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2011 Armor All Gold Coast 600

Sébastien Bourdais Richard Lyons

The 2011 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 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 21 to 23 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in Surfers Paradise, Queensland. It was the tenth V8 Supercar championship event held at the circuit, the second running of the Gold Coast 600, and the eighteenth annual overall Australian Touring Car event at the circuit (including seven non-championship ATCC/V8 Supercar rounds and two non-championship Super Touring rounds), and the twenty-first race meet overall at the street circuit, dating back to the 1991 CART race.

The event hosted races 21 and 22 of the 2011 season. As in 2010, a single 102 lap, 300-kilometre race was held on Saturday and Sunday. Qualifying for Race 21 consisted of a 20-minute, all-in session with the fastest ten progressing to the top ten shootout. Qualifying for Race 22 was a single 20 minute, all-in session. Each team was required to employ a driver with an 'international reputation' for the event, with one driver needing to complete a minimum of 34 laps in each race.

Many international drivers came from the IndyCar Series, Formula One and Sports Car racing. A restriction was put in place preventing international drivers who competed in the L&H 500 and the Bathurst 1000 from taking part. However, in light of the Las Vegas crash that killed Holden Racing Team international driver Dan Wheldon a week prior to the event, this restriction was lifted to accommodate drivers who could not participate due to the accident, as Will Power (Ford Performance Racing, injured in the Lap 11 crash) and Tony Kanaan (Brad Jones Racing, was leading when race abandoned) also withdrew. Darren Turner (Wheldon), Richard Lyons (Power), and Allan Simonsen (Kanaan) were named replacements. The International Drivers Trophy was renamed in Wheldon's honor. The winner of this was French Indycar and Sportscar driver Sébastien Bourdais.

As with Bathurst, Fox Sports brought commentators Mike Joy (Statesville, North Carolina) and Darrell Waltrip (Franklin, Tennessee to Surfers Paradise for live coverage overseas.

Entry list

No.	Drivers	Team (Sponsor)
AUS James Courtney
UK Darren Turner	Holden Racing Team
(Toll, Rockstar Energy)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS Steven Johnson
DEU Dirk Muller	Dick Johnson Racing
(Jim Beam, Coca-Cola)	Ford FG Falcon
AUS Garth Tander
AUS Ryan Briscoe	Holden Racing Team
(Toll, Rockstar Energy)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS James Moffat
US Joey Hand	Dick Johnson Racing
(Jim Beam, Coca-Cola)	Ford FG Falcon
AUS Tony D'Alberto
ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	Tony D'Alberto Racing
(Wilson Security)	Ford FG Falcon	AUS Jonathon Webb
BRA Gil de Ferran	Tekno Autosports
(Mother Energy, Tekno Performance)	Ford FG Falcon
AUS Alex Davison
DEU Marc Lieb	Stone Brothers Racing
(Irwin Industrial Tools)	Ford FG Falcon	AUS Karl Reindler
ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	Britek Motorsport
(Fair Dinkum Sheds, Wilson Security)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS Mark Winterbottom
UK Richard Lyons	Ford Performance Racing
(Orrcon Steel, Dunlop Tires)	Ford FG Falcon	AUS Warren Luff
UK Marino Franchitti	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
(Gulf Western Oils)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS Will Davison
FIN Mika Salo	Ford Performance Racing
(Trading Post, Castrol)	Ford FG Falcon	AUS Lee Holdsworth
FRA Simon Pagenaud	Garry Rogers Motorsport
(Fujitsu, Valvoline)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS Todd Kelly
UK Richard Westbrook	Kelly Racing
(Jack Daniels)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS Michael Caruso
BRA Augusto Farfus	Garry Rogers Motorsport
(Fujitsu, Valvoline)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS Jason Bright
FRA Stephane Sarrazin	Brad Jones Racing
(BOC)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS Russell Ingall
DEN Jan Magnussen	Paul Morris Motorsport
(Supercheap Auto, Castrol)	Holden Commodore VE
NZ Shane van Gisbergen
ITA Emanuele Pirro	Stone Brothers Racing
(SP Tools)	Ford FG Falcon	AUS Tim Slade
BRA Helio Castroneves	James Rosenberg Racing
(Lucky 7 Convenience Stores)	Ford FG Falcon
NZ Greg Murphy
UK Oliver Gavin	Kelly Racing
(Pepsi Max)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS Steve Owen
US Boris Said	Paul Morris Motorsport
(V.I.P Petfoods)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS Dean Fiore
ITA Gianni Morbidelli	Triple F Racing
(WesTrac)	Ford FG Falcon	AUS Paul Dumbrell
AUT Christian Klien	Rod Nash Racing
(The Bottle-O)	Ford FG Falcon
AUS Jason Bargwanna
DEN Allan Simonsen	Brad Jones Racing
(Jana Living)	Holden Commodore VE	NZL Fabian Coulthard
US Patrick Long	Walkinshaw Racing
(Bundaberg Rum)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS Rick Kelly
DEU Jorg Bergmeister	Kelly Racing
(Jack Daniels)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS Jamie Whincup
FRA Sebastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Vodafone)	Holden Commodore VE
AUS David Reynolds
CAN Alex Tagliani	Kelly Racing
(Stratco)	Holden Commodore VE	AUS Craig Lowndes
UK Andy Priaulx	Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Vodafone)	Holden Commodore VE

