2007 Just Car Insurance 500

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.

The race was won by Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes, driving a Ford Falcon BF for Team Vodafone.

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Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes won the race driving a Ford Falcon BF for Team Vodafone

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	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.6405	1:10.5655
2	4	Template:Flagicon James Courtney Template:Flagicon David Besnard	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:10.7277	1:10.4430
3	22	Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:10.7355	1:10.4918
4	16	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team	1:10.7895	1:10.4559
5	888	Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	1:10.7931	1:10.4711
6	6	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards Template:Flagicon Owen Kelly	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.8739	1:10.6281
7	17	Template:Flagicon Will Davison Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:10.9616	1:10.5391
8	1	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team	1:11.0001	1:10.6704
9	51	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:11.3440	1:10.7157
10	9	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:19.3508	1:10.6275
11	33	Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth Template:Flagicon Dean Canto	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:10.7554
12	8	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson Template:Flagicon Michael Caruso	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing		1:10.7601
13	18	Template:Flagicon Alex Davison Template:Flagicon Andrew Thompson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:10.7823
14	88	Template:Flagicon Richard Lyons Template:Flagicon Allan Simonsen	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone		1:10.8428
15	55	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	Autobarn Racing		1:10.9802
16	50	Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville Template:Flagicon David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing		1:10.9869
17	25	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		1:11.0281
18	7	Template:Flagicon Shane Price Template:Flagicon Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing		1:11.0284
19	34	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter Template:Flagicon Cameron McLean	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:11.0609
20	2	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team		1:11.2925
21	10	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna Template:Flagicon Grant Denyer	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing			1:11.3658
22	11	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing			1:11.3810
23	021	Template:Flagicon Shane van Gisbergen Template:Flagicon John McIntyre	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			1:11.4615
24	12	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones Template:Flagicon Simon Wills	Ford BF Falcon	Team BOC			1:11.5038
25	20	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing			1:11.5118
26	67	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris Template:Flagicon Steve Ellery	Holden VE Commodore	Team Sirromet Wines			1:11.5699
27	26	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff Template:Flagicon Alan Gurr	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.7990
28	111	Template:Flagicon Jonathon Webb Template:Flagicon John Bowe	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing			1:11.8028
29	39	Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard Template:Flagicon Chris Pither	Holden VZ Commodore	Team Sirromet Wines			1:11.8885
30	3	Template:Flagicon Mark Noske Template:Flagicon Jay Verdnik	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport			1:11.9127
31	14	Template:Flagicon Damien White Template:Flagicon Christian Murchison	Ford BF Falcon	Team BOC			1:11.9297

Race

The race was held on Sunday, 16 September 2007.

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

External links

• Race results, Just Car Insurance 500, 16 September 2007, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org