The 2008 Porsche Centre Gold Coast 500 was the seventh 500km

Queensland 500

The Queensland 500 was originally a V8 Supercar endurance touring car race held from 1999 to 2002. The race was held at Queensland Raceway near Ipswich. It replaced the Sandown 500 when it relinquished its role as the two-driver warm up event for the Bathurst 1000...

 race held at Queensland Raceway

Queensland Raceway

Queensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located near Ipswich in Queensland, Australia.The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, Drifting as well as club level racing and ride days....

. It was held on November 15, 2008, and only attracted nine entrants.

Qualifying 1

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

Pos	No.	Entrant	Driver	Car	Time
1	11	Lakemp	Russell Kempnich	Porsche 956 Porsche 956 The Porsche 956 was a Group C sports-prototype racing car designed by Norbert Singer and built by Porsche in 1982 for the FIA World Sportscar Championship...	1:14.0813
2	32	Howard Racing	Grant Sherrin	Ford AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...	1:14.1379
3	111	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper	Porsche 997 Cup Car Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...	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 Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...	1:16.6513
7	55	Elite Fleet	Gary Leaton	Holden Monaro Holden Monaro The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...	1:19.2161
8	4	Hi-Way 1	Derek Hocking Kim Rasker Colin Giblett	Holden VZ Ute Holden Ute The Holden Ute is a coupe utility built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, since 2000. Before then, Holden had marketed their Commodore-based utility models under the Holden Utility and Holden Commodore utility names, although the term “Holden Ute” was also used in their...	1:27.7837
9	9	A Team	Stephen Pocock Bruce LeGarde	Honda Civic Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...	1:30.3741

Qualifying 2

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

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 Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...	1:15.2913
3	55	Elite Fleet	Gary Leaton D.Croswell	Holden Monaro Holden Monaro The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...	1:15.4580
4	32	Howard Racing	Grant Sherrin	Ford AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...	1:15.7339
5	111	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper	Porsche 997 Cup Car Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...	1:22.9772
6	4	Hi-Way 1	R.Rasker C.Giblett	Holden VZ Ute Holden Ute The Holden Ute is a coupe utility built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, since 2000. Before then, Holden had marketed their Commodore-based utility models under the Holden Utility and Holden Commodore utility names, although the term “Holden Ute” was also used in their...	1:27.7751
7	28	Sheep Station Racing	Brad Rankin	Porsche GT3 Cup	1:34.4500

Race

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

Pos	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Grid
				Engine
1	32	Howard Racing	Grant Sherrin David Russell	Ford AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...	155	3
				Ford Windsor Ford Windsor engine The Windsor is a 90-degree small-block V8 engine from Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1962, replacing the previous Ford Y-block engine. Though not all of the engines in this family were produced at the Windsor, Ontario engine plant , the name stuck...  5.0L V8
2	11a	Lakemp	Russell Kempnich	Porsche 956 Porsche 956 The Porsche 956 was a Group C sports-prototype racing car designed by Norbert Singer and built by Porsche in 1982 for the FIA World Sportscar Championship...	161*	2
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
	11b		Roger Lago Wayne Park	Porsche 997 Cup Car Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
3	29a	V.I.P Petfoods Pty Ltd	Kent Quinn	Porsche 996 Cup Car Porsche 996 The Porsche 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. It has since been replaced by the Type 997...	161*	1
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
	29b		Tony Quinn	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
4	22a	Team Pish	Terry Knight Peter Mills	Porsche 996 Cup Car Porsche 996 The Porsche 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. It has since been replaced by the Type 997...	149	5
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
	22b		Steven Kepper Matthew Coleman	Porsche 997 Cup Car Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
5	111	Juniper Racing	Shaun Juniper Graeme Juniper	Porsche 997 Cup Car Porsche 997 The Porsche Type 997 , also simply called the 997 is the current version of the 911 family sports car built by German manufacturer Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen...	148	4
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
6	28a	Sheep Station Racing	Brad Rankin Roger Burman	Porsche 996 Cup Car Porsche 996 The Porsche 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. It has since been replaced by the Type 997...	148	7
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Flat-6
	28b		David Beard	Porsche 996 Turbo S Porsche 996 The Porsche 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. It has since been replaced by the Type 997...
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  3.6L Turbo Flat-6
	28c		James Austin	Porsche 996 Cup Car Porsche 996 The Porsche 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. It has since been replaced by the Type 997...
				Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....  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 Holden Ute The Holden Ute is a coupe utility built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, since 2000. Before then, Holden had marketed their Commodore-based utility models under the Holden Utility and Holden Commodore utility names, although the term “Holden Ute” was also used in their...
				Chevrolet Generation III LS1 5.7L V8
	4c		Colin Giblett	Holden VT Commodore Holden VT Commodore The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
				Holden Ecotec 3.6L V6
	4d		Rod Rasker	Holden VZ Ute SS Holden Ute The Holden Ute is a coupe utility built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors, since 2000. Before then, Holden had marketed their Commodore-based utility models under the Holden Utility and Holden Commodore utility names, although the term “Holden Ute” was also used in their...
				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 Holden Monaro The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...	75	6
				Chevrolet Generation III LS1 5.7L V8
	55b		Ryan McLeod Dean Croswell	Holden VZ Commodore
				Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931... Aurora 5.0L V8

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