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Bathurst 1000: Waters seals stunning Shootout pole
The #6 Tickford Mustang will start the 2020 Bathurst 1000 from pole position courtesy of a stunning Top 10 Shootout effort from Cam Waters.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Oct 17, 2020, 7:26 AM
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Running seventh, Waters was in a league of his own in the single-lap dash. He was the only driver to break under the 2m04s barrier, his 2m03.559s gapping then-pacesetter Chaz Mostert by 0.45s.
Mistakes from the two Red Bull Holden drivers took them out of the running for pole, while even one-lap master Scott McLaughlin couldn't get within four-tenths of Waters.
When provisional polesitter Lee Holdsworth failed to switch his front tyres on, pole was sealed for Waters and co-driver Will Davison.
"That was absolutely awesome," said Waters. "I knew the car had something special in it, I just had to put it all together.
"I made a few little mistakes, but the car was just hooked up."
McLaughlin was best of the rest in second, he and Mostert separated by just 0.01s over the 6.213 kilometres.
Nick Percat was the biggest mover in the Shootout, the Brad Jones Racing driver turning 10th in regular qualifying into fourth on the grid.
Shane van Gisbergen went three spots backwards thanks to a couple of small mistakes, he and Garth Tander set to start from fifth, while Holdsworth dropped back to sixth, complaining of a lack of front grip after his lap.
Anton De Pasquale and Fabian Coulthard were seventh and eighth, followed by James Courtney in ninth.
Jamie Whincup, meanwhile, will start the race from 10th after binning his lap at The Chase. He had been within 0.08s of then-pacesetter Mostert at the second sector, only to lock his rears and run wide just two corners from home.
"We underestimated the wind," he said.
"The wind changed and there was a fair tail wind down Conrod. We're normally pretty good at that, but I reckon that's what caught us out.
"I'm disappointed in myself, I feel like I let the team down a little bit today. I need to make up for it tomorrow."
The 2020 Bathurst 1000 starts at 11am AEST tomorrow.
Bathurst 1000 - Shootout results:
Cla # Driver Car Time Gap 1 6 Cameron Waters
Will Davison Ford Mustang GT 2'03.559 2 17
Scott McLaughlin
Tim Slade Ford Mustang GT 2'04.002 0.442 3 25
Chaz Mostert
Warren Luff Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.010 0.450 4 8
Nick Percat
Thomas Randle Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.247 0.688 5 97
Shane van Gisbergen
Garth Tander Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.451 0.891 6 5
Lee Holdsworth
Michael Caruso Ford Mustang GT 2'04.676 1.117 7 99
Anton De Pasquale
Brodie Kostecki Holden Commodore ZB 2'04.768 1.209 8 12 Fabian Coulthard
Tony D'Alberto Ford Mustang GT 2'04.853 1.294 9 44
James Courtney
Broc Feeney Ford Mustang GT 2'05.354 1.795 10 888 Jamie Whincup
Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore ZB 2'06.394 2.834 View full results
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