2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

Event Information
Round 10 of 14 in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	4–7 October 2007
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather	Fine, light drizzle during end of race
Results
Race 1
Distance	161 laps, 1000 km
Pole position	Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing	2:07.0908
Winner	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering	6:29:10.1985
Round Results
First	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering	72 pts
Second	James Courtney David Besnard Stone Brothers Racing	60 pts
Third	Steven Johnson Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing	51 pts

The 2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars, held on 7 October 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the tenth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was the eleventh running of the Australian 1000, first held in 1997 following an organisational split that occurred with the Bathurst 1000 in that year. It was the 51st race in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000 and the Australian 1000.

Practice

Free practice was held over three sessions on Thursday, 4 October and Friday, 5 October 2007.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held in two stages on Friday, 5 October 2007. The opening part of the session decided grid positions 21 to 31, with the twenty fastest cars progressing to the second leg of qualifying which decided grid positions 11 to 20. The fastest ten cars progress through to the traditional Top Ten Shootout, held the following day to decide grid positions 1 to 10. During the first leg of qualifying, Damien White crashed the Team BOC #14 Falcon, sustaining a concussion and sufficient damage to the car to put White and co-driver Christian Murchison out of the race.

After qualifying three cars, the #22 Holden Racing Team Commodore of Glenn Seton and Nathan Pretty, the #20 Supercheap Auto Racing Commodore of Paul Dumbrell and Paul Weel and the #55 Autobarn Racing Commodore of Steve Owen and Tony D'Alberto were excluded from qualifying after changing engines twice when under the regulations only one engine change is allowed without penalty. Additionally, Alex Davison missed a direction to have his car weighed on the scales at the end of the second leg qualifying which saw the Dick Johnson Racing Falcon excluded from the second leg of qualifying, relegating them to 20th grid position, which later became 19th after the exclusion of the Seton/Pretty Commodore.

Top 10 Shootout

The Top Ten Shootout was held on Saturday, 6 October 2007. Paul Radisich set the first time as the tenth qualifier at 2:08.4909. Lee Holdsworth undercut that time by three tenths of a second with third car Steven Johnson improving the benchmark to 2:08.0782. Greg Murphy, Russell Ingall, James Courtney and Craig Lowndes all failed to improve on Johnson's time, with Ingall spinning off track at Murray's Corner. Garth Tander took almost eight tenths off Johnson with Mark Skaife nudging a further tenth. Last car out, Mark Winterbottom drove a smooth clean lap and took pole position over Skaife by 0.1067 seconds.

Race

The race was held on Sunday, 7 October 2007.

The race had not even started before it had its first retirement. Cameron McConville's car had an engine failure heading up Mountain Straight and he retired at Griffins Bend. The race was started at 10:30am and after the field had passed McConville's car, the race director deemed the car was in an unsafe position and the safety car was deployed. The race resumed on Lap 4 and was without incident until Lap 52 when Andrew Jones's car caught fire at Forrests Elbow. He was able to drive the car safely to the gravel trap in The Chase and then marshals were able to extinguish the fire. The drivers resumed racing on Lap 53. Another safety car period did not occur until lap 91 when Marcus Marshall crashed the second Jack Daniel's Racing car. On Lap 102, Jack Perkins's car caught fire inside the car in the other Jack Daniel's Racing car. Perkins was able to drive the car into the pit lane and the fire was extinguished by the Britek Motorsport crew. On Lap 118, Dean Canto slid wide and crashed at Reid Park causing another safety car period.

Earlier the #1 Toll HSV Dealer Team car was retired with persistent brake fluid problems. At the time, this would have serious implications on the championship standings. Three laps later, the sister Toll HSV Dealer Team car retired with the same problem as the #1 car. Lap 134 saw the retirement of the #26 IRWIN Racing Britek Motorsport, Alan Gurr was at the wheel, crashed upon the restart. A lap later, Mark Noske retired with problems.

