Gold Coast Events Calendar

GOLD Coast V8 Supercar driver James Courtney reckons these three contenders for the 2009 TW Steel Miss SuperGP are top rate - ranking them at 9.5 out of 10 - he reserves his perfect 10 rating for his wife.

FERRARIS, McLaren and Red Bull open-wheel racing cars could be roaring through Surfers Paradise as an international motorsport feud offers a gilded opportunity for the Gold Coast. See the galleries.

FORMER world Formula 1 world champion and A1 Team Australia seat holder Alan Jones is confident the team has the man that will get them across the line at the inaugural Nitro SuperGP on the Gold Coast in October.

THE Gold Coast Indy - the city's iconic four-day motoring festival, will be known as the SuperGP in a naming merge of the two stakeholders - V8 Supercars and the A1GP.

THE new name for the Gold Coast's annual motor racing carnival, formerly known as Indy, will be unveiled at the Brisbane Euromarque Ferrari showroom tomorrow.

RACE organisers for the inaugural A1GP event on the Gold Coast in October will unveil a new name for the event in two weeks, but are still searching for a naming rights sponsor.

QUEENSLAND motorsport ace Will Power has been thrown a career lifeline by one of the world's great racing organisations and will join fellow Australian Ryan Briscoe at Team Penske in the IndyCar Series this year.

HE'S young. He's handsome. He's single. He's wealthy. He's the great white hope of US open-wheel racing. And he wants to come to the Gold Coast next October and make it his own.

IT was during a tour of pit lane yesterday that one of the A1GP international bosses said bringing the event to the Gold Coast was a dream come true.

LEADING international A1 Grand Prix racing figures are ecstatic that the event has been locked in at Surfers Paradise for five years.

V8 SUPERCARS Australia has named David Malone as its new chief executive, replacing acting CEO Shane Howard from next year.

<span>UPDATED: 5pm </span>V8 SUPERCARS boss Tony Cochrane says there is a real prospect IndyCar drivers may pull out of this weekend's Gold Coast 600 following the tragic death of GC600 competitor and two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon.

NASCAR driving legend Darrell Waltrip and veteran US race caller Mike Joy will help break Gold Coast-based V8 Supercars into the world's toughest sports television market -- North America's Speed TV commentary team.

THE Gold Coast-based V8 Supercars' foray into North America has organisers of the Gold Coast 600 licking their lips in anticipation of a huge spike in international interest ahead of this year's race.

V8 Supercars have signed an agreement to hold races at the new Circuit of the Americas in Texas, USA, beginning in 2013 in a dramatic leap forward for the Gold Coast-based series.

THE Gold Coast will play a key role in the expansion plans of the V8 Supercars as the homegrown motorsport series takes on the world.

V8 SUPERCARS have this morning announced the sale of 60 per cent of the homegrown motorsport to Archer Capital in deal worth more than 0 million.

GOLD-Coast based V8 Supercars is looking to sell part of its business to fund a large expansion program.

WITHOUT warning, a 255-horsepower mound of plastic and steel bursts over the wave and launches into the air.

<span>EXCLUSIVE:</span> SUPERSTAR IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti would still love to be driving open-wheeler racing cars through the concrete jungle of the Gold Coast.

THE http://www.goldcoast.com.au/rss/gold-coast-magic-millions.xml million Magic Millions Classic will be run later in the day next year after Racing Queensland confirmed they will intervene and prevent the famed Gold Coast race from being held in the first half of the program.

MORE than million was wiped from the TAB after the Gold Coast Turf Club's on-course Tote crashed on the club's busiest day of the year -- Magic Millions race day.

STEWARDS will investigate Gai Waterhouse's involvement in Saturday's Gold Coast Magic Millions 2yo Classic protest as the controversy surrounding the http://www.goldcoast.com.au/rss/gold-coast-magic-millions.xml million race continued to spark debate yesterday.

HER grandmother may have made her outfit, but you could have easily mistaken Gold Coast Magic Millions Fashions on the Field winner Amy Robson's dress for a thousand-dollar designer frock.

THERE was drama, controversy, glamour and a big crowd as the Gold Coast celebrated at the Turf Club on Magic Millions Race Day.

THE Gold Coast Turf Club will be the only place to be seen on the Coast today for the Magic Millions Race Day, where thousands of punters are expected for the country's second richest race meeting.

FORM expert Gary Crispe says raging favourite Driefontein is clearly the one to beat in today's Magic Millions 2yo Classic on the Gold Coast.

GERALD Ryan had watched Lot 532 grow up since it was three weeks old.

WELCOME to the world of the rich and famous, where the likes of Brooklyn Decker, Kris Smith and Francesca Cumani will spend the day in luxury admiring the Gold Coast's Magic Millions carnival.

THE Gold Coast Magic Millions sale is poised to have the second-highest clearance rate of all time after sales rose to a whopping 84 per cent yesterday.

THE Gold Coast Marathon is poised to be beamed to more than 265 million people in more than 100 countries after the State Government reached an agreement to join forces with six international marathons.

THE Gold Coast Marathon was the big winner at last night's Queensland Tourism Awards, achieving Hall of Fame status after taking out the major festivals and events category for the third year running.

IT SEEMED nothing could eclipse the smile on Nicholas Manza's face after he crossed the line first in the Gold Coast Marathon yesterday -- until he found out Kenyan athletics legend Kip Keino was on course.

FRESH from a record-breaking weekend, Gold Coast Marathon organisers have turned their attention to expanding the popular event.

THE 22-year-old race record has finally fallen at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon with Kenyan Nicholas Manza Kamakya storming home in 2 hours, 10 mins and 1 second to earn victory at Southport this morning.

DELHI Commonwealth Games marthoner Jeff Hunt showed his wares were not confined to the longer distance after earning back-to-back Gold Coast Half-Marthon titles this morning.

THE international reputation of the Gold Coast Airport Marathon festival was highlighted yesterday by newlyweds Shinji and Aki Iwamoto who ran the 10km yesterday, two days after their Gold Coast wedding.

TOOWOOMBA'S Sam Carter took the honours in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon's wheelchair half-marathon in Southport this morning.

GOLD Coast's Calvin Quirk ran the the third fastest time recorded for the 4km Junior Dash at the Gold Coast marathon this morning.

QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh said the cheers and support from the Gold Coast Airport marathon crowd are what kept her going during this morning's 10km race and encouraged her across the finish line.