2007 Oran Park 400

2007 Jim Beam 400

Event Information

Round 8 of 14 in the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Date

17–19 August 2007

Location

Sydney, New South Wales

Venue

Oran Park Raceway

Weather

Rain

Results

Race 1
Distance	46 laps	120 km
Pole position	Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team	1:08.4388
Winner	Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team	56:37.0949

Race 2
Distance	46 laps	120 km
Winner	Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:03:25.7192

Race 3
Distance	25 laps	65 km
Winner	Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport	37:59.1720

Round Results
First	Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport	47 pts
Second	Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing	38 pts
Third	Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering	38 pts

The 2007 Oran Park 400 (commercially titled 2007 Jim Beam 400) was the eighth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 17 to 19 August at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales.

The round was significant for the début of 3-time V8 Supercars champion and 3-time Bathurst 1000 winner Shane van Gisbergen with Team Kiwi Racing, as well as the first race and round win for Lee Holdsworth of Garry Rogers Motorsport.^[1]^[2]

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Car	Qualifying times
Pos	No	Name	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.117	1:08.875	1:08.439
2	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VE	1:08.966	1:08.633	1:08.529
3	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VE	1:08.753	1:08.725	1:08.544
4	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.134	1:08.917	1:08.606
5	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VE	1:08.557	1:08.834	1:08.640
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.127	1:08.771	1:08.693
7	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.143	1:08.657	1:08.699
8	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.042	1:09.013	1:08.754
9	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BF	1:08.871	1:08.841	1:08.925
10	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.258	1:09.006	1:10.309
11	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.367	1:09.015	N/A
12	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.369	1:09.019	N/A
13	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.361	1:09.035	N/A
14	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.202	1:09.125	N/A
15	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	1:09.280	1:09.397	N/A
16	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.529	1:09.502	N/A
17	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.337	1:09.511	N/A
18	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.379	1:09.559	N/A
19	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.532	1:09.947	N/A
20	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.521	no time	N/A
21	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.538	N/A	N/A
22	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.553	N/A	N/A
23	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.554	N/A	N/A
24	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.633	N/A	N/A
25	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VE	1:09.711	N/A	N/A
26	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	1:09.719	N/A	N/A
27	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.724	N/A	N/A
28	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:09.759	N/A	N/A
29	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:10.046	N/A	N/A
30	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford Falcon BF	1:10.121	N/A	N/A
31	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BF	1:10.404	N/A	N/A

Race 1 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	46	56:37.095	3	24
2	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	46	+0.648s	5	20
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	46	+1.039s	9	17
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	46	+10.332s	6	15
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	46	+11.018s	8	13
6	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	46	+18.219s	11	12
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	46	+19.230s	23	11
8	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	46	+26.079s	1	10
9	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	46	+28.570s	16	9
10	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	46	+29.045s	4	8
11	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	46	+30.133s	7	6
12	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	46	+31.466s	10	5
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	46	+36.750s	17	4
14	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	46	+39.776s	26	3
15	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	46	+40.126s	21	2
16	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	46	+41.328s	19	0
17	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	46	+41.984s	20	0
18	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	46	+42.570s	13	0
19	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	46	+49.237s	22	0
20	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing	46	+53.420s	29	0
21	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	46	+59.312s	24	0
22	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	46	+1:04.656s	31	0
23	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	45	+1 lap	30	0
24	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing	45	+1 lap	27	0
25	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	41	+4 laps	18	0
DNF	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	13		28	0
DNF	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	3		2	0
DNF	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	2		25	0
DNF	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	2		PL	0
DNF	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	1		12	0
DNF	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	1		14	0

Race 2 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	46	1:03:25.719	7	24
2	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	46	+2.991s	8	20
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	46	+3.952s	4	17
4	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	46	+4.413s	10	15
5	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	46	+21.347s	11	13
6	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	46	+25.245s	5	12
7	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	46	+26.858s	19	11
8	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	46	+24.279s	6	10
9	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	46	+40.435s	31	9
10	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing	46	+45.405s	24	8
11	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	46	+46.550s	16	6
12	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	46	+50.593s	13	5
13	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing	46	+55.682s	20	4
14	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	46	+1:01.651s	14	3
15	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	46	+1:02.223s	2	2
16	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	46	+1:06.507s	12	0
17	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	46	+1:06.881s	26	0
18	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	46	+1:06.977s	28	0
19	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	46	+1:07.658s	27	0
20	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	46	+1:08.184s	1	0
21	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	46	+1:12.046s	29	0
22	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	45	+1 lap	17	0
23	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	45	+1 lap	18	0
24	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	45	+1 lap	23	0
25	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	45	+1 lap	25	0
26	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	45	+1 lap	21	0
27	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	45	+1 lap	15	0
28	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	44	+2 laps	22	0
DNF	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	28		30	0
DNF	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	21		3	0
DNF	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	13		9	0

Race 3 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	46	1:11:03.351	4	24
2	16	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	46	+6.341s	19	20
3	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	46	+8.230s	9	17
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	46	+8.459s	30	15
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	46	+8.964s	6	13
6	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	46	+14.111s	5	12
7	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	46	+15.008s	17	11
8	55	Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	46	+16.230s	21	10
9	8	Max Wilson	WPS Racing	46	+16.469s	11	9
10	20	Paul Dumbrell	Paul Weel Racing	46	+19.836s	25	8
11	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	46	+23.633s	2	6
12	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	46	+24.258s	12	5
13	10	Jason Bargwanna	WPS Racing	45	+1 lap	27	4
14	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	45	+1 lap	1	3
15	1	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	45	+1 lap	15	2
16	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	45	+1 lap	8	0
17	14	Simon Wills	Brad Jones Racing	45	+1 lap	10	0
18	11	Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	45	+1 lap	26	0
19	111	John Bowe	Paul Cruickshank Racing	45	+1 lap	24	0
20	7	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	45	+1 lap	18	0
21	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	45	+1 lap	29	0
22	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	45	+1 lap	31	0
23	021	Shane van Gisbergen	Team Kiwi Racing	45	+1 lap	13	0
24	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	43	+3 laps	3	0
DNF	50	Cameron McConville	Paul Weel Racing	43		22	0
DNF	39	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Morris Motorsport	34		14	0
DNF	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31		20	0
DNF	26	Alan Gurr	Britek Motorsport	29		28	0
DNF	34	Dean Canto	Garry Rogers Motorsport	27		23	0
DNF	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motosport	22		16	0
DNF	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	17		7	0

References

^ "Van Gisbergen's Oran Park 2007 debut". Supercars Championship. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Rookie Holdsworth wins Oran Park round". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 August 2007.

External links

Oran Park Raceway website

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