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===Endurance races===
{{main|Enduro Cup}}
In 2023, there are two endurance races, the [[Bathurst 1000]] and the [[Sandown 500]].<ref name="2023formats" /> In previous years, the Gold Coast race was run as an endurance race and the driver who won the most points over the three races was awarded the [[Enduro Cup]].<ref name="Enduro">{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/v8-supercars-announces-prestigious-endurance-cup | title=V8 Supercars Announces Prestigious Endurance Cup | work=V8Supercars.com.au | publisher=V8 Supercars Australia | date=20 February 2013 | access-date=29 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305132459/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/v8-supercars-announces-prestigious-endurance-cup | archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref>

This format is a single [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] over either 500 or 1000&nbsp;km with refuelling allowed and multiple drivers required. The Bathurst race takes around six hours to complete with the Sandown race taking around half that.

In previous years, the Sandown 500 and the Gold Coast 600 both featured three thirty-minute practice sessions held on Friday, with Sandown having an extra session on Saturday. Practice for the Bathurst 1000 consists of six one-hour sessions held across Thursday, Friday and Saturday.<ref name="OM Formats" /> Qualifying for the Sandown 500 involves a twenty-minute session followed by a pair of {{convert|60|km|mi}} "qualifying races" held on Saturday.<ref name="2013 formats">{{cite news | url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/12/07/radical-changes-to-v8-supercars-race-formats/ | title=Radical changes to V8 Supercars race formats | work=Speedcafe | date=7 December 2012 | access-date=29 March 2013 | archive-date=9 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109200129/http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/12/07/radical-changes-to-v8-supercars-race-formats/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> The grid for the first race is based on the qualifying session; the grid for the second race is based on the results of the first. The results of the second race determine the grid for the main race on Sunday. Co-drivers must compete in the first of the qualifying races while the main driver must compete in the second.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/10-fast-facts-wilson-security-sandown-500 | title=10 Fast Facts: Wilson Security Sandown 500 | work=V8Supercars.com.au | date=9 September 2013 | access-date=12 September 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914045022/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/10-fast-facts-wilson-security-sandown-500 | archive-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> The Bathurst 1000 features a single forty-minute qualifying session on Friday afternoon followed by a top ten shootout on Saturday. The Gold Coast 600 had two twenty-minute qualifying sessions, one each on Saturday and Sunday, with the Sunday session followed by a top ten shootout. The Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 both have a twenty-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning.<ref name="OM Formats" />

The Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000 feature single races held on Sunday, at {{convert|500|km|mi}} and {{convert|1000|km|mi}} in length respectively. The Gold Coast 600 consisted of two {{convert|300|km|mi}} races with one held on Saturday and one on Sunday.<ref name="OM Formats" />