The 2007 Clipsal 500 was the first race of the 2007 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 1 to 4 March around the inner streets of

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, the capital of

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. The

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is a unique event where the round results are determined by the results from the 2nd race, rather that the driver with the most points from the weekend. This means, as was the case in the 2007 round, that the winner of the round doesn't necessarily lead the championship after the event.

Qualifying

The event was the first run under the new 2007 qualifying rules, in which the one-hour session is split into three 'knock out' parts. The first major eliminations occurred in the second part when

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and defending champion

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were eliminated. The front row of the grid for the first race was an all Ford row, with

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from

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taking pole and Team Vodafone's

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taking second.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 3 March 2007. The race began with

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spinning at the Senna Chicane on the first lap after colliding with Andrew Jones. Team BOC also had problems with Brad Jones losing his front left wheel and brake assembly on lap 11. John Bowe had a bad start to the year with his new team after running wide at the end of the main straight and clipping the tyre barrier. This destroyed the front right suspension on the car causing his retirement on lap 16. On lap 48,

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was given a drive through penalty for contact with

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at turn 4. The remainder of the race was uneventful, with

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winning the race from

and

in third.

Race 2

Race 2 was run on Sunday 4 March. The race began with

having another bad start and dropping from 2nd to 10th after the first lap.

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from Irwin Racing and

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from

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collided at turn 5 on the first lap causing Gurr to retire from the race and Steve Owen from Autobarn Racing hit the concrete wall on the outside of turn 8 causing his retirement from the race. These incidents cause the first safety car of the weekend. Following from the restart, Jack Perkins had engine problems, stalling at turn 11 and being hit by

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causing his retirement and a penalty to Dumbrell which caused the second safety car on lap 8. After the pit lane opened for the compulsory stops, a collision occurred between

and

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causing Tander to be given a drive through penalty. The remainder of the race was relatively incident free, with only minor collisions between drivers, until lap 64 when

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stopped on the track with an electrical problem causing the safety car to be deployed for the third time. This bunched the field up, causing an 18 lap sprint to the finish with

leading from his brother

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. On lap 68,

made a small mistake in turn 7 allowing

past and into the lead. This is how the race finished with

winning, from

and

in third.

Results

Qualifying

Race 1 results

Race 2 results

In-Car Camera Coverage

The six cars with in-car cameras at the first round were Mark Skaife, Craig Lowndes, James Courtney, Max Wilson, Cameron McConville and Rick Kelly. On Sunday Jason Bright also carried cameras.

Standings

After Round 1 of 13

References

External links

Clipsal 500 website
{{ATCC rounds 2000–2009 Adelaide 500

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