BOOST Mobile Australia CEO Bobby Geldens has flagged a special celebration to be held at next month’s Gold Coast 500 for long-time brand ambassador and retiring Supercars star James Courtney.
Boost is the naming rights partner of the annual Surfers Paradise street race, which will span October 24-26, a fortnight after the all-important Repco Bathurst 1000.
It will be the last chance for Courtney to race in the city in which he resides, and at the track where he and Jack Perkins famously won a decade ago.
“From day one, Australian motorsport has been in the DNA of the Boost Mobile brand,” said Geldens.
“We’ve supported drivers, teams and Supercars to make, we think, Supercars the spectacle it is today, so we want to celebrate the champions and the legends that are part of this sport – and we’re really excited to congratulate and thank James Courtney for his amazing career at the Gold Coast 500 this year.
“So we have got something fun planned for him and the fans at the event.”
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Pressed for more information, Geldens replied: “We’ll drop some content soon. It will be lots of fun – a bit of fun with James, a bit of fun for the fans.
“We’ll get to celebrate his amazing career in pitlane come the (race) weekend.”
Courtney’s final full-time season thus far has been headlined by delivering the Blanchard Racing Team its maiden Supercars Championship podium.
Whether he races on in 2026 as an enduro co-driver remains to be seen.