Race 1
Race 1 was held on Saturday the 21 April 2007. Garth Tander got off the line and beat Mark Winterbottom into the first corner. Meanwhile, Dean Canto ran wide at the first corner and into the gravel trap, causing the safety car to come out at the end of the first lap.
The race was not a great one for Britek Motorsport, with both cars in the pits on lap 11 with Jason Bright’s car cutting out, which was the same problem that caused the accident at the BigPond 400 and Alan Gurr’s car having a sticky throttle.
After the compulsory pit stop, Tander lost the lead to Winterbottom, and struggled to keep Steven Richards in third place. Tander managed to keep Richards behind him, and eventually pulled away from him.
Tander managed to get back past Winterbottom, and won the race, from Winterbottom in second and Rick Kelly in third.
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