Results

Race 21

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired
88	AUS Jamie Whincup
FRA Sébastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering	102	2:13:21.5515	1	150
6	AUS Will Davison
FIN Mika Salo	Ford Performance Racing	102	+2.2s	3	138
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom
GBR Richard Lyons	Ford Performance Racing	102	+2.5s	17	129
18	AUS James Moffat
USA Joey Hand	Dick Johnson Racing	102	+2.8s	6	120
61	NZL Fabian Coulthard
USA Patrick Long	Walkinshaw Racing	102	+5.8s	11	111
11	NZL Greg Murphy
GBR Oliver Gavin	Kelly Racing	102	+7.1s	18	102
15	AUS Rick Kelly
DEU Jörg Bergmeister	Kelly Racing	102	+12.4s	8	96
34	AUS Michael Caruso
BRA Augusto Farfus	Garry Rogers Motorsport	102	+13.6s	14	90
19	AUS Jonathon Webb
BRA Gil de Ferran	Tekno Autosports	102	+15.0s	16	84
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth
FRA Simon Pagenaud	Garry Rogers Motorsport	102	+16.8s	7	78
2	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Ryan Briscoe	Holden Racing Team	102	+16.8s	2	72
47	AUS Tim Slade
BRA Hélio Castroneves	James Rosenberg Racing	102	+17.1s	24	69
7	AUS Todd Kelly
GBR Richard Westbrook	Kelly Racing	102	+17.4s	22	66
1	AUS James Courtney
GBR Darren Turner	Holden Racing Team	102	+20.7s	10	63
55	AUS Paul Dumbrell
AUT Christian Klien	Ford Performance Racing	102	+22.1s	23	60
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen
ITA Emanuele Pirro	Stone Brothers Racing	102	+23.9s	9	57
14	AUS Jason Bargwanna
DEN Allan Simonsen	Brad Jones Racing	102	+25.9s	26	54
49	AUS Steve Owen
USA Boris Said	Paul Morris Motorsport	102	+28.9s	4	51
16	AUS David Reynolds
CAN Alex Tagliani	Kelly Racing	100	+ 2 laps	12	48
12	AUS Dean Fiore
ITA Gianni Morbidelli	Triple F Racing	100	+ 2 laps	27	45
8	AUS Jason Bright
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	Brad Jones Racing	99	+ 3 laps	28	42
39	AUS Russell Ingall
DEN Jan Magnussen	Paul Morris Motorsport	97	+ 5 laps	13	39
4	AUS Alex Davison
DEU Marc Lieb	Stone Brothers Racing	78	+ 24 laps	5	36
3	AUS Tony D'Alberto
ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	Tony D'Alberto Racing	75		25
888	AUS Craig Lowndes
GBR Andy Priaulx	Triple Eight Race Engineering	52		15
17	AUS Steven Johnson
DEU Dirk Müller	Dick Johnson Racing	24		20
30	AUS Warren Luff
GBR Marino Franchitti	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	14		19
21	AUS Karl Reindler
ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	Britek Motorsport	13		21

