2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars

**2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars**
Event Information
Round 3 of 14 in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	20–22 April 2007
Location	Pukekohe, New Zealand
Venue	Pukekohe Park Raceway
Weather	Fine, partly cloudy
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	43 laps
Pole position	Ford Performance Racing
Winner	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Distance
Race 2
Distance	43 laps
Winner	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Distance
Race 3
Distance	36 laps
Winner	Rick Kelly; HSV Dealer Team
First
Round Results
First	Rick Kelly; HSV Dealer Team;
Second	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team;
Third	Jamie Whincup; Triple Eight Race Engineering;

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.

Report

Qualifying

Part 1

For the second round in a row, only 30 cars made the grid for qualifying after

red flagged. The session was restarted with Garth Tander taking provisional pole from his teammate Rick Kelly and Todd Kelly

.

Part 2

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.

Part 3

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.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Vehicle	Time
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:55.6704
2	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:55.7472
3	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:55.7829
4	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:55.8038
5	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:55.8338
6	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:55.8914
7	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:55.9017
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:55.9271
9	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.0126
10	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.0329
11	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.1935
12	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.2010
13	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.2116
14	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.2429
15	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.2550
16	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VZ)	0:56.4472
17	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.4827
18	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.4952
19	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.5121
20	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.5823
21	100	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.7534
22	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:56.7572
23	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.8609
24	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VZ)	0:56.8658
25	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:56.9623
26	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:57.0628
27	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:57.1221
28	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:57.5039
29	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon (BF)	0:57.6683
30	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	0:57.8552
-	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VE)	no time
Sources:

Race 1

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.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	43	43min 46.0087sec	2	24
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	43	+1.233 s	1	20
3	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	43	+2.614 s	4	17
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	43	+5.245 s	5	15
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	43	+6.807 s	3	13
6	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	43	+10.534 s	10	12
7	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	43	+16.298 s	11	11
8	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	43	+17.671 s	9	10
9	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	43	+18.053 s	7	9
10	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	43	+25.271 s	6	8
11	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	43	+26.005 s	13	6
12	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	43	+26.328 s	12	5
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	43	+27.219 s	14	4
14	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	43	+28.342 s	8	3
15	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	43	+28.342 s	15	2
16	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	43	+35.765 s	23
17	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	43	+37.978 s	19
18	100	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	43	+43.720 s	21
19	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	43	+51.060 s	16
20	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	43	+51.179 s	26
21	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	43	+55.733 s	17
22	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	43	+55.873 s	24
23	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	43	+56.946 s	20
24	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	42	+1 lap	27
25	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	40	+3 laps	22
26	12	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	37	+6 laps	28
Ret	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	Engine	25
Ret	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	21	Throttle	29
Ret	14	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	20	Hydraulics	28
Ret	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	11	Electrical	18
DNS	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering		Did Not Start
Fastest lap: Rick Kelly (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.4068
Sources:

Race 2

Even before the race had begun, there were problems for both

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

.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	43	47min 28.1385sec	1	24
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	43	+0.860 s	4	20
3	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	43	+1.529 s	3	17
4	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	43	+1.915 s	6	15
5	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	43	+2.499 s	9	13
6	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	43	+3.520 s	10	12
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	43	+3.765 s	14	11
8	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	43	+4.070 s	11	10
9	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	43	+5.255 s	8	9
10	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	43	+5.689 s	10	8
11	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	43	+6.066 s	12	6
12	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	43	+7.640 s	16	5
13	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	43	+8.106 s	17	4
14	100	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	43	+8.471 s	18	3
15	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	43	+8.788 s	21	2
16	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	43	+9.105 s	30
17	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	43	+9.408 s	25
18	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	43	+10.261 s	5
19	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	43	+10.607 s	19
20	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	43	+10.831 s	22
21	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	43	+11.491 s	13
22	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	43	+11.867 s	26
23	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	42	+1 lap	2
24	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	42	+1 lap	28
25	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	41	+2 laps	24
Ret	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	35	Accident	20
Ret	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	27	Accident	7
Ret	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	15	Steering	26
Ret	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	10	Retired	23
Ret	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	8	Engine	27
DNS	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering		Did Not Start
Fastest lap: Ford Performance Racing ), 0:56.5605
Sources:

Race 3

The race started with Jamie Whincup losing a number of spots to 4th, and Will Davison having minor front end damage after contact. On lap five, Paul Morris and Brad Jones collided in turn 7. The collision caused Morris to crash heavily into the barrier, rolled once and end up on its roof on the track, creating a safety car period. At the compulsory pit stop, leader Garth Tander had a cross-threaded nut on one of his wheels, and dropped 4 positions to 5th. After the pit stops, Rick Kelly lead from his brother Todd and James Courtney. On lap 27, Dean Canto crashed into the wall on the main straight, causing the safety car, to once again come out. This stayed out until lap 35, and due to other AFL commitments for the broadcaster,^[1] the race was cut short to a time based race, and Rick Kelly won the race from Todd Kelly and James Courtney. This caused controversy as some drivers, including Garth Tander,^[2] claimed they did not know the race was going to finish early.

Overall teammates Garth Tander and Rick Kelly were equal on points, however Kelly won the round after finishing higher in the final race.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	36	47min 13.1552sec	3	24
2	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	36	+0.300 s	4	20
3	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	36	+0.758 s	5	17
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	36	+1.189 s	7	15
5	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	36	+1.780 s	2	13
6	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	36	+2.111 s	8	12
7	021	Paul Radisich	Team Kiwi Racing	36	+3.055 s	10	11
8	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	36	+3.214 s	1	10
9	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	36	+3.610 s	6	9
10	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	36	+3.881 s	9	8
11	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	36	+4.724 s	23	6
12	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	36	+5.175 s	18	5
13	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	36	+5.905 s	11	4
14	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	36	+6.153 s	12	3
15	100	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	36	+6.942 s	14	2
16	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	36	+7.046 s	21
17	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	36	+7.211 s	13
18	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	36	+8.048 s	27
19	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	36	+8.569 s	20
20	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	36	+8.737 s	25
21	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	36	+8.948 s	19
22	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	36	+9.360 s	28
23	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	36	+9.811 s	15
24	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	36	+10.162 s	24
25	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	35	+1 lap	16
Ret	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	Accident	17
Ret	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	15	Engine	29
Ret	14	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	6	Accident	22
Ret	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	5	Accident	30
DNS	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing		Did Not Start
DNS	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering		Did Not Start
Fastest lap: Rick Kelly (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.4550
Sources:

In-Car Camera Coverage

The six in-car cameras in this round were Greg Murphy, Jason Bright, Rick Kelly, Craig Lowndes, Max Wilson and Paul Dumbrell.

References

^ "Early chequered flag furore". foxsports.com.au. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
^ "Tander upset by shortened race". foxsports.com.au. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.

External links

PlaceMakers V8 Supercars website

Supercars Championship
Previous race: 2007 BigPond 400	2007 Supercars Championship	Next race: 2007 Winton
Previous year: 2006 PlaceMakers V8 International	PlaceMakers V8 Supercars	Next year: 2013 ITM 400 Auckland

[1] "Early chequered flag furore". foxsports.com.au. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.

[2] "Tander upset by shortened race". foxsports.com.au. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.

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