2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500

The 2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500 was the seventh 500km race held at Queensland Raceway. It was held on 15 November 2008, and only attracted nine entrants.[1]

Results

Qualifying 1

Qualifying session 1 was held on Saturday, 15 November, at 10:30am.[1]

Pos	No.	Entrant	Driver	Car	Time
1	11	Lakemp	Russell Kempnich	Porsche 956	1:14.0813
2	32	Howard Racing	Grant Sherrin	Ford AU Falcon	1:14.1379
3	111	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper	Porsche 997 Cup Car	1:14.4265
4	29	V.I.P Petfoods Pty Ltd	Tony Quinn Kent Quinn	Porsche GT3	1:14.8256
5	28	Sheep Station Racing	David Beard	Porsche GT3 Cup	1:16.2948
6	22	Team Pish	Steven Kepper Terry Knight	Porsche 997 Cup Car	1:16.6513
7	55	Elite Fleet	Gary Leaton	Holden Monaro	1:19.2161
8	4	Hi-Way 1	Derek Hocking Kim Rasker Colin Giblett	Holden VZ Ute	1:27.7837
9	9	A Team	Stephen Pocock Bruce LeGarde	Honda Civic	1:30.3741

Qualifying 2

Qualifying session 2 was held on Saturday, 15 November, at 11:40am.[1]

Pos	No.	Entrant	Driver	Car	Time
1	29	V.I.P Petfoods Pty Ltd	Kent Quinn	Porsche GT3	1:13.7547
2	22	Team Pish	Terry Knight	Porsche 997 Cup Car	1:15.2913
3	55	Elite Fleet	Gary Leaton D.Croswell	Holden Monaro	1:15.4580
4	32	Howard Racing	Grant Sherrin	Ford AU Falcon	1:15.7339
5	111	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper	Porsche 997 Cup Car	1:22.9772
6	4	Hi-Way 1	R.Rasker C.Giblett	Holden VZ Ute	1:27.7751
7	28	Sheep Station Racing	Brad Rankin	Porsche GT3 Cup	1:34.4500

Race

The race was held on Saturday, 15 November, at 3:45pm.[1]

Pos	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Grid
				Engine
1	32	Howard Racing	Grant Sherrin David Russell	Ford AU Falcon	155	3
				Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
2	11a	Lakemp	Russell Kempnich	Porsche 956	161*	2
				Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
	11b		Roger Lago Wayne Park	Porsche 997 Cup Car
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
3	29a	V.I.P Petfoods Pty Ltd	Kent Quinn	Porsche 996 Cup Car	161*	1
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
	29b		Tony Quinn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
4	22a	Team Pish	Terry Knight Peter Mills	Porsche 996 Cup Car	149	5
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
	22b		Steven Kepper Matthew Coleman	Porsche 997 Cup Car
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
5	111	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper Graeme Juniper	Porsche 997 Cup Car	148	4
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6	28a	Sheep Station Racing	Brad Rankin Roger Burman	Porsche 996 Cup Car	148	7
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
	28b		David Beard	Porsche 996 Turbo S
				Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
	28c		James Austin	Porsche 996 Cup Car
				Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
7	4a	Hi-Way 1	Derek Hocking	Holden VY Commodore SS	131	8
				Chevrolet Generation III LS1 5.7L V8
	4b		Kim Rasker	Holden VZ Ute SS
				Chevrolet Generation III LS1 5.7L V8
	4c		Colin Giblett	Holden VT Commodore
				Holden Ecotec 3.6L V6
	4d		Rod Rasker	Holden VZ Ute SS
				Chevrolet Generation III LS1 5.7L V8
8	9a	A Team	Bruce LeGarde	Honda Civic	126	9
				Honda D16Y4 1.6L I4
	9b		Stephen Pocock	Honda Civic
				Honda EW2 1.5L I4
DNF	55a	Elite Fleet	Gary Leaton John English	Holden VZ Monaro	75	6
				Chevrolet Generation III LS1 5.7L V8
	55b		Ryan McLeod Dean Croswell	Holden VZ Commodore
				Holden Aurora 5.0L V8

* Cars 11 and 29 finished first and second respectively, however were relegated to positions two and three after the race.

References

1. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 15 November 2008 Queensland 500 Club Enduro". National Software. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.