2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600
# 2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600

The 2017 Vodafone Gold Coast 600 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 20 to 22 October 2017. The event was held at the Gold Coast Street Circuit in Surfers Paradise, Queensland and consisted of two races, 300 kilometres in length. It is the twelfth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 21 and 22 of the season.

## Background

### Driver changes

Ashley Walsh, having withdrawn from the Bathurst 1000 due to injury, was again replaced by Andre Heimgartner.

## Results

### Race 21

**Race**

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 55 | Chaz Mostert Steve Owen | Rod Nash Racing | Ford FG X Falcon | 94 | 2:18:28.8454 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 6 | Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 94 | +2.4917 | 14 | 138 |
| 3 | 14 | Tim Slade Andre Heimgartner | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +5.5391 | 3 | 129 |
| 4 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen Matthew Campbell | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +7.0041 | 7 | 120 |
| 5 | 23 | Michael Caruso Dean Fiore | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 94 | +21.2713 | 4 | 111 |
| 6 | 88 | Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +26.8865 | 2 | 102 |
| 7 | 888 | Craig Lowndes Steven Richards | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +28.2675 | 11 | 96 |
| 8 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 94 | +43.3660 | 8 | 90 |
| 9 | 56 | Jason Bright Garry Jacobson | Britek Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | 94 | +47.5501 | 22 | 84 |
| 10 | 15 | Rick Kelly David Wall | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 94 | +48.7764 | 5 | 78 |
| 11 | 02 | Scott Pye Warren Luff | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +49.1463 | 13 | 72 |
| 12 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 94 | +50.0481 | 12 | 69 |
| 13 | 33 | Garth Tander James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +51.3217 | 15 | 66 |
| 14 | 22 | James Courtney Jack Perkins | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +51.7119 | 18 | 63 |
| 15 | 21 | Tim Blanchard Todd Hazelwood | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +1:00.3189 | 20 | 60 |
| 16 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro David Russell | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 94 | +1:00.3282 | 21 | 57 |
| 17 | 9 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +1:00.6666 | 23 | 54 |
| 18 | 34 | James Moffat Richard Muscat | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +1:02.6658 | 19 | 51 |
| 19 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 94 | +1:02.9277 | 16 | 48 |
| 20 | 19 | Will Davison Jonathon Webb | Tekno Autosports | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +1:05.5635 | 17 | 45 |
| 21 | 8 | Nick Percat Macauley Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +1:14.1453 | 6 | 42 |
| 22 | 99 | Dale Wood Chris Pither | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 94 | +1:29.5462 | 24 | 39 |
| 23 | 62 | Alex Rullo Alex Davison | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 92 | +2 Laps | 25 | 36 |
| Ret | 18 | Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler | Team 18 | Holden VF Commodore | 58 | | 10 | |
| Ret | 3 | Aaren Russell Taz Douglas | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 48 | Suspension | 26 | |
| Ret | 7 | Todd Kelly Jack Le Brocq | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 45 | Accident | 9 | |
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### Race 22

**Race**

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 102 | 2:05:17.3923 | 13 | 150 |
| 2 | 88 | Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +1.4752 | 2 | 138 |
| 3 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen Matthew Campbell | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +2.5170 | 1 | 129 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes Steven Richards | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +21.0491 | 3 | 120 |
| 5 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 102 | +25.8166 | 8 | 111 |
| 6 | 22 | James Courtney Jack Perkins | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +28.4384 | 4 | 102 |
| 7 | 55 | Chaz Mostert Steve Owen | Rod Nash Racing | Ford FG X Falcon | 102 | +31.4406 | 5 | 96 |
| 8 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler | Team 18 | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +31.5831 | 10 | 90 |
| 9 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 102 | +31.9998 | 22 | 84 |
| 10 | 8 | Nick Percat Macauley Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +44.5535 | 14 | 78 |
| 11 | 15 | Rick Kelly David Wall | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 102 | +52.5616 | 11 | 72 |
| 12 | 7 | Todd Kelly Jack Le Brocq | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 102 | +53.5113 | 15 | 69 |
| 13 | 02 | Scott Pye Warren Luff | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +1:01.1286 | 17 | 66 |
| 14 | 19 | Will Davison Jonathon Webb | Tekno Autosports | Holden VF Commodore | 102 | +1:02.2540 | 18 | 63 |
| 15 | 23 | Michael Caruso Dean Fiore | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 102 | +1:09.9655 | 9 | 60 |
| 16 | 56 | Jason Bright Garry Jacobson | Britek Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | 101 | +1 Lap | 16 | 57 |
| 17 | 33 | Garth Tander James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 101 | +1 Lap | 21 | 54 |
| 18 | 99 | Dale Wood Chris Pither | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 101 | +1 Lap | 19 | 51 |
| 19 | 34 | James Moffat Richard Muscat | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 101 | +1 Lap | 20 | 48 |
| 20 | 21 | Tim Blanchard Todd Hazelwood | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 101 | +1 Lap | 24 | 45 |
| 21 | 6 | Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 100 | +2 Laps | 7 | 42 |
| 22 | 14 | Tim Slade Andre Heimgartner | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 85 | +17 Laps | 12 | 39 |
| 23 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro David Russell | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 85 | +17 Laps | 26 | 36 |
| Ret | 62 | Alex Rullo Alex Davison | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 20 | | 25 | |
| Ret | 9 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 15 | | 6 | |
| Ret | 3 | Aaren Russell Taz Douglas | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 8 | | 23 | |
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