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{{ Infobox V8 Supercar race report
| flag              = Victoria
| title             = 2007 Just Car Insurance 500
| round_no          = 9
| season_no         = 14
| year              = 2007
| series            = V8SC
| track_map         = Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
| date              = 14–16 September
| location          = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| circuit           = Sandown International Raceway
| weather           = Fine
| race1_laps        = 161
| race1_dist        = 500
| pole1             = [[Mark Winterbottom]]
| pole1_team        = [[Ford Performance Racing]]
| pole1_time        = 1:10.6405
| winner1           = [[Craig Lowndes]]<br/>[[Jamie Whincup]]
| winner1_team      = [[Triple Eight Race Engineering]]
| winner1_time      = 3:23:16.5157
| first_round       = [[Craig Lowndes]]<br/>[[Jamie Whincup]]
| first_round_team  = [[Triple Eight Race Engineering]]
| first_pts         = 72
| second_round      = [[Rick Kelly]]<br/>[[Paul Radisich]]
| second_round_team = [[HSV Dealer Team]]
| second_pts        = 60
| third_round       = [[Steven Richards]]<br/>[[Owen Kelly]]
| third_round_team  = [[Ford Performance Racing]]
| third_pts         = 51
}}

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|Victoria]], [[Australia]].  The race, which was the 40th [[Sandown 500]], was the ninth round of the [[2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series]].

The race was won by [[Jamie Whincup]] and [[Craig Lowndes]], driving a [[Ford Falcon BF]] for [[Triple Eight Race Engineering|Team Vodafone]].<ref>A case for combinations, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3/2007, pages 40-41</ref>

[[File:TeamVodafone.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jamie Whincup]] and [[Craig Lowndes]] won the race driving a [[Ford Falcon BF]] for [[Triple Eight Race Engineering|Team Vodafone]]]]

