2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars
The 2007 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars was the third round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 20 to the 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.
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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 | |||||||||||||
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Report
Qualifying
Part 1
For the second round in a row, only 30 cars made the grid for qualifying after Jack Perkins from Jack Daniels Racing crashed at approximately 160 km/h into the barrier, on the main straight. The first part of qualifying began with Rick Kelly quickest, however a number of cars including Shane Price, Jason Richards and Steven Richards all ran wide at the hairpin at turn 5. Brad Jones also crashed into the tyre barriers at the hairpin after brake failure, which caused the session to be red flagged. The session was restarted with Garth Tander taking provisional pole from his team mate 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 |
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1 | 5 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:55.6704 | |
2 | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VE Commodore | 0:55.7472 | |
3 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:55.7829 | |
4 | 1 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VE Commodore | 0:55.8038 | |
5 | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BF Falcon | 0:55.8338 | |
6 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VE Commodore | 0:55.8914 | |
7 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:55.9017 | |
8 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BF Falcon | 0:55.9271 | |
9 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.0126 | |
10 | 22 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.0329 | |
11 | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.1935 | |
12 | 51 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.2010 | |
13 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.2116 | |
14 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.2429 | |
15 | 021 | Team Kiwi Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.2550 | |
16 | 55 | Rod Nash Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 0:56.4472 | |
17 | 111 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.4827 | |
18 | 25 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.4952 | |
19 | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.5121 | |
20 | 20 | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.5823 | |
21 | 100 | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.7534 | |
22 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 0:56.7572 | |
23 | 8 | WPS Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.8609 | |
24 | 39 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 0:56.8658 | |
25 | 12 | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:56.9623 | |
26 | 10 | WPS Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:57.0628 | |
27 | 7 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | 0:57.1221 | |
28 | 14 | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BF Falcon | 0:57.5039 | |
29 | 26 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BF Falcon | 0:57.6683 | |
30 | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | 0:57.8552 | |
- | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | no time | |
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Race 1
Garth Tander got off the line and beat Mark Winterbottom into the first corner. Meanwhile, Dean Canto ran wide at the first corner and into the gravel trap, causing the safety car to come out at the end of the first lap. The race was not a great one for Britek Motorsport, with both cars in the pits on lap 11 with Jason Bright’s car cutting out, which was the same problem that caused the accident at the 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 |
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1 | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | 43 | 43min 46.0087sec | 2 | 24 | |
2 | 5 | Ford Performance Racing | 43 | +1.233 s | 1 | 20 | |
3 | 1 | HSV Dealer Team | 43 | +2.614 s | 4 | 17 | |
4 | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 43 | +5.245 s | 5 | 15 | |
5 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | 43 | +6.807 s | 3 | 13 | |
6 | 22 | Holden Racing Team | 43 | +10.534 s | 10 | 12 | |
7 | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | 43 | +16.298 s | 11 | 11 | |
8 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | 43 | +17.671 s | 9 | 10 | |
9 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | 43 | +18.053 s | 7 | 9 | |
10 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | 43 | +25.271 s | 6 | 8 | |
11 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | 43 | +26.005 s | 13 | 6 | |
12 | 51 | Tasman Motorsport | 43 | +26.328 s | 12 | 5 | |
13 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | 43 | +27.219 s | 14 | 4 | |
14 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 43 | +28.342 s | 8 | 3 | |
15 | 021 | Team Kiwi Racing | 43 | +28.342 s | 15 | 2 | |
16 | 8 | WPS Racing | 43 | +35.765 s | 23 | ||
17 | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 43 | +37.978 s | 19 | ||
18 | 100 | Paul Weel Racing | 43 | +43.720 s | 21 | ||
19 | 55 | Rod Nash Racing | 43 | +51.060 s | 16 | ||
20 | 10 | WPS Racing | 43 | +51.179 s | 26 | ||
21 | 111 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 43 | +55.733 s | 17 | ||
22 | 39 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 43 | +55.873 s | 24 | ||
23 | 20 | Paul Weel Racing | 43 | +56.946 s | 20 | ||
24 | 7 | Perkins Engineering | 42 | +1 lap | 27 | ||
25 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 40 | +3 laps | 22 | ||
26 | 12 | Brad Jones Racing | 37 | +6 laps | 28 | ||
Ret | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 31 | Engine | 25 | ||
Ret | 26 | Britek Motorsport | 21 | Throttle | 29 | ||
Ret | 14 | Brad Jones Racing | 20 | Hydraulics | 28 | ||
Ret | 25 | Britek Motorsport | 11 | Electrical | 18 | ||
DNS | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Did Not Start | ||||
Fastest Lap: Rick Kelly (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.4068 | |||||||
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Race 2
Even before the race had begun, there were problems for both Greg Murphy who had a stuck throttle in the installation laps before the race, and Andrew Jones who started from the pit lane. When the race started, Steven Richards had contact with Todd Kelly and spun off into the wall at turn 3. However he was able to continue, through also ran off the track at turn 5 a couple of laps later. At the hairpin (turn 5), Jamie Whincup overtook Garth Tander on the first lap, however Tander retook the position at the same location of lap 2. Andrew Jones had a new steering rack installed in his car due to problems in his steering and Paul Morris had engine dramas, which also caused his retirement in the first race. At the compulsory pit stop, Mark Winterbottom was able to overtake Tander, however he had a major brake lock-up into turn 5 on the out-lap, destroying his front left tyre and requiring a second pitstop. On lap 28, Jason Richards crashed at the hairpin, after having front left 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 team mate Rick Kelly.
