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Supercars Townsville
Townsville Supercars: Waters scores provisional pole
Cam Waters will run last in the Top 10 Shootout in Townsville after edging Shane van Gisbergen in qualifying.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Published: Jul 9, 2022, 12:29 AM
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It was van Gisbergen that led the way after the early runs courtesy of a 1m13.209s on his first set of green tyres.
The Kiwi then opted to sit out the rest of the session to save rubber, confident that his time was good enough to get into the Shootout.
That confidence was well-placed, however the time wasn't quite good enough for provisional pole thanks to a 1m13.086s from Waters on a second green tyre run.
Still, van Gisbergen was satisfied with his call to sit out the end of the session to give himself some strategic freedom for the Shootout.
"Only running one set of tyres is a good thing," he said.
"I feel like we're in a good place but I need to tidy up some errors. I can't switch my tyres on so [the Shootout] is going to be pretty tough. Whether we re-use the fronts so they come up easier or run four new ones... I don't know.
"Hopefully we can switch the right front on, because I get to Turn 5 and it's stone cold.
Andre Heimgartner was third fastest after running two sets of tyres, while Will Davison followed van Gisbergen's lead and only used one set as he qualified fourth.
Jack Le Brocq was a late improver to end up fifth followed by Anton De Pasquale, Chaz Mostert, Broc Feeney, Scott Pye and Tim Slade.
David Reynolds ended up on the bubble of the Shootout, missing a spot in the single-lap dash by just 0.05s.
Both Erebus cars missed the Shootout, Brodie Kostecki just 15th and Will Brown 18th.
Nick Percat's difficult run of qualifying form continued, the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver set to start this afternoon's opening race from 20th.
Lee Holdsworth was the biggest surprise, though, the Grove Racing driver just 24th fastest.
Townsville 500 qualifying results
Cla # Driver Car Time Gap Interval 1 6 Cameron Waters
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.0869 2 97 Shane van Gisbergen
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.2093 0.1224 0.1224 3 8 Andre Heimgartner
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.3026 0.2157 0.0933 4 17 Will Davison
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.3466 0.2597 0.0440 5 34 Jack Le Brocq
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.4551 0.3682 0.1085 6 11 Anton De Pasquale
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.5034 0.4165 0.0483 7 25 Chaz Mostert
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.5160 0.4291 0.0126 8 88 Broc Feeney
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.5325 0.4456 0.0165 9 20 Scott Pye
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.6047 0.5178 0.0722 10 3 Tim Slade
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.6176 0.5307 0.0129 11 26 David Reynolds
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.6618 0.5749 0.0442 12 55 Thomas Randle
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.6891 0.6022 0.0273 13 18 Mark Winterbottom
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.7711 0.6842 0.0820 14 56 Jake Kostecki
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.7860 0.6991 0.0149 15 99 Brodie Kostecki
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.8137 0.7268 0.0277 16 14 Bryce Fullwood
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.8649 0.7780 0.0512 17 96 Macauley Jones
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.9084 0.8215 0.0435 18 9 Will Brown
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.9093 0.8224 0.0009 19 5 James Courtney
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.9369 0.8500 0.0276 20 2 Nick Percat
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.9552 0.8683 0.0183 21 31 James Golding
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.9744 0.8875 0.0192 22 35 Todd Hazelwood
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.9747 0.8878 0.0003 23 4 Jack Smith
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.0509 0.9640 0.0762 24 10 Lee Holdsworth
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.0907 1.0038 0.0398 25 22 Chris Pither
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.1365 1.0496 0.0458 View full results
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