Tailem Bend Supercars: Whincup completes weekend pole sweep
Jamie Whincup earned his 79th career pole position in the second race of the weekend from The Bend Motorsport Park.
Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden
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Whincup also won the pole for Saturday's race, where he ultimately finished fourth. He will now lead the field to the green flag in a Triple Eight front row lockout for Race 23.
The veteran driver was unmatched in Sunday's qualifying session as he was the only driver to dip down into the 48s, putting up a pole lap of 1:48.6498. Teammate and Race 1 winner Shane van Gisbergen will share the front row, lapping the course in 1:49.0515 seconds.
"It's a tough place around here," said Whincup. "The crew made the car better today and I got the most out of it, plus a little bit of a tow off my teammate as well which resulted in a 48, so I'm very, very happy."
Tim Slade put together a lat flyer to rocket from 15th to third on the grid while Scott Pye slotted into fourth.
Michael Caruso, Craig Lowndes, James Courtney, Anton de Pasquale, Rick Kelly, and championship leader Scott McLaughlin round out the top-ten.
As for incidents, there was only one of note when light contact between Garth Tander and Richie Stanaway sent the latter spinning at Turn 14.
Cla | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'48.6498 | 164.013 | ||
2 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'49.0515 | 0.4017 | 0.4017 | 163.409 |
3 | 14 | Tim Slade | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'49.3326 | 0.6828 | 0.2811 | 162.988 |
4 | 2 | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'49.4152 | 0.7654 | 0.0826 | 162.865 |
5 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima | 6 | 1'49.5336 | 0.8838 | 0.1184 | 162.689 |
6 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'49.5564 | 0.9066 | 0.0228 | 162.655 |
7 | 25 | James Courtney | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'49.5622 | 0.9124 | 0.0058 | 162.647 |
8 | 99 | Anton de | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'49.5774 | 0.9276 | 0.0152 | 162.624 |
9 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima | 8 | 1'49.6589 | 1.0091 | 0.0815 | 162.503 |
10 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Falcon FG X | 8 | 1'49.6845 | 1.0347 | 0.0256 | 162.465 |
11 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Altima | 8 | 1'49.6957 | 1.0459 | 0.0112 | 162.449 |
12 | 9 | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'49.7013 | 1.0515 | 0.0056 | 162.441 |
13 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | Ford Falcon FG X | 8 | 1'49.7324 | 1.0826 | 0.0311 | 162.395 |
14 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Ford Falcon FG X | 7 | 1'49.8696 | 1.2198 | 0.1372 | 162.192 |
15 | 8 | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'49.8853 | 1.2355 | 0.0157 | 162.169 |
16 | 230 | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG X | 7 | 1'49.9031 | 1.2533 | 0.0178 | 162.142 |
17 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG X | 8 | 1'49.9457 | 1.2959 | 0.0426 | 162.080 |
18 | 33 | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'50.0924 | 1.4426 | 0.1467 | 161.864 |
19 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'50.2835 | 1.6337 | 0.1911 | 161.583 |
20 | 4 | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'50.3359 | 1.6861 | 0.0524 | 161.506 |
21 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Altima | 7 | 1'50.3797 | 1.7299 | 0.0438 | 161.442 |
22 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'50.4713 | 1.8215 | 0.0916 | 161.308 |
23 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'50.4792 | 1.8294 | 0.0079 | 161.297 |
24 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG X | 8 | 1'50.6633 | 2.0135 | 0.1841 | 161.028 |
25 | 34 | James Golding | Holden Commodore ZB | 8 | 1'50.8774 | 2.2276 | 0.2141 | 160.718 |
26 | 42 | Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore ZB | 7 | 1'51.1777 | 2.5279 | 0.3003 | 160.283 |
27 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Ford Falcon FG X | 7 | 1'51.1899 | 2.5401 | 0.0122 | 160.266 |
28 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Ford Falcon FG X | 7 | 1'52.0456 | 3.3958 | 0.8557 | 159.042 |
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