2007 V8 Supercar Challenge

**2007 V8 Supercar Challenge**
Event Information
Round 11 of 14 in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	19–21 October 2007
Location	Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Venue	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	27 laps
Pole position	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Winner	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Distance
Race 2
Distance	27 laps
Winner	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team
Distance
Race 3
Distance	27 laps
Winner	Steven Richards; Ford Performance Racing
First
Round Results
First	Garth Tander; HSV Dealer Team;
Second	Russell Ingall; Stone Brothers Racing;
Third	Jason Richards; Tasman Motorsport;

Date19–21 October 2007

LocationSurfers Paradise, Queensland

VenueSurfers Paradise Street Circuit

WeatherFine

The 2007 V8 Supercar Challenge is the eleventh round of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It will be held on the weekend of the 18 to 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Queensland.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	1:48.6322
2	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	1:48.6790
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:48.6973
4	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	1:49.0001
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	1:49.1267
6	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:49.2155
7	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	1:49.3407
8	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	1:49.3452
9	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	1:49.4028
10	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing		1:49.5817
11	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team		1:49.6471
12	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing		1:49.6481
13	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing		1:49.7464
14	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport		1:49.8974
15	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:50.0552
16	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team		1:50.0670
17	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:50.2638
18	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing		1:50.7915
19	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing		1:51.2397
20	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing			1:50.4195
21	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport			1:50.6503
22	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering			1:50.7566
23	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing			1:50.8394
24	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing			1:50.9254
25	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing			1:51.0629
26	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering			1:51.1969
27	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport			1:53.2697
28	39	Owen Kelly	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:54.4440
29	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing			DNS
30	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport			DNS
31	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Excluded	Excluded	Excluded

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	27	52:35.5753	1	24
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	27	52:35.9827	3	20
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	27	52:36.9792	6	17
4	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	27	52:38.4403	4	15
5	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	27	52:38.4473	8	13
6	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	27	52:38.8810	2	12
7	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	27	52:39.6331	11	11
8	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	27	52:40.5402	7	10
9	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	52:42.0108	15	9
10	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	27	52:42.5921	14	8
11	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	27	52:43.2217	12	6
12	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	52:46.3328	17	5
13	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	27	52:47.6625	20	4
14	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	27	52:47.9577	18	3
15	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	27	52:49.7342	13	2
16	7	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	27	52:50.5548	22
17	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	27	52:52.1881	16
18	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	27	52:52.8349	29
19	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	27	52:53.6773	25
20	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	27	52:54.2361	31
21	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	27	53:47.8319	10
22	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing	26	+ 1 Lap	23
23	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	26	+ 1 Lap	27
24	39	Owen Kelly	Paul Morris Motorsport	26	+ 1 Lap	28
Ret	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	23	Accident	21
Ret	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	23	Accident	5
Ret	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	22	Accident	9
Ret	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	19	Retired	26
Ret	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	13	Engine	30
Ret	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing	10	Accident	24
Ret	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	1	Engine	19

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	27	50:44.6631	1	24
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	27	50:47.9659	2	20
3	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	27	50:59.5920	4	17
4	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	27	51:00.8806	5	15
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	27	51:04.0491	25	13
6	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	27	51:11.1145	10	12
7	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	27	51:24.6200	14	11
8	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	27	51:25.1149	17	10
9	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	27	51:34.7815	13	9
10	50	Cameron McConville	Supercheap Auto Racing	27	51:34.9989	18	8
11	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	27	51:35.1769	19	6
12	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing	27	51:40.1284	22	5
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	27	51:41.0429	8	4
14	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27	51:41.7871	9	3
15	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	27	51:46.7870	6	2
16	1	Rick Kelly	Toll HSV Dealer Team	27	51:49.1821	7
17	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	27	51:50.0028	20
18	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	27	51:50.7612	11
19	7	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	27	51:56.6939	16
20	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing	27	52:07.7729	29
21	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	27	52:10.7385	15
22	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	27	52:19.8425	27
23	39	Owen Kelly	Paul Morris Motorsport	27	52:29.6667	24
24	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	27	52:42.2463	3
25	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	26	+ 1 Lap	28
26	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	26	+ 1 Lap	26
27	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	26	+ 1 Lap	12
28	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	20	+ 7 Laps	30
Ret	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	1	Accident	23
DNS	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing			21
DNS	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport

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2007 V8 Supercar Challenge

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