The 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour was an Australian endurance race for Production Cars, held over a twelve-hour period starting from 5:45am on 8 April 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales. It was the fifth Bathurst 12 Hour race and the first to be staged since 1994.Aaron Noonan, No Bathurst Bunnies, Australian Motorsport News, No 358, 4–17 April 2007, pages 40-41 It was also the opening round of the 2007 Australian Production Car Championship.Grant Rowley and Andrew van Leeuwen, Rocking Around the Clock, Australian Motorsport News, No 359, 18 April - 22 May 2007, pages 54-59
The race was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars and to invited cars not eligible under Group 3E, but otherwise subject to compliance with Group 3E specifications.2007 Bathurst International Motor Festival - 12hour Category Supplementary Regulations – Final 10.11.06 These included Tarmac Rally Cars built to Modern Tarmac Rally Spec Rules and cars that had competed in the Australian Performance Car Championship and the Australian Production Car Championship in the last five years. After 257 laps and 1596 kilometres of racing, Garry Holt, Paul Morris and Craig Baird claimed victory in a BMW 335i, finishing a minute and 18 seconds ahead of the Subaru Impreza WRX STi of rally drivers Chris Atkinson, Dean Herridge and Cody Crocker.
Class structure Cars competed in the following classes:Bathurst 12 Hour Showroom Enduro - Update / TV coverage Retrieved on 3 December 2011 Class A : Penrite Rear Wheel Drive Performance Cars Class B : Sonax All Wheel Drive Performance Cars Class C : APCC Hot Hatches Class D : APCC Production Sports and Touring Sedans Class E : APCC Production Hatch and Sedans Class F : APCC Production Micro Sports and Coupes Class G : Eco Diesel Over 3.5 Litre Class H : Eco Diesel 3.5 Litres and Under
Results Position2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour Race Results Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 3 October 2007 Drivers No. Car Entrant Class pos. ClassAlthough some sources show classes as Class 1, Class 2 etc, official results at www.natsoft.com.au quote Class A, Class B etc Laps 1 Craig Baird Garry Holt Paul Morris 20 BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts P/L 1 A 257 2 Chris Atkinson Cody Crocker Dean Herridge 98 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Spec C Subaru Australia 1 B 257 3 Rick Bates Peter Gazzard Bob Hughes 15 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution VIIIGrant Rowley, Bring back the BIMF!, Australian Motorsport News, No 358, 4–17 April 2007, page 18 Scott's Transport 2 B 253 4 Beric Lynton Barrie Morcom Chris Pither 17 BMW 335i Rondo 2 A 253 5 Chris Alajajian Neil Crompton Grant Denyer 7 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Spec C Subaru Australia 3 B 248 6 Shaun Juniper Andrew Moffat David Russell 9 BMW 130i Australian Motor Finance 1 C 247 7 Marc Cini Mark Eddy Dean Grant 10 BMW 130i Bended Elbow 2 C 246 8 Peter Kelly Luke Searle 3 BMW 130i SAE College 3 C 244 9 John Bowe Chris Delfsma Jack Elsegood 21 Ford BF Falcon XR8 Century 21 1 D 244 10 Andrew Fawcet David Ryan Michael Trimble 12 FPV F6 Typhoon Robinson Racing Developments 3 A 240 11 Neal Bates Colin Osborne John Roecken 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 1 E 240 12 Andrew Bretherton Trevor Keene Tim Slade 50 Mini Cooper S Mid-West Multimedia 2 E 239 13 David Mertens Leigh Mertens Carl Schembri 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 3 E 238 14 Nathan Callaghan Allan Letcher David Turner 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 2 D 232 15 Jack Perkins Nathan Pretty Shane Price Jason Richards 4 HSV VXR Coupe Holden Motorsport 4 C 230 16 Stuart Jones Grant Sherrin Iain Sherrin Jim Wallace 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 1 F 226 17 Peter Conroy Terry Conroy Bob Hadley 14 Honda Integra Type S Hankook Tyres/DBA 4 E 223 18 Paul Faulkner Richard Howe Dennis O'Keefe Don Tryhorn 94 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Aporschapart 3 D 223 19 Phil Alexander Gary Mennell Shane Smollen Paul Stubber 40 BMW 323i Dayco/Wefil Cooper/Nippon/Max/On Track Motorsport 5 E 221 20 Keen Booker Rocco Rinaldo David Stone 76 Alfa Romeo 159 2.4 JT Thomson Alfa Romeo 1 G 218 21 Amber Anderson Danielle Argiro Helen Stig 72 Toyota Celica SX Thrifty Car Rental 6 E 211 22 Martin Bailey Steve Briffa Allan Shephard 27 Mazda 3 MPS Thrifty Car Rental 5 C 206 23 Mark Brame Mark King Jason Walsh 38 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution VIII Pro-Duct Motorsport 3 B 200 24 Michael Auld Brian Walden Garth Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Walden Motorsport / Syd Fab 4 D 188 25 Richard Mork Richard Prince Martin Rambow Peter Vicary 77 Honda Integra Type R V8Racing.com 7 E 109 DNF Anton Mechtler Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart 33 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution VIII Pro-Duct Motorsport B 200 DNF Warren Bossie Jim Hunter Jayson Williamson Matthew Windsor 88 Subaru Impreza RS Jim Hunter's Suspension F 198 DNF Christian D'agostin Scott Nicholas Tim Sipp 25 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Wilson Brothers Racing B 194 DNF Lauren Gray Christina Orr Samantha Reid Leanne Tander 6 Holden Astra CDTi Turbo Holden Motorsport H 136 DNF Denis Cribbin Roland Hill Paul Jenkins 66 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Lakeside Motorsport Park D 79 DNF Brad Lowe Dean Neville Ben Neilsen 2 FTE TE50 Kitome Pty Ltd A 76 DNF Gary Deane Rob Rubis 91 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Gary Deane Constructions/Truffle Group Catering B 53
Fastest lap was 2m32.5945s, recorded by Car 20 when driven by Craig Baird.Grant Rowley, Once Around the Clock, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3/2007, pages 172-173
References
External links Images from the 2007 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour at www.pbase.com 2007 WPS 12 Hour Race Final Results at www.bimf.com.au via web.archive.org