AIR TIME IN A NASCAR VS V8 SUPERCAR

This post is more so for our international friends than the Kiwi & Aussie Shane van Gisbergen fans – we’ve seen the air time the NASCAR Cup Series cars are getting at the new at Naval Base Coronado circuit as they head downhill.  We thought we’d go back through our photo galleries to show the “wheels up” action in the Supercars, especially around the Gold Coast street circuit.  Enjoy 🙂

The Gold Coast street circuit is a favourite amongst the Supercar fraternity both the fans and the drivers, but especially the media and photographers, such a great place to shootm the adrenaline is high for both driver and photographer!!  As a photographer you are only millimetres (inches for our US fans).

The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit on Australia’s Gold Coast has long been celebrated as one of the most brutal yet breathtaking temporary tracks in world motorsport. Carved directly out of a bustling beachside holiday resort, the circuit originally debuted in 1991 as a high-profile flyaway round for the American CART IndyCar series. Famed for its proximity to the Pacific Ocean and iconic high-rise backdrops, the original 4.47-kilometer layout was an unforgiving mix of long, high-speed straights interrupted by towering, suspension-shattering chicanes bounded by unforgiving concrete walls. It became a legendary proving ground where legends like Nigel Mansell captured headlines, and its unique, carnival-like atmosphere firmly established it as an international benchmark for temporary urban street racing.

As the financial landscape and alignment of American open-wheel racing shifted in the late 2000s, IndyCar departed after 2008, paving the way for the homegrown Australian Supercars Championship to step up as the sole headline act. In 2010, the track underwent its most significant transformation when it was strategically shortened to its current 2.96-kilometer configuration. This layout bypassed the southern section with a sharp left hairpin, dramatically reducing construction costs, minimizing disruption to the local community, and bringing the V8-powered tin-tops past the grandstands more frequently. Today, running under the banner of the Gold Coast 500, the event serves as a crown jewel on the Supercars calendar, packing nearly 200,000 fans into the sun-soaked grandstands to watch drivers muscle heavy touring cars over aggressive kerbs in what remains “Queensland’s fastest street party.”

If you’re an SVG fan and live in the States – mark your diary and come for a holiday downunder in October, the Supercars head back there 23-25 October.

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