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==Results==
=== Qualifying===
Qualifying and the Top Ten Shootout were held on Saturday, 15 September 2007.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Drivers
! Car
! Team
! Shootout
! Part 2
! Part 1
|-
!1
|5
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Winterbottom]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Matthew Halliday (racing driver)|Matt Halliday]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Ford Performance Racing]]
|1:10.6405
|1:10.5655
|
|-
!2
|4
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[James Courtney]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[David Besnard]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Stone Brothers Racing]]
|1:10.7277
|1:10.4430
|
|-
!3
|22
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Todd Kelly]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Pretty]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Holden Racing Team]]
|1:10.7355
|1:10.4918
|
|-
!4
|16
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Garth Tander]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Craig Baird]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[HSV Dealer Team|Toll HSV Dealer Team]]
|1:10.7895
|1:10.4559
|
|-
!5
|888
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jamie Whincup]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Craig Lowndes]] 
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Triple Eight Race Engineering|Team Vodafone]]
|1:10.7931
|1:10.4711
|
|-
!6
|6
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Steven Richards]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Owen Kelly]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Ford Performance Racing]]
|1:10.8739
|1:10.6281
|
|-
!7
|17
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Will Davison]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steven Johnson (racing driver)|Steven Johnson]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Dick Johnson Racing]]
|1:10.9616
|1:10.5391
|
|-
!8
|1
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Rick Kelly]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Paul Radisich]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[HSV Dealer Team|Toll HSV Dealer Team]]
|1:11.0001
|1:10.6704
|
|-
!9
|51
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jason Richards]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Greg Murphy]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Tasman Motorsport]]
|1:11.3440
|1:10.7157
|
|-
!10
|9
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Russell Ingall]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Luke Youlden]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Stone Brothers Racing]]
|1:19.3508
|1:10.6275
|
|-
!11
|33
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lee Holdsworth]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Dean Canto]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Garry Rogers Motorsport]]
|
|1:10.7554
|
|-
!12
|8
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Max Wilson]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Caruso (racing driver)|Michael Caruso]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[WPS Racing]]
|
|1:10.7601
|
|-
!13
|18
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alex Davison]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Andrew Thompson (racing driver)|Andrew Thompson]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Dick Johnson Racing]]
|
|1:10.7823
|
|-
!14
|88
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Lyons (racing driver)|Richard Lyons]]<br/>{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Allan Simonsen (racing driver)|Allan Simonsen]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Triple Eight Race Engineering|Team Vodafone]]
|
|1:10.8428
|
|-
!15
|55
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steve Owen (racing driver)|Steve Owen]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tony D'Alberto]]
|[[Holden VZ Commodore]]
|[[Rod Nash Racing|Autobarn Racing]]
|
|1:10.9802
|
|-
!16
|50
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cameron McConville]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[David Reynolds (racing driver)|David Reynolds]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Paul Weel Racing|Supercheap Auto Racing]]
|
|1:10.9869
|
|-
!17
|25
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bright]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Adam Macrow]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Britek Motorsport]]
|
|1:11.0281
|
|-
!18
|7
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Shane Price]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Perkins (racing driver)|Jack Perkins]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Perkins Engineering|Jack Daniel's Racing]]
|
|1:11.0284
|
|-
!19
|34
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Greg Ritter]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cameron McLean]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Garry Rogers Motorsport]]
|
|1:11.0609
|
|-
!20
|2
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Glenn Seton]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tony Longhurst]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Holden Racing Team]]
|
|1:11.2925
|
|-
!21
|10
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bargwanna]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Grant Denyer]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[WPS Racing]]
|
|
|1:11.3658
|-
!22
|11
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Marcus Marshall]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Kayne Scott]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Perkins Engineering|Jack Daniel's Racing]]
|
|
|1:11.3810
|-
!23
|021
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Shane van Gisbergen]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John McIntyre (driver)|John McIntyre]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Team Kiwi Racing]]
|
|
|1:11.4615
|-
!24
|12
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Andrew Jones (racing driver)|Andrew Jones]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Simon Wills (racing driver)|Simon Wills]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Brad Jones Racing|Team BOC]]
|
|
|1:11.5038
|-
!25
|20
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Dumbrell]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Weel]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Paul Weel Racing|Supercheap Auto Racing]]
|
|
|1:11.5118
|-
!26
|67
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Morris (racing driver)|Paul Morris]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steve Ellery]]
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Paul Morris Motorsport|Team Sirromet Wines]]
|
|
|1:11.5699
|-
!27
|26
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Warren Luff]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Gurr]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Britek Motorsport]]
|
|
|1:11.7990
|-
!28
|111
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jonathon Webb]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Paul Cruickshank Racing]]
|
|
|1:11.8028
|-
!29
|39
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Fabian Coulthard]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Pither]]
|[[Holden VZ Commodore]]
|[[Paul Morris Motorsport|Team Sirromet Wines]]
|
|
|1:11.8885
|-
!30
|3
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Noske]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} Jay Verdnik
|[[Holden VE Commodore]]
|[[Tasman Motorsport]]
|
|
|1:11.9127
|-
!31
|14
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Damien White]]<br/>{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Christian Murchison]]
|[[Ford BF Falcon]]
|[[Brad Jones Racing|Team BOC]]
|
|
|1:11.9297
|-
|}