Race 22

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom
GBR Richard Lyons	Ford Performance Racing	102	2:13:21.5515	3	150
88	AUS Jamie Whincup
FRA Sébastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering	102	+1.6s	1	138
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth
FRA Simon Pagenaud	Garry Rogers Motorsport	102	+3.1s	8	129
11	NZL Greg Murphy
GBR Oliver Gavin	Kelly Racing	102	+8.7s	7	120
15	AUS Rick Kelly
DEU Jörg Bergmeister	Kelly Racing	102	+11.3s	14	111
1	AUS James Courtney
GBR Darren Turner	Holden Racing Team	102	+12.0s	23	102
49	AUS Steve Owen
USA Boris Said	Paul Morris Motorsport	102	+13.5s	6	96
39	AUS Russell Ingall
DEN Jan Magnussen	Paul Morris Motorsport	102	+14.9s	16	90
7	AUS Todd Kelly
GBR Richard Westbrook	Kelly Racing	102	+15.3s	17	84
47	AUS Tim Slade
BRA Hélio Castroneves	James Rosenberg Racing	102	+15.6s	22	78
16	AUS David Reynolds
CAN Alex Tagliani	Kelly Racing	102	+17.1s	10	72
17	AUS Steven Johnson
DEU Dirk Müller	Dick Johnson Racing	102	+17.6s	21	69
19	AUS Jonathon Webb
BRA Gil de Ferran	Tekno Autosports	102	+17.7s	19	66
6	AUS Will Davison
FIN Mika Salo	Ford Performance Racing	102	+19.7s	4	63
61	NZL Fabian Coulthard
USA Patrick Long	Walkinshaw Racing	102	+21.8s	15	60
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen
ITA Emanuele Pirro	Stone Brothers Racing	102	+27.1s	18	57
14	AUS Jason Bargwanna
DEN Allan Simonsen	Brad Jones Racing	102	+39.0s	24	54
4	AUS Alex Davison
DEU Marc Lieb	Stone Brothers Racing	102	+43.4s	12	51
3	AUS Tony D'Alberto
ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	Tony D'Alberto Racing	102	+44.0s	20	48
888	AUS Craig Lowndes
GBR Andy Priaulx	Triple Eight Race Engineering	102	+53.1s	5	45
34	AUS Michael Caruso
BRA Augusto Farfus	Garry Rogers Motorsport	99	+ 3 laps	11	42
21	AUS Karl Reindler
ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	Britek Motorsport	98	+ 4 laps	28	39
2	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Ryan Briscoe	Holden Racing Team	82	+ 20 laps	2	36
18	AUS James Moffat
USA Joey Hand	Dick Johnson Racing	77		9
12	AUS Dean Fiore
ITA Gianni Morbidelli	Triple F Racing	51		26
8	AUS Jason Bright
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	Brad Jones Racing	51		25
30	AUS Warren Luff
GBR Marino Franchitti	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	15		27
55	AUS Paul Dumbrell
AUT Christian Klien	Ford Performance Racing	0		13

Dan Wheldon Trophy Points

Pos	No	Name
88	FRA Sébastien Bourdais	Triple Eight Race Engineering
5	GBR Richard Lyons	Ford Performance Racing
11	GBR Oliver Gavin	Kelly Racing
33	FRA Simon Pagenaud	Garry Rogers Motorsport
15	DEU Jörg Bergmeister	Kelly Racing

Standings

After 22 of 28 races.

Pos	No	Name
88	AUS Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
888	AUS Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing
2	AUS Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team

References

(23 October 2011). "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 23/10/2011 – Armor All Gold Coast 600 – V8 Supercars Races 21 & 22". National Software.
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/10/2011.SPSC.R7 {{Webarchive. link. (6 September 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600 – V8 Supercars Races 21 & 22 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit V8 Supercars – Race 21)
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/10/2011.SPSC.R14 {{Webarchive. link. (7 September 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600 – V8 Supercars Races 21 & 22 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit V8 Supercars – Race 22)
http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/10/2011.SPSC.V8S.S Armor All Gold Coast 600 – V8 Supercars Races 21 & 22 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit V8 Supercars – Race 22 Series Points Report

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