2007 V8 Supercar season

Changes

Driver changes

* In a joint statement released, Greg Murphy will drive for Tasman Motorsport in 2007, with Paul Dumbrell replacing Murphy at Supercheap Auto Racing. [cite news | title = Official: Greg Murphy joins Tasman Motorsport for 2007 | url = http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=M&author=&gid=23598763 | publisher = www.v8supercar.com.au | date = 2006-14-14 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]
* On 1st January 2007, FPR announced Steven Richards as the teams second driver. [cite news | title = Official: Richards moves to Ford | url = http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,20998173-23770,00.html?from=public_rss | publisher = www.foxsports.com.au | date = 2007-01-01 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]
* Andrew Jones will join his father's and uncle's team and race in the second Team BOC car. [cite news | title = Team BOC seeing double in 2007 | url = http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?gid=22960819&ind=M | publisher = www.v8supercar.com.au | date = 09-12-2006 | accessdate = 07-02-2007]
* Jack Daniel's Racing will run two V8 Supercar rookies, Shane Price and Jack Perkins in the 2007 season. [cite news | title = Price and Perkins Jnr step up to main V8 Supercar Series in 2007 | url = http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=M&gid=26058005 | publisher = www.v8supercar.com.au | date = 03-01-2007 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]
* Alan Gurr will drive for Britek Motorsport as the teammate to Jason Bright. [cite news | title = IRWIN industrial tools to enter V8 Supercar racing | url = http://www.v8dailydump.com/news/allArticle.tt2?NEWSITEMID=5110 | publisher = www.v8dailydump.com.au | date = 2007-01-23 | accessdate = 2007-01-23]
* John Bowe will drive for the Paul Cruikshank Racing team in his final year of V8 Supercar racing before retirement. [cite news | title = John Bowe Announces V8 Supercar Retirement | url = http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=M&gid=30435229 | publisher = www.v8supercar.com.au | date = 08-02-2007 | accessdate = 08-02-2007]
*As of the 14th Of May, 2007 Simon Wills will take over the #14 Team BOC car from the retired Brad Jones.
*After Bathurst Fabian Coulthard was dropped from Team Sirromet Wines older VZ Commodore and replaced with Ford Performance Racing's endurance co-driver, Owen Kelly.
*Between the Bahrain and Symmons Plains rounds Jack Perkins stood aside from his Jack Daniel's Racing VE Commodore citing medical reasons. Recent Carrera Cup star and former Champ Car racer, Marcus Marshall returns to the team after racing in the #11 car at Sandown and Bathurst to complete the season.

Team changes

* Triple Eight Race Engineering will have Vodafone as their main sponsor in 2007 replacing Betta Electrical. [cite news | title = Vodafone to title sponsor V8 team | url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/55562 | publisher = www.autosport.com | date = 09-11-2006 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]
* Orccon will return to V8 Supercars as a sponsor for FPR. [cite news | title = Orrcon jumps out of the blocks first | url = http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=M&author=&gid=25815943 | publisher = www.v8supercar.com.au | date = 2007-01-01 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]
* WPS Racing has undergone a complete re-structure of the team with Team Principal Mark Larkham leaving. [cite news | title = Larkham and WPS Racing part ways | url = http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=M&gid=28147500 | publisher = www.v8supercar.com.au | date = 2007-01-19 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]
* At the DJR season launch on 6 February 2007, it was announced that Jim Beam would be the main naming sponsor of the team. [cite news | title = Johnson secures Jim Beam deal | url = http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,21182255-23770,00.html | publisher = www.foxsports.com.au | date = 06-02-2007 | accessdate = 07-02-2007]

Rule Changes

* Points will only be awarded to the top 15 finishers.
* The top ten shootout will only be run at the endurance events.
* A single 45 minute qualifying session will be held in a fashion similar to Formula One, were all cars compete in the first 15 minutes. The quickest 20 will then complete in the second 15 minutes and the quickest 10 will complete in the final 15 minutes.
* No rounds will be dropped for the championship.
* There will be a greater spread of points between the point scoring positions.cite news | title = V8 Supercar rules makeover | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/V8-Supercar-rules-makeover/2006/09/03/1157221998051.html | publisher = www.smh.com.au | date = 03-09-2006 | accessdate = 2007-01-20]

Results and Standings

Drivers Championship

Team Championship

References

External links

* [http://www.v8supercar.com.au/ Official V8 Supercar website]
* [http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2007 2007 Racing Results Archive]
* [http://www.motorsport.com/photos/series.asp?Y=2007&S=AUSV8SS 2007 V8 Supercar images] Retrieved from motorsport.com on 16 August 2008