===Race===
The race was held on Sunday, 16 September 2007. 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos
! No
! Drivers
! Team
! Car
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
!1
|888
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jamie Whincup]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Craig Lowndes]] 
|[[Triple Eight Race Engineering]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|161
| 3:23:16.5157
|5
|'''72'''
|-
!2
|1
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Rick Kelly]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Paul Radisich]]
|[[HSV Dealer Team]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|161
| +2.7173
|8
|'''60'''
|-
!3
|6
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Steven Richards]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Owen Kelly]]
|[[Ford Performance Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|161
| +13.0689
|6
|'''51'''
|-
!4
|16
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Garth Tander]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Craig Baird]]
|[[HSV Dealer Team]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|161
| +35.6291
|4
|'''45'''
|-
!5
|33
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lee Holdsworth]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Dean Canto]]
|[[Garry Rogers Motorsport]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|161
| +40.2961
|11
|'''39'''
|-
!6
|20
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Dumbrell]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Weel]]
|[[Paul Weel Racing]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|161
| +59.7193
|25
|'''36'''
|-
!7
|9
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Russell Ingall]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Luke Youlden]]
|[[Stone Brothers Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|160
| +1 lap
|10
|'''33'''
|-
!8
|5
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Winterbottom]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Matthew Halliday (racing driver)|Matt Halliday]]
|[[Ford Performance Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|160
| +1 lap
|1
|'''30'''
|-
!9
|22
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Todd Kelly]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Pretty]]
|[[Holden Racing Team]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|160
| +1 lap
|3
|'''27'''
|-
!10
|88
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Lyons (racing driver)|Richard Lyons]]<br/>{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Allan Simonsen (racing driver)|Allan Simonsen]]
|[[Triple Eight Race Engineering]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|160
| +1 lap
|14
|'''24'''
|-
!11
|55
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steve Owen (racing driver)|Steve Owen]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tony D'Alberto]]
|[[Rod Nash Racing]]
|[[Holden Commodore VZ]]
|160
| +1 lap
|15
|'''18'''
|-
!12
|111
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jonathon Webb]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]]
|[[Paul Cruickshank Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|160
| +1 lap
|28
|'''15'''
|-
!13
|2
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Glenn Seton]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tony Longhurst]]
|[[Holden Racing Team]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|160
| +1 lap
|20
|'''12'''
|-
!14
|51
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jason Richards]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Greg Murphy]]
|[[Tasman Motorsport]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|160
| +1 lap
|9
|'''9'''
|-
!15
|67
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Morris (racing driver)|Paul Morris]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steve Ellery]]
|[[Paul Morris Motorsport]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|160
| +1 lap
|26
|'''6'''
|-
!16
|4
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[James Courtney]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[David Besnard]]
|[[Stone Brothers Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|160
| +1 lap
|2
|
|-
!17
|11
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Marcus Marshall]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Kayne Scott]]
|[[Perkins Engineering]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|160
| +1 lap
|22
|
|-
!18
|34
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Greg Ritter]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cameron McLean]]
|[[Garry Rogers Motorsport]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|159
| +2 laps
|19
|
|-
!19
|39
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Fabian Coulthard]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Chris Pither]]
|[[Paul Morris Motorsport]]
|[[Holden Commodore VZ]]
|159
| +2 laps
|29
|
|-
!20
|021
|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Shane van Gisbergen]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John McIntyre (driver)|John McIntyre]]
|[[Team Kiwi Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|154
| +7 laps
|23
|
|-
!DNF
|18
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alex Davison]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Andrew Thompson (racing driver)|Andrew Thompson]]
|[[Dick Johnson Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|140
|
|13
|
|-
!DNF
|8
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Max Wilson]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Michael Caruso (racing driver)|Michael Caruso]]
|[[WPS Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|134
|
|12
|
|-
!DNF
|10
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bargwanna]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Grant Denyer]]
|[[WPS Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|127
|
|21
|
|-
!DNF
|26
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Warren Luff]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Gurr]]
|[[Britek Motorsport]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|123
|
|27
|
|-
!DNF
|50
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cameron McConville]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[David Reynolds (racing driver)|David Reynolds]]
|[[Paul Weel Racing]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|117
|
|16
|
|-
!DNF
|3
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Noske]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} Jay Verdnik
|[[Tasman Motorsport]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|108
|
|30
|
|-
!DNF
|12
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Andrew Jones (racing driver)|Andrew Jones]]<br/>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Simon Wills (racing driver)|Simon Wills]]
|[[Brad Jones Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|92
|
|24
|
|-
!DNF
|25
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bright]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Adam Macrow]]
|[[Britek Motorsport]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|77
|Spun out
|17
|
|-
!DNF
|14
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Damien White]]<br/>{{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Christian Murchison]]
|[[Brad Jones Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|66
|
|31
|
|-
!DNF
|7
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Shane Price]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jack Perkins (racing driver)|Jack Perkins]]
|[[Perkins Engineering]]
|[[Holden Commodore VE]]
|35
|Hydraulics
|18
|
|-
!DNF
|17
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Will Davison]]<br/>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steven Johnson (racing driver)|Steven Johnson]]
|[[Dick Johnson Racing]]
|[[Ford Falcon BF]]
|29
|Brakes
|7
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230317084717/http://racing.natsoft.com.au/639632453/object_276671.81c/Result?29 Race results, Just Car Insurance 500, 16 September 2007, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]

{{V8 race report|
 Name_of_race = Sandown 500 |
 Year_of_race = 2007 |
 Previous_race_in_season = [[2007 Oran Park round of the V8 Supercar Championship|2007 Oran Park]] |
 Next_race_in_season = [[2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000]] |
 Previous_year's_race = [[2006 Betta Electrical 500]] |
 Next_year's_race = [[2011 Dial Before You Dig Australian Manufacturers' Championship 500|2011 Dial Before You Dig AMC 500]]|
}}

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