Gold Coast 500

2022 - 10 - 28

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Gold Coast 500 Supercars return as Main Beach residents hit the road (ABC News)

Vehicles queued up along a road that is being converted into race-track street circuit. The Gold Coast 500 causes major traffic congestion. (ABC Gold Coast: Tom ...

"Apart from the noise on Friday, Saturday and Sunday … "A lot of our locals go away and a lot of the people who come to the Gold Coast 500 are not our clientele. Supercars organisers say the Gold Coast 500 is set to inject $42 million into the Gold Coast economy. "We've got to look at the broader picture and the Gold Coast is a tourist town," he said. "It's handled very professionally and they [race organisers] have given very good information to all of the residents of Main Beach about what you can do and what you can't do," she said. - The Gold Coast 500 returns to the city for the first time since 2019

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Fast Facts: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 (Supercars.com)

1) This year marks the 19th time the Repco Supercars Championship has raced for points on the streets of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast since the first ...

9) The Supercars lap record on the Gold Coast has, historically, been one of the hardest to beat on the calendar. 7) A single team has locked out the front row of the grid in Supercars qualifying on the Gold Coast just five times. 1) This year marks the 19th time the Repco Supercars Championship has raced for points on the streets of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast since the first points-paying event in 2002. Todd Kelly and Mark Skaife did it for the Holden Racing Team in 2003, Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards for Ford Performance Racing in 2010 and Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen for Triple Eight in 2016 (Sunday), 2017 (Sunday) and 2019 (Sunday). Only seven of the 25 drivers in this year’s field have ever competed in a single driver Gold Coast Supercars round: Tim Slade, James Courtney, Lee Holdsworth, Will Davison, Mark Winterbottom, David Reynolds and Shane van Gisbergen. Van Gisbergen has missed the podium in only five of the 30 races held so far this year.

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GALLERY: Thursday at the Gold Coast 500 (Speedcafe)

View images from set-up day for the Repco Supercars Championship at the 2022 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500.

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Mobil 1 Live Updates: Gold Coast 500 (Speedcafe)

Welcome to live updates, presented by Mobil 1, from the Supercars Championship action at the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500.

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