Pos | No | Name | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | 43 | 47min 28.1385sec | 1 | 24 | |
2 | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 43 | +0.860 s | 4 | 20 | |
3 | 1 | HSV Dealer Team | 43 | +1.529 s | 3 | 17 | |
4 | 22 | Holden Racing Team | 43 | +1.915 s | 6 | 15 | |
5 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | 43 | +2.499 s | 9 | 13 | |
6 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | 43 | +3.520 s | 10 | 12 | |
7 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 43 | +3.765 s | 14 | 11 | |
8 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | 43 | +4.070 s | 11 | 10 | |
9 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | 43 | +5.255 s | 8 | 9 | |
10 | 021 | Team Kiwi Racing | 43 | +5.689 s | 10 | 8 | |
11 | 51 | Tasman Motorsport | 43 | +6.066 s | 12 | 6 | |
12 | 8 | WPS Racing | 43 | +7.640 s | 16 | 5 | |
13 | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 43 | +8.106 s | 17 | 4 | |
14 | 100 | Paul Weel Racing | 43 | +8.471 s | 18 | 3 | |
15 | 111 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 43 | +8.788 s | 21 | 2 | |
16 | 25 | Britek Motorsport | 43 | +9.105 s | 30 | ||
17 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 43 | +9.408 s | 25 | ||
18 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | 43 | +10.261 s | 5 | ||
19 | 55 | Rod Nash Racing | 43 | +10.607 s | 19 | ||
20 | 39 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 43 | +10.831 s | 22 | ||
21 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | 43 | +11.491 s | 13 | ||
22 | 14 | Brad Jones Racing | 43 | +11.867 s | 26 | ||
23 | 5 | Ford Performance Racing | 42 | +1 lap | 2 | ||
24 | 26 | Britek Motorsport | 42 | +1 lap | 28 | ||
25 | 7 | Perkins Engineering | 41 | +2 laps | 24 | ||
Ret | 10 | WPS Racing | 35 | Accident | 20 | ||
Ret | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | 27 | Accident | 7 | ||
Ret | 12 | Brad Jones Racing | 15 | Steering | 26 | ||
Ret | 20 | Paul Weel Racing | 10 | Retired | 23 | ||
Ret | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 8 | Engine | 27 | ||
DNS | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Did Not Start | ||||
Fastest Lap: Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing), 0:56.5605 | |||||||
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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 team mates 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 |
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1 | 1 | HSV Dealer Team | 36 | 47min 13.1552sec | 3 | 24 | |
2 | 22 | Holden Racing Team | 36 | +0.300 s | 4 | 20 | |
3 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | 36 | +0.758 s | 5 | 17 | |
4 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 36 | +1.189 s | 7 | 15 | |
5 | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 36 | +1.780 s | 2 | 13 | |
6 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | 36 | +2.111 s | 8 | 12 | |
7 | 021 | Team Kiwi Racing | 36 | +3.055 s | 10 | 11 | |
8 | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | 36 | +3.214 s | 1 | 10 | |
9 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | 36 | +3.610 s | 6 | 9 | |
10 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | 36 | +3.881 s | 9 | 8 | |
11 | 5 | Ford Performance Racing | 36 | +4.724 s | 23 | 6 | |
12 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | 36 | +5.175 s | 18 | 5 | |
13 | 51 | Tasman Motorsport | 36 | +5.905 s | 11 | 4 | |
14 | 8 | WPS Racing | 36 | +6.153 s | 12 | 3 | |
15 | 100 | Paul Weel Racing | 36 | +6.942 s | 14 | 2 | |
16 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | 36 | +7.046 s | 21 | ||
17 | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 36 | +7.211 s | 13 | ||
18 | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | 36 | +8.048 s | 27 | ||
19 | 39 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 36 | +8.569 s | 20 | ||
20 | 7 | Perkins Engineering | 36 | +8.737 s | 25 | ||
21 | 55 | Rod Nash Racing | 36 | +8.948 s | 19 | ||
22 | 12 | Brad Jones Racing | 36 | +9.360 s | 28 | ||
23 | 111 | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 36 | +9.811 s | 15 | ||
24 | 26 | Britek Motorsport | 36 | +10.162 s | 24 | ||
25 | 25 | Britek Motorsport | 35 | +1 lap | 16 | ||
Ret | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 27 | Accident | 17 | ||
Ret | 20 | Paul Weel Racing | 15 | Engine | 29 | ||
Ret | 14 | Brad Jones Racing | 6 | Accident | 22 | ||
Ret | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | 5 | Accident | 30 | ||
DNS | 10 | WPS Racing | Did Not Start | ||||
DNS | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Did Not Start | ||||
Fastest Lap: Rick Kelly (HSV Dealer Team), 0:56.4550 | |||||||
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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". www.foxsports.com.au. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
- "Tander upset by shortened race". www.foxsports.com.au. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
External links
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