# 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.

## 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 | Mark Winterbottom Matt Halliday | Ford BF Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:10.6405 | 1:10.5655 | |
| 2 | 4 | James Courtney David Besnard | Ford BF Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 1:10.7277 | 1:10.4430 | |
| 3 | 22 | Todd Kelly Nathan Pretty | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:10.7355 | 1:10.4918 | |
| 4 | 16 | Garth Tander Craig Baird | Holden VE Commodore | Toll HSV Dealer Team | 1:10.7895 | 1:10.4559 | |
| 5 | 888 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | Ford BF Falcon | Team Vodafone | 1:10.7931 | 1:10.4711 | |
| 6 | 6 | Steven Richards Owen Kelly | Ford BF Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:10.8739 | 1:10.6281 | |
| 7 | 17 | Will Davison Steven Johnson | Ford BF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 1:10.9616 | 1:10.5391 | |
| 8 | 1 | Rick Kelly Paul Radisich | Holden VE Commodore | Toll HSV Dealer Team | 1:11.0001 | 1:10.6704 | |
| 9 | 51 | Jason Richards Greg Murphy | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport | 1:11.3440 | 1:10.7157 | |
| 10 | 9 | Russell Ingall Luke Youlden | Ford BF Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 1:19.3508 | 1:10.6275 | |
| 11 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | | 1:10.7554 | |
| 12 | 8 | Max Wilson Michael Caruso | Ford BF Falcon | WPS Racing | | 1:10.7601 | |
| 13 | 18 | Alex Davison Andrew Thompson | Ford BF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | | 1:10.7823 | |
| 14 | 88 | Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen | Ford BF Falcon | Team Vodafone | | 1:10.8428 | |
| 15 | 55 | Steve Owen Tony D'Alberto | Holden VZ Commodore | Autobarn Racing | | 1:10.9802 | |
| 16 | 50 | Cameron McConville David Reynolds | Holden VE Commodore | Supercheap Auto Racing | | 1:10.9869 | |
| 17 | 25 | Jason Bright Adam Macrow | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport | | 1:11.0281 | |
| 18 | 7 | Shane Price Jack Perkins | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Daniel's Racing | | 1:11.0284 | |
| 19 | 34 | Greg Ritter Cameron McLean | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | | 1:11.0609 | |
| 20 | 2 | Glenn Seton Tony Longhurst | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | | 1:11.2925 | |
| 21 | 10 | Jason Bargwanna Grant Denyer | Ford BF Falcon | WPS Racing | | | 1:11.3658 |
| 22 | 11 | Marcus Marshall Kayne Scott | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Daniel's Racing | | | 1:11.3810 |
| 23 | 021 | Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre | Ford BF Falcon | Team Kiwi Racing | | | 1:11.4615 |
| 24 | 12 | Andrew Jones Simon Wills | Ford BF Falcon | Team BOC | | | 1:11.5038 |
| 25 | 20 | Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel | Holden VE Commodore | Supercheap Auto Racing | | | 1:11.5118 |
| 26 | 67 | Paul Morris Steve Ellery | Holden VE Commodore | Team Sirromet Wines | | | 1:11.5699 |
| 27 | 26 | Warren Luff Alan Gurr | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport | | | 1:11.7990 |
| 28 | 111 | Jonathon Webb John Bowe | Ford BF Falcon | Paul Cruickshank Racing | | | 1:11.8028 |
| 29 | 39 | Fabian Coulthard Chris Pither | Holden VZ Commodore | Team Sirromet Wines | | | 1:11.8885 |
| 30 | 3 | Mark Noske Jay Verdnik | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport | | | 1:11.9127 |
| 31 | 14 | Damien White 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 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BF | 161 | 3:23:16.5157 | 5 | 72 |
| 2 | 1 | Rick Kelly Paul Radisich | HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VE | 161 | +2.7173 | 8 | 60 |
| 3 | 6 | Steven Richards Owen Kelly | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 161 | +13.0689 | 6 | 51 |
| 4 | 16 | Garth Tander Craig Baird | HSV Dealer Team | Holden Commodore VE | 161 | +35.6291 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | 161 | +40.2961 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | 20 | Paul Dumbrell Paul Weel | Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VE | 161 | +59.7193 | 25 | 36 |
| 7 | 9 | Russell Ingall Luke Youlden | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 160 | +1 lap | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom Matt Halliday | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 160 | +1 lap | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | 22 | Todd Kelly Nathan Pretty | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VE | 160 | +1 lap | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | 88 | Richard Lyons Allan Simonsen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon BF | 160 | +1 lap | 14 | 24 |
| 11 | 55 | Steve Owen Tony D'Alberto | Rod Nash Racing | Holden Commodore VZ | 160 | +1 lap | 15 | 18 |
| 12 | 111 | Jonathon Webb John Bowe | Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 160 | +1 lap | 28 | 15 |
| 13 | 2 | Glenn Seton Tony Longhurst | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VE | 160 | +1 lap | 20 | 12 |
| 14 | 51 | Jason Richards Greg Murphy | Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | 160 | +1 lap | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | 67 | Paul Morris Steve Ellery | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | 160 | +1 lap | 26 | 6 |
| 16 | 4 | James Courtney David Besnard | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 160 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 17 | 11 | Marcus Marshall Kayne Scott | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | 160 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 18 | 34 | Greg Ritter Cameron McLean | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | 159 | +2 laps | 19 | |
| 19 | 39 | Fabian Coulthard Chris Pither | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VZ | 159 | +2 laps | 29 | |
| 20 | 021 | Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre | Team Kiwi Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 154 | +7 laps | 23 | |
| DNF | 18 | Alex Davison Andrew Thompson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 140 | | 13 | |
| DNF | 8 | Max Wilson Michael Caruso | WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 134 | | 12 | |
| DNF | 10 | Jason Bargwanna Grant Denyer | WPS Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 127 | | 21 | |
| DNF | 26 | Warren Luff Alan Gurr | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | 123 | | 27 | |
| DNF | 50 | Cameron McConville David Reynolds | Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore VE | 117 | | 16 | |
| DNF | 3 | Mark Noske Jay Verdnik | Tasman Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | 108 | | 30 | |
| DNF | 12 | Andrew Jones Simon Wills | Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 92 | | 24 | |
| DNF | 25 | Jason Bright Adam Macrow | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | 77 | Spun out | 17 | |
| DNF | 14 | Damien White Christian Murchison | Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 66 | | 31 | |
| DNF | 7 | Shane Price Jack Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | 35 | Hydraulics | 18 | |
| DNF | 17 | Will Davison Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BF | 29 | Brakes | 7 | |