Sydney Supercars: De Pasquale streaks to provisional pole

The Dick Johnson Racing continued his remarkable single-lap form at the Eastern Creek circuit with a dominant showing in regular qualifying.

He went under the 1m30s marker on his first run, before a stunning second flyer that yielded a 1m29.243s.

That left him a devastating five-tenths clear of series leader Shane van Gisbergen heading into the pole-deciding Top 10 Shootout later today.

The biggest threat to De Pasquale converting provisional pole in the single-lap dash is the weather, with rain reportedly headed towards western Sydney.

"We've done high 29s and the track is pretty similar," said De Pasquale when asked if he was surprised with his time.

"It just hooked up pretty good on that last set. When the tyre grips up you feed it bit of gas and the time comes.

"It looks like it could rain [for the Shootout], so that's a bit of a lottery. But oh well, we're in the Top 10 and we'll put on a show either way."

Jamie Whincup was third fastest in qualifying followed by Will Davison, who is under investigation for impeding Cam Waters.

Brodie Kostecki was fifth fastest while Nick Percat booked his spot in the Shootout on his final run, having languished outside the Top 10 earlier in the session.

Scott Pye, Jack Le Brocq, Todd Hazelwood and Waters rounded out those that will run in the Shootout.

There were some surprise omissions from the Top 10, with Chaz Mostert only good enough for 12th on the grid.

Will Brown, meanwhile, will start 16th after not converting his practice speed.

"It's disappointing," said the Erebus driver. "The car wasn't too bad, I think it was my tyre warming procedure or something. I got to Turn 2 and had a massive amount of understeer and it stuffed the whole lap."

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.243
2	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.744	0.501	0.501
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	1'29.759	0.516	0.014
4	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1'29.810	0.567	0.051
5	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.036	0.793	0.226
6	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.082	0.839	0.046
7	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.103	0.860	0.020
8	5	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.174	0.931	0.071
9	14	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.177	0.934	0.003
10	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.226	0.983	0.048
11	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.255	1.012	0.029
12	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.289	1.046	0.033
13	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.303	1.060	0.014
14	2	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.399	1.156	0.095
15	35	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.431	1.188	0.032
16	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.439	1.196	0.008
17	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.613	1.370	0.173
18	22	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.697	1.454	0.084
19	7	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	1'30.793	1.550	0.095
20	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.871	1.628	0.077
21	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1'30.988	1.745	0.116
22	34	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'31.050	1.807	0.062
23	44	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	1'31.129	1.886	0.079
24	19	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'31.207	1.964	0.078
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