Queensland 2013 Armor All Gold Coast 600
Event Information
Round 12 of 14 in the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date25–27 October 2013
LocationSurfers Paradise, Queensland
VenueSurfers Paradise Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 102 laps 300 km
Pole position Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:10.9569
Winner Craig Lowndes
Warren Luff
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 2:12:10.6077
Race 2
Distance 102 laps 300 km
Pole position David Reynolds
Rod Nash Racing		 1:10.0480
Winner David Reynolds
Dean Canto
Rod Nash Racing		 2:09:31.0836

The 2013 Armor All Gold Coast 600 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars. It was the eleventh event of the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 25–27 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

The twelfth event on the Gold Coast saw Craig Lowndes take the championship lead from Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup after Whincup and co-driver Paul Dumbrell failed to finish the Saturday race, with Dumbrell causing a heavy crash for Greg Murphy before suffering a drive-train failure. Lowndes and co-driver Warren Luff won the race from pole ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and Jeroen Bleekemolen, the first Dutchman to stand on a V8 Supercar podium, and Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards.[1] David Reynolds won the first race of his career in the Sunday race, with he and co-driver Dean Canto winning from pole. Fabian Coulthard and Luke Youlden finished second ahead of Russell Ingall and Ryan Briscoe, Briscoe's first podium finish and Ingall's first since 2009. James Courtney and Murphy looked set to take victory until a steering problem put them out of the race.[2] Whincup and Dumbrell finished fourth while Lowndes and Luff were eighth, leaving Lowndes with a six-point championship lead. Lowndes and Luff won the Endurance Cup ahead of Whincup and Dumbrell and Winterbottom and Richards.[3]

Race results

Qualifying - Race 30


Top Ten Shootout

Race 30

Qualifying - Race 31

Race 31

Standings

  • After 23 of 30 races.
Pos No Name Team Points
1 1 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 3060
2 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 2842
3 888 Australia Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 2815
4 6 Australia Will Davison Ford Performance Racing 2503
5 9 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 2182

References

  1. ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (26 October 2013). "Lowndes takes points lead with Gold Coast win". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (27 October 2013). "Relief for Reynolds after maiden win". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Howard, Tom (27 October 2013). "Lowndes/Luff claim inaugural Pirtek Enduro Cup". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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27°59′23″S 153°25′40″E / 27.98972°S 153.42778°E / -27.98972; 153.42778 (Surfers Paradise Street Circuit)

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