Wines			1:11.5699
27	26	Warren Luff Alan Gurr	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.7990
28	111	Jonathon Webb John Bowe	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing			1:11.8028
29	39	Fabian Coulthard Chris Pither	Holden VZ Commodore	Team Sirromet Wines			1:11.8885
30	3	Mark Noske Jay Verdnik	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport			1:11.9127
31	14	Damien White Christian Murchison	Ford BF Falcon	Team BOC			1:11.9297

Race

The race was held on Sunday, 16 September 2007.

Pos	No	Drivers	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	888	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	161		5	72
2	1	Rick Kelly Paul Radisich	Toll HSV Dealer Team	161		8	60
3	6	Steven Richards Owen Kelly	Ford Performance Racing	161		6	51
4	16	Garth Tander Craig Baird	Toll HSV Dealer Team	161		4	45
5	33	Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	161		11	39
6	20	Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel	Supercheap Auto Racing	161		25	36
7	9	Russell Ingall Luke Youlden	Stone Brothers Racing	160		10	33
8	5	Mark Winterbottom Matt Halliday	Ford Performance Racing	160		1	30
9	22	Todd Kelly Nathan Pretty	Holden Racing Team	160		3	27
10	88	Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen	Team Vodafone	160		14	24
11	55	Steve Owen Tony D'Alberto	Autobarn Racing	160		15	18
12	111	Jonathon Webb John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	160		28	15
13	2	Glenn Seton Tony Longhurst	Holden Racing Team	160		20	12
14	51	Jason Richards Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	160		9	9
15	67	Paul Morris Steve Ellery	Team Sirromet Wines	160		26	6
16	4	James Courtney David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	160		2
17	11	Marcus Marshall Kayne Scott	Jack Daniel's Racing	160		22
18	34	Greg Ritter Cameron McLean	Garry Rogers Motorsport	159		19
19	39	Fabian Coulthard Chris Pither	Team Sirromet Wines	159		29
20	021	Shane Van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Team Kiwi Racing	154		23
DNF	18	Alex Davison Andrew Thompson	Dick Johnson Racing	140		13
DNF	8	Max Wilson Michael Caruso	WPS Racing	134		12
DNF	10	Jason Bargwanna Grant Denyer	WPS Racing	127		21
DNF	26	Warren Luff Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	123		27
DNF	50	Cameron McConville David Reynolds	Supercheap Auto Racing	117		16
DNF	3	Mark Noske Jay Verdnik	Tasman Motorsport	108		30
DNF	12	Andrew Jones Simon Wills	Team BOC	92		24
DNF	25	Jason Bright Adam Macrow	Britek Motorsport	77		17
DNF	14	Damien White Christian Murchison	Team BOC	66		31
DNF	7	Shane Price Jack Perkins	Jack Daniel's Racing	35		18
DNF	17	Will Davison Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	29		7

Further reading

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

External links

• Official race results