Will Brown secured his second Supercars pole place of the season in a moist and wild qualifying for the Sandown 500.
With the day interrupted by rain and squally climate, Brown got here out on prime in the highest 10 shootout – a time of 1m10.2549s within the Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro he’ll share with Scott Pye in Sunday’s race bettering Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters, who shares with James Moffat.
“I knew it might simply be who did not stuff up on the market,” mentioned Brown.
“Nice begin, completely stoked. It was robust, between [turns] one and two there was plenty of water on the highway. I knew Chaz [Mostert] can be arduous to beat and likewise Broc [Feeney], it’s a actually cool feeling.”
Waters appeared like taking the quickest time till he ran vast on the ultimate nook, shedding 0.2s within the course of.
“It was a little bit of a fortunate dip actually,” he defined. “There have been rivers and filth on the monitor that we needed to work out on the fly. I’m fairly joyful the place we’re in a dry automotive; in a moist automotive, we’re OK.”
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Anton de Pasquale supplied the shock of the shootout by ending third, having taken to the monitor first by advantage of ending tenth within the first a part of qualifying. He conceded he virtually spun on the ultimate nook earlier than his lap had even began, although he recovered for a second-row berth for him and co-driver Tony D’Alberto.
“It’s all the time good to maneuver ahead; it has been a really tough day, to maneuver as much as third may be very excited,” mentioned de Pasquale.
“I’ve not carried out many 500s, I might need began one! There are some fast vehicles round us, it’s arduous to know. Yesterday it appeared fairly good, to have a quick automotive round right here will probably be fairly good.”
Brodie Kostecki took the fourth quickest time within the Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro he’ll share with Todd Hazelwood with a time of 1m10.5309s. He simply edged out defending race winner Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro) and Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang), who will share with long-time co-driver Lee Holdsworth.
Richie Stanaway (Grove Racing Ford), Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet), Matt Payne (Grove Racing Ford) and Ryan Wooden (WAU Ford) rounded out the highest 10.
Nick Percat missed out on the shootout by 0.04s and can begin the race from eleventh within the Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet, simply forward of James Courtney (Blanchard Racing Ford).
For the primary time in latest historical past, the race will begin with the groups’ ‘predominant’ drivers on the wheel, whereas in earlier years the widespread observe was that co-drivers begin the race earlier than finishing their minimal variety of required laps.
Sandown 500 – Qualifying
