Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
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The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary
From 1991 to 2008, the circuit hosted an
Circuit
Background
Ron Dickson, the president of D3 Motorsport Development held the rights for
Construction
The construction of the circuit has been acclaimed internationally[citation needed] and is used as a benchmark for new temporary street circuits world-wide.[citation needed] Over a full 12-month period plans are laid and then implemented to transform a bustling residential, commercial and holiday destination into a temporary street circuit capable of facilitating high-speed motor races and hundreds of thousands of people. The circuit construction since 2009 has been project managed by local Gold Coast firm iEDM who specialise in motorsport venue engineering and delivery.[2]
In constructing the original circuit, over a two-month construction period, seven bridges were erected, along with 2,515 concrete barriers, 11,500 grandstand seats, more than 140 corporate suites, 10 km (6.2 mi) of debris fencing and 16 km (9.9 mi) of security fencing, as well as many more temporary structures being fitted, and large-scale power and telecommunications systems being activated.
The circuit is also an international leader in motor racing safety standards applauded by the
Shortened layout
Since 2010, the Supercars Championship has run a notably shorter layout of the circuit. At the Turn 2 chicane, the circuit enters a hairpin to the left and rejoins the original track at the Esses. The then-CEO of V8 Supercars, Tony Cochrane, suggested this layout after the A1 Grand Prix cars dropped out of the 2009 event.[3] This was an effort to reduce the cost of running the event without an international drawcard series. This was achieved by reducing the construction time, amount of materials needed and also limits the impact on local residents and tourists. It is no longer possible to use the full circuit with the G:link light rail line having been built over it.[4]
History
American Championship car racing
An annual event had been held here beginning with the opening round of the
A1 Grand Prix
On 11 November 2008 after extensive negotiations with the IRL broke down, the
Touring cars
Since
From 2003 to 2007, the touring cars officially shared top billing with the Champcar World Series, and then with the Indy Racing League in 2008. The 2009 race was amended after the demise of A1GP, moving to a 600-kilometre (370 mi) format of four 150-kilometre (93 mi) races, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. From that year on, Supercars are the major category at the event. For 2010 the format was changed to consist of a single 300-kilometre (190 mi) race on each day, with two drivers per car.
In
Lap records
As of October 2023, the official race lap records at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit are listed as: [11]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "GALLERY: Gold Coast 500 track build". Speedcafe. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "iEDM - Motorsport". iedm.com.au/motorsport-engineering. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "V8 Supercar Challenge > Circuit". Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Herrero, Daniel (30 October 2018). "Queensland Premier seeks talks over Gold Coast Indy return". Speedcafe. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Stolz, Greg (11 November 2008). "Race over for Gold Coast Indy". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ "A1GP to race in Surfers Paradise". a1gp.com. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
- ^ "Gold Coast SuperGP unveiled as Indy replacement". news.com.au. 17 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ "糖尿病の初期症状を予防する". www.a1gp.com.
- ^ "A1GP statement". a1gp.com. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ^ Mival, Al (17 October 2009). "V8 Supercars to replace scrapped event as A1GP cars fail to show". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Natsoft Race Results". natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "2022 S5000 Tasman Series Gold Coast 500 - Race 2". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "2011 V8 Supercars Armor All Gold Coast 600 (Race 2)". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "2022 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Aust - Race 2". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Australian GT Championship Surfers Paradise 2019". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "2019 Vodafone Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Aussie Racing Car Series - Race 4". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
External links
- Official V8 Supercar Site Archived 28 September 2002 at the Wayback Machine
- Map and circuit history at RacingCircuits.info