On 142, rain started to fall at different parts of the circuit, including Skyline, The Cutting and parts of Conrod Straight. Paul Morris spun the #67 Team Sirromet Wines into the wall at The Cutting, causing the safety car to be deployed. On Lap 148, rain was falling lightly on top of the mountain and five cars all fell victim to the wet conditions. Mark Winterbottom, Jason Bright, Russell Ingall, Mark Skaife and Shane Van Gisbergen all crashed just before McPhillamy Park Corner, Van Gisbergen hitting the rear of Ingall's slowing car, causing the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon to pit. Ingall made it back to the pits, but Skaife and Bright ended up in the gravel trap. Mark Winterbottom had to pit due to a damaged wheel, which cost him fifth position. Just after the restart, Shane Van Gisbergen spun at Murray's Corner. With only two laps remaining Race Control decided against deploying the safety car; instead telling crews to warn drivers.

In the final laps, Craig Lowndes, Steven Johnson, Greg Murphy and James Courtney were fighting for the win. Johnson passed Lowndes and held the lead. Courtney passed Murphy for third and Simonsen (5th) attempted an outside pass up Mountain Straight, but did not pull it off. One lap later, Lowndes passed Johnson at Hell Corner, pushing them both slightly wide, allowing Courtney to get past Johnson for second. They stayed that way right up until the chequered flag. Lowndes had won his third Bathurst 1000, Whincup had won his second and Ford had won their second consecutive win. Greg Murphy was the best placed Holden, coming in fourth, after being passed by Courtney on Lap 148.

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 2	Part 1
1	6	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	2:07.1481
2	2	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	2:07.4512
3	1	Garth Tander Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team	2:07.3856
4	888	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	2:07.6214
5	4	James Courtney David Besnard	Ford BF Falcon	Jeld-Wen Racing	2:07.9036
6	9	Russell Ingall Luke Youlden	Ford BF Falcon	Caltex Havoline Racing	2:07.9066
7	51	Greg Murphy Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	2:08.0331
8	17	Steven Johnson Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing	2:08.0881
9	33	Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	2:08.2545
10	16	Paul Radisich Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team	2:08.3500
11	34	Greg Ritter Cameron McLean	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	2:08.4006
12	25	Jason Bright Adam Macrow	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport	2:08.6625
13	12	Andrew Jones Simon Wills	Ford BF Falcon	Team BOC	2:08.9001
14	88	Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	2:08.9718
15	11	Marcus Marshall Kayne Scott	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing	2:08.9984
16	50	Cameron McConville David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing	2:09.0878
17	3	Mark Noske Jay Verdnik	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	2:11.2633
18	18	Alex Davison Andrew Thompson	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing	Excluded
19	8	Jason Bargwanna Max Wilson	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing		2:09.5378
20	26	Warren Luff Alan Gurr	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		2:09.7122
21	5	Owen Kelly Matt Halliday	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing		2:09.8141
22	111	John Bowe Jonathon Webb	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing		2:09.8464
23	7	Shane Price Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing		2:10.0196
24	67	Paul Morris Steve Ellery	Holden VE Commodore	Team Sirromet Wines		2:10.0945
25	39	Fabian Coulthard Chris Pither	Holden VZ Commodore	Team Sirromet Wines		2:10.3498
26	021	Shane Van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing		2:10.4038
27	14	Damien White Christian Murchison	Ford BF Falcon	Team BOC		2:11.2080
28	10	Michael Caruso Grant Denyer	Ford BF Falcon	WPS Racing		2:11.5360
29	22	Glenn Seton Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	Excluded	Excluded
30	20	Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing	Excluded	Excluded
31	55	Steve Owen Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	Autobarn Racing		Excluded

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time
Pole	6	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	2:07.0908
2	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	2:07.1961
3	1	Garth Tander	Toll HSV Dealer Team	2:07.2871
4	17	Steven Johnson	Jim Beam Racing	2:08.0782
5	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	2:08.1812
6	888	Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	2:08.2449
7	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	2:08.3672
8	4	James Courtney	Jeld-Wen Racing	2:08.3911
9	16	Paul Radisich	Toll HSV Dealer Team	2:08.4909
10	9	Russell Ingall	Caltex Havoline Racing	2:19.5966

