Townsville Supercars: Davison takes provisional pole

The Dick Johnson Racing pair jumped to the top of the times on their final runs, De Pasquale the first to clear the field with a 1m13.439s.

But Davison had his measure, the veteran grabbing provisional pole with a 1m13.265s right at the flag.

That means he'll run last in the Top 10 Shootout that will decide the first five rows for today's 250-kilometre race.

Jack Le Brocq made the Shootout for a second consecutive day with the third fastest time in qualifying.

Cam Waters was fourth fastest after not improving on his final run, while Saturday race winner Shane van Gisbergen had to bolt on a new set of rears on his final run to ensure he made it into the single-lap dash.

James Courtney was seventh fastest ahead of Chaz Mostert, while Thomas Randle will make a career-first Top 10 Shootout appearance thanks to the eighth fastest time in qualifying.

Scott Pye and David Reynolds rounded out the best 10 while Broc Feeney and Andre Heimgartner, who made the Shootout yesterday, missed out today with 11th and 12th respectively.

Tim Slade was another Saturday Shootout runner who missed out today, the Blanchard Racing Team driver set to start 14th.

Nick Percat, meanwhile, continued his horror qualifying run, the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver qualifying dead last.

It's the sixth time this season he will start from rear of grid in what has been a tough introduction to the WAU squad.

Townsville 500 qualifying results

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.2650
2	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.4394	0.1744	0.1744
3	34	Jack Le Brocq	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.4831	0.2181	0.0437
4	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.5161	0.2511	0.0330
5	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.5265	0.2615	0.0104
6	5	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.5554	0.2904	0.0289
7	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.5904	0.3254	0.0350
8	55	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.5957	0.3307	0.0053
9	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.6153	0.3503	0.0196
10	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.6373	0.3723	0.0220
11	88	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.6830	0.4180	0.0457
12	8	Andre Heimgartner	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.7061	0.4411	0.0231
13	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.7076	0.4426	0.0015
14	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.7348	0.4698	0.0272
15	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.7732	0.5082	0.0384
16	14	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.8013	0.5363	0.0281
17	56	Jake Kostecki	Ford Mustang GT	1'13.8327	0.5677	0.0314
18	35	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.8814	0.6164	0.0487
19	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.8967	0.6317	0.0153
20	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1'14.0676	0.8026	0.1709
21	22	Chris Pither	Holden Commodore ZB	1'14.1239	0.8589	0.0563
22	10	Lee Holdsworth	Ford Mustang GT	1'14.1375	0.8725	0.0136
23	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	1'14.1454	0.8804	0.0079
24	31	James Golding	Holden Commodore ZB	1'14.1687	0.9037	0.0233
25	2	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1'14.1739	0.9089	0.0052
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