Holden’s Garth Tander has won the 2007 V8 Supercar championship at Phillip Island.
Tander finished fourth in race three on Sunday afternoon to win the final round of the series and secure the overall title ahead of Ford’s Jamie Whincup by just two points.Tvnz.co
Holden’s Garth Tander survived one of the most trying tests of on-track nerve ever afforded a V8 Supercar driver today to clinch the 2007 championship by just two points.
Tander spent the last 16 laps of the season as the meat in a Ford sandwich, with the only man who could beat him for the championship Jamie Whincup ahead and Whincup’s teammate Craig Lowndes battering him from behind. Sydney Morning Herald
Garth Tander is the new V8 Supercar Drivers’ Champion after a nail biting finish to the Dunlop Grand Finale at Phillip Island saw him and title rival Jamie Whincup separated by just two points.
A pressure concluding race to this year’s series saw Jamie Whincup come within one place of defeating Tander, but was unable to reel in a slowing eventual race winner, Todd Kelly. Matthew Agius, Crash.net
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