Race results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	888	Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	161	6:29:10.1985	6th	72
2	4	James Courtney David Besnard	Jeld-Wen Motorsport	161	6:29:10.8223	8th	60
3	17	Steven Johnson Will Davison	Jim Beam Racing	161	6:29:11.0145	4th	51
4	51	Greg Murphy Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	161	6:29:11.3697	7th	45
5	88	Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen	Team Vodafone	161	6:29:18.5113	15th	39
6	55	Steve Owen Tony D'Alberto	Autobarn Racing	161	6:29:19.5279	12th	36
7	8	Jason Bargwanna Max Wilson	WPS Racing	161	6:29:22.0323	20th	33
8	18	Alex Davison Andrew Thompson	Jim Beam Racing	161	6:29:24.8447	19th	30
9	34	Greg Ritter Cameron McLean	Garry Rogers Motorsport	161	6:29:28.0785	11th	27
10	6	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	161	6:29:28.5564	1st	24
11	22	Glenn Seton Nathan Pretty	Holden Racing Team	161	6:29:38.5373	30th	18
12	20	Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel	Supercheap Auto Racing	161	6:29:41.9875	12th	15
13	5	Owen Kelly Matt Halliday	Ford Performance Racing	161	6:30:25.3606	22nd	12
14	111	Jonathon Webb John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	160	6:30:05.3069	23rd	9
15	10	Michael Caruso Grant Denyer	WPS Racing	159	6:30:02.3733	29th	6
16	39	Fabian Coulthard Chris Pither	Team Sirromet Wines	159	6:30:52.0009	26th
DNF	9	Russell Ingall Luke Youlden	Caltex Havoline Racing	149	5:56:11.7892 (retired - accident)	10th
DNF	25	Jason Bright Adam Macrow	Britek Motorsport	149	5:52:11.8935 (retired - accident)	13th
DNF	2	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	149	5:52:14.2582 (retired - accident)	2nd
DNF	021	Shane Van Gisbergen John McIntyre	Team Kiwi Racing	148	6:20:11.0470 (retired - accident)	27th
DNF	67	Paul Morris Steve Ellery	Team Sirromet Wines	145	5:47:41.8790 (retired - accident)	25th
DNF	3	Mark Noske Jay Verdnik	Tasman Motorsport	138	5:30:34.3369 (retired - accident)	18th
DNF	16	Paul Radisich Craig Baird	Toll HSV Dealer Team	137	5:29:06.7170 (retired - brakes)	9th
DNF	1	Garth Tander Rick Kelly	Toll HSV Dealer Team	134	5:23:22.6199 (retired - brakes)	3rd
DNF	26	Warren Luff Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	134	6:00:11.8774 (retired - accident)	21st
DNF	33	Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	118	4:35:18.1862 (retired - accident)	5th
DNF	7	Shane Price Jack Perkins	Jack Daniel's Racing	102	4:00:30.7537 (retired - fire)	24th
DNF	11	Marcus Marshall Kayne Scott	Jack Daniel's Racing	91	3:33:36.8580 (retired - accident)	16th
DNF	12	Andrew Jones Simon Wills	Team BOC	52	1:59:21.8522 (retired - fire)	14th
DNF [1]	50	Cameron McConville David Reynolds	Supercheap Auto Racing	0	(engine failure on warm-up lap)	17th
DNS [2]	14	Damien White Christian Murchison	Team BOC	0	DNS (accident in qualifying)	28th

Statistics

• Pole Position - #6 Mark Winterbottom - 2:07.0908
• Fastest Lap - #888 Jamie Whincup - 2:08.4651 (new lap record)
• Average Race Speed - 154 km/h ^[1]
• 7 Safety Car periods for a total of 13 Laps ^[1]

References

1. 1 2 3 2007 Race Results Archive at www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 28 November 2011
2. ↑ BATHURST 2007: The results from first to last at www.drive.com.au Retrieved on 28 November 2011

External links

• Supercheap 1000 website
• Official Race Results and Timing
• Images at momentstosavour.com