Waters scores temporary pole for Supercars Race 19 - Speedcafe

Cameron Waters

Cameron Waters of Tickford Racing has taken temporary pole position for Race 19 of the Repco Supercars Championship at the NTI Townsville 500.

Waters set a last-minute 1:13.0869s in the #6 Monster Energy Mustang to beat Red Bull Ampol Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen to top spot with 0.1224s, although the championship leader had put his cue on the shelf before the final lap.

The two Triple Eight Race Engineering cars, both the Shell V-Power Racing Team car, Chaz Mostert from Walkinshaw Andretti United, and the fast man from Brad Jones Racing, Andre Heimgartner, among others, were included in this afternoon’s Top 10 Shootout.

Broc Feeney (#88 ZB Commodore) was quickest at first but Will Davison (#17 Mustang) of Shell V-Power held on after having mostly set a representative lap of 1:13.3466s, compared to 1:13.5325s for Red Bull Ampol tyro.

Van Gisbergen waited longer than most to venture out for his opening run and leapt to the top on his second original flyer when he clocked 1:13.2093s on the #97 ZB Commodore.

With the first run taken, arguably the biggest name outside the top 10 is Mostert, who sits 15th in the #25 Mobil 1 Optus ZB Commodore with 0.1527 seconds off the provisional Penalty shootout position.

Davison joined van Gisbergen in the final few minutes of the process while the rest of the 23 riders left again in a bid to secure their way to the one-lap dash.

Jack Le Brocq (#34 Truck Assist ZB Commodore) moved from 11th to third with 1:13.4551s before Anton De Pasquale (#11 Shell V-Power Mustang) moved up from the danger zone to fourth with 1:13.5034s.

Waters then shot in 1:13.0869s and, with the checkered flag out, Heimgartner moved into third with 1:13.3026s in the #8 R&J Batteries ZB Commodore and Mostert improved from 17 to seventh with 1:13,5160s.

The top eight after 15 minutes of hit-outs ended up being Waters, van Gisbergen, Heimgartner, Davison, Le Brocq, De Pasquale, Mostert and Feeney.

Scott Pye (#20 Nulon ZB Commodore) and Tim Slade (#3 CoolDrive Mustang) both booked a ticket to the Shootout with a late lap, finishing ninth and 10th respectively, but David Reynolds was knocked out by Mostert’s last effort.

The Penrite Mustang #26 is thus set to start 11, Reynolds just 0.0442s too slow, with Thomas Randle (#55 Castrol Mustang) to join him in Row 6.

Nick Percat (#2 Car 1 NTI ZB Commodore) 20th qualifier and PremiAir Racing newcomer James Golding (#31 Subway ZB Commodore) 21st.

The Top 10 Shootout for Race 19 starts at 12:00 local time/AEST.

Result: Qualifying Race 19, NTI Townsville 500

Post	number	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	6	Monster Energy Racing	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.0869
2	97	Red Bull Ampol Race	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.2093	0:00.1224
3	8	R&J Baterai Battery Racing	Andre Heimmartner	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.3026	0:00.2157
4	17	V-Power Shell Racing Team	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.3466	0:00.2597
5	34	Truck Assistance Racing	Jack Le Brocq	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.4551	0:00.3682
6	11	V-Power Shell Racing Team	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.5034	0:00.4165
7	25	Car 1 Optus Racing	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13,5160	0:00.4291
8	88	Red Bull Ampol Race	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13,5325	0:00.4456
9	20	Nulon Racing	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.6047	0:00.5178
10	3	CoolDrive Auto Parts	Team Slade	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.6176	0:00.5307
11	26	Penrite Race	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.6618	0:00.5749
12	55	Castrol Racing	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.6891	0:00.6022
13	18	IRWIN Racing	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.7711	0:00.6842
14	56	Tradie Racing	Jake Kostecki	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.7860	0:00.6991
15	99	Boost Mobile Racing by Erebus	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13,8137	0:00.7268
16	14	Middy Electric Racing	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.8649	0:00.7780
17	96	Pizza Hut	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.9084	0:00.8215
18	9	Boost Mobile Racing by Erebus	William Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.9093	0:00.8224
19	5	Snowy River Racing	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	1:13.9369	0:00.8500
20	2	Car 1 NTI Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.9552	0:00.8683
21	31	PremiumAir Subway Racing	James Golding	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.9744	0:00.8875
22	35	Truck Assistance Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1:13.9747	0:00.8878
23	4	SCT Logistics Racing	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	1:14.0509	0:00.9640
24	10	Penrite Race	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT	1:14.0907	0:01.0038
25	22	PremiumAir Coca Cola Racing	Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB	1:14.1365	0:01.0496

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