2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series

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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.

Race calendar

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Rd. Race title Circuit Location Date
1   Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 1–4 March
2   BigPond 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 23–25 March
3   PlaceMakers V8 Supercars Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 20–22 April
4   Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 18–20 May
5   Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 9–11 June
6   Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 22–24 June
7   Queensland 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 20–22 July
8   Jim Beam 400 Oran Park Raceway Oran Park, New South Wales 17–19 August
9   Just Car Insurance 500 Sandown Raceway Springvale, Victoria 14–16 September
10   Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 4–7 October
11   V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 18–21 October
12   Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain 1–3 November
13   Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 16–18 November
14   Dunlop Grand Finale Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 30 November – 2 December

Teams and drivers

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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   James Courtney All   David Besnard
9   Russell Ingall All   Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing 5   Mark Winterbottom All   Owen Kelly
  Matt Halliday
6   Steven Richards All
WPS Racing 8   Max Wilson All   Michael Caruso
  Grant Denyer
10   Jason Bargwanna All
Brad Jones Racing 12   Andrew Jones All   Damien White
  Christian Murchison
14   Brad Jones 1–3
  Simon Wills 4–14
Dick Johnson Racing 17   Steven Johnson All   Alex Davison
  Andrew Thompson
18   Will Davison All
Team Kiwi Racing 021   Adam Macrow 1
  Paul Radisich 2–4
  Shane van Gisbergen 8–14   John McIntyre
Britek Motorsport 25   Jason Bright All   Adam Macrow
26   Alan Gurr All   Warren Luff
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88   Jamie Whincup All   Allan Simonsen
  Richard Lyons
888   Craig Lowndes All
Paul Cruickshank Racing 111   John Bowe All   Jonathon Webb
Holden Commodore VZ Perkins Engineering 11   Jack Perkins 1
Paul Weel Racing 50   Cameron McConville 1–6
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Lee Holdsworth 1–6
Paul Morris Motorsport 39   Fabian Coulthard 1–6, 8–10   Chris Pither
  Steven Ellery 7
  Owen Kelly 11–14
Rod Nash Racing 55   Steve Owen All   Tony D'Alberto
Commodore VE HSV Dealer Team (HRT) 1   Rick Kelly All   Craig Baird
  Paul Radisich
16   Garth Tander All
Holden Racing Team 2   Mark Skaife 1–8, 10–14   Glenn Seton
  Nathan Pretty
  Tony Longhurst 9
22   Todd Kelly All
Tasman Motorsport 3   Jason Richards All   Mark Noske
  Jay Verdnik
51   Greg Murphy All
Perkins Engineering 7   Shane Price All   Kayne Scott
  Marcus Marshall
11   Jack Perkins 2–12
  Marcus Marshall 13–14
Paul Weel Racing 20   Paul Dumbrell 1–6, 8–14   Paul Weel
  Paul Weel 7
50   Cameron McConville 7–14   David Reynolds
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Lee Holdsworth 7–14   Greg Ritter
  Cameron McLean
34   Dean Canto All
Paul Morris Motorsport 67   Paul Morris All   Steven Ellery

Team changes

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  • The Holden Racing Team and HSV Dealer Team temporarily had their TEGA licences revoked 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]
  • WPS Racing underwent a complete re-structure of the team with Team Principal Mark Larkham leaving.[6]
  • Team Kiwi Racing swapped from running Paul Morris Motorsport-prepared Holdens to Ford Performance Racing-prepared Fords for 2007. The deal with FPR was terminated after four rounds, leaving TKR on the sidelines for three events before returning at Oran Park with a Stone Brothers Racing-prepared Ford.

Driver changes

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Rule changes

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  • Points would only be awarded to the top 15 finishers.[13]
  • The top ten shootout would only be run at the endurance events.[13]
  • 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.[13]
  • No rounds would be dropped for the championship.[13]
  • There would be a greater spread of points between the point scoring positions.[13]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report
1 R1 Adelaide   James Courtney   Todd Kelly   Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
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R2   Rick Kelly
2 R1 Perth   Garth Tander   Garth Tander   Garth Tander
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden)
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R2   Garth Tander
R3   Garth Tander
3 R1 Pukekohe   Mark Winterbottom   Garth Tander   Rick Kelly
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden)
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R2   Garth Tander
R3   Rick Kelly
4 R1 Winton   Todd Kelly   Jamie Whincup   Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)
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R2   Garth Tander
R3   Garth Tander
5 R1 Eastern Creek   Todd Kelly   Mark Skaife   Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
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R2   Mark Skaife
R3   Todd Kelly
6 R1 Darwin   Rick Kelly   Mark Skaife   Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)
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R2   Craig Lowndes
R3   Craig Lowndes
7 R1 Ipswich   Jamie Whincup   Garth Tander   Garth Tander
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden)
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R2   Garth Tander
R3   Garth Tander
8 R1 Oran Park   Todd Kelly   Mark Skaife   Lee Holdsworth
(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)
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R2   Craig Lowndes
R3   Lee Holdsworth
9 Sandown   Mark Winterbottom   Craig Lowndes
  Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)
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10 Bathurst   Mark Winterbottom   Craig Lowndes
  Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)
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11 R1 Gold Coast   Garth Tander   Garth Tander   Garth Tander
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden)
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R2   Garth Tander
R3   Steven Richards
12 R1 Bahrain   Mark Winterbottom   Mark Winterbottom   Mark Winterbottom
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford)
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R2   Mark Winterbottom
R3   Craig Lowndes
13 R1 Launceston   Garth Tander   Garth Tander   Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)
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R2   Jamie Whincup
R3   Jamie Whincup
14 R1 Phillip Island   Rick Kelly   Garth Tander   Garth Tander
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden)
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R2   Garth Tander
R3   Todd Kelly

Points system

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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

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

Team championship

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Australian Titles, 2013 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ "Paper tiger laid down the law". foxsports.com.au. 20 February 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  3. ^ Kershler, Ray (20 February 2007). "HRT black flagged". news.com.au. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  4. ^ "HSV thrown V8 lifeline". v8supercar.com.au. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  5. ^ "HRT to start in Clipsal 500". v8supercar.com.au. 27 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2007.
  6. ^ "Larkham and WPS Racing part ways". v8supercar.com.au. 19 January 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  7. ^ "Official: Greg Murphy joins Tasman Motorsport for 2007". v8supercar.com.au. 14 December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  8. ^ "Official: Richards moves to Ford". foxsports.com.au. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  9. ^ "Price and Perkins Jnr step up to main V8 Supercar Series in 2007". v8supercar.com.au. 3 January 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
  10. ^ "Team BOC seeing double in 2007". v8supercar.com.au. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  11. ^ "IRWIN industrial tools to enter V8 Supercar racing". v8dailydump.com.au. 23 January 2007. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
  12. ^ "John Bowe Announces V8 Supercar Retirement". v8supercar.com.au. 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  13. ^ a b c d e "V8 Supercar rules makeover". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
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