V8 Supercar History
Since 2002, the Surfers Paradise race has counted for points in the V8 Supercar championship. The Australian touring car category had been held as a non-championship race meeting for several years prior.
From 2003 to 2007 the V8s officially shared headliner status with the Champcar World Seies, and then the Indy Racing League in 2008.
The 2009 race was amended after the demise of A1GP by going to a 600 km (370 mi) format of four 150 km (93 mi) races, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. For 2010 the format was changed to consist of a single 300 km (190 mi) race on each day.
| Venue | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit |
| Race Format | |
| Race 1 | |
| - Laps | 102 |
| - Distance | 300 km |
| Race 2 | |
| - Laps | 102 |
| - Distance | 300 km |
| Last Race (2012) | |
| Winning Driver | Jamie Whincup Sebastien Bourdais |
| Winning Team | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winning Manufacturer | Holden |
| Season | Winning Driver | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | John Bowe | Ford EB Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 1996 | John Bowe | Ford EF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 1997 | Russell Ingall | Holden VS Commodore | Castrol Perkins Racing |
| 1998 | Mark Larkham | Ford EL Falcon | Larkham Motor Sport |
| 1999 | Paul Radisich | Ford EL Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2000 | Paul Radisich | Ford AU Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2001 | Garth Tander | Holden VX Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
| 2002 | Jason Bargwanna | Holden VX Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport |
| 2003 | Russell Ingall | Ford BA Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2004 | Greg Murphy | Holden VY Commodore | K-mart Racing Team |
| 2005 | Craig Lowndes | Ford BA Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2006 | Todd Kelly | Holden VZ Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2007 | Garth Tander | Holden VE Commodore | Toll HSV Dealer Team |
| 2008 | Jamie Whincup | Ford BF Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2009 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing |
| 2010 | Shane Van Gisbergen John McIntyre |
Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2011 | Jamie Whincup Sebastien Bourdais |
Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2012 | Jamie Whincup Sebastien Bourdais |
Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Read more about this topic: Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“It gives me the greatest pleasure to say, as I do from the bottom of my heart, that never in the history of the country, in any crisis and under any conditions, have our Jewish fellow citizens failed to live up to the highest standards of citizenship and patriotism.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)