Townsville Supercars: De Pasquale beats Waters to pole
Anton De Pasquale beat Cam Waters in a crash-affected Top 10 Shootout on the streets of Townsville.
The three-part qualifying boiled down to an all-Mustang battle, with De Pasquale, Waters and Will Davison the only drivers to get under the 1m13s mark in the single-lap dash for pole.
The fastest sectors were shared between the three, but it was De Pasquale that was best across the whole lap, a 1m12.639s securing pole for today's opening sprint race.
"That was really cool," he said.
"It's tight, they're going to make us work for it this afternoon so I'm looking forward to it.
"I thought I threw it away because I hit the fence at the start of qualifying and it was a bit bent at the front, but it didn't make a difference."
Jamie Whincup and Chaz Mostert were the best of the Holdens in fourth and fifth, while runaway series leader Shane van Gisbergen was just sixth fastest. The Kiwi was left fuming over confusion on his out-lap after Zane Goddard hit the wall during his Shootout effort.
"It was shit," said van Gisbergen. "The guy crashed and there was no info from race control. I got told to pit, and then had no tyre temp, and got told to go. That's pretty confusing and not very good."
Brad Jones Racing pair Nick Percat and Todd Hazelwood qualified seventh and eighth ahead of James Courtney.
Goddard, meanwhile, put his Shootout crash down to driver error.
"At the last corner I went to grab the brake and just missed it and went straight onto the throttle," he explained. "By the time I got back onto the brake it was too late. Pretty embarrassing, but at least the car is fast."
He'll start today's race from 10th.
| Cla | # | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Anton De Pasquale |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'12.639 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Cameron Waters |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'12.806 | 0.167 | 0.167 |
| 3 | 17 | Will Davison |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'12.835 | 0.196 | 0.028 |
| 4 | 88 | Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.035 | 0.395 | 0.199 |
| 5 | 25 | Chaz Mostert |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.118 | 0.479 | 0.083 |
| 6 | 97 |  Shane van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.245 | 0.605 | 0.126 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.383 | 0.743 | 0.138 |
| 8 | 14 | Todd Hazelwood |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.398 | 0.759 | 0.015 |
| 9 | 44 | James Courtney |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'13.652 | 1.012 | 0.253 |
| 10 | 35 | Zane Goddard |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.190 | 0.550 | |
| 11 | 99 | Brodie Kostecki | Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.273 | 0.633 | 0.083 |
| 12 | 9 | Will Brown |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.402 | 0.762 | 0.128 |
| 13 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'13.402 | 0.762 | 0.000 |
| 14 | 18 | Mark Winterbottom |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.424 | 0.784 | 0.022 |
| 15 | 26 | David Reynolds |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'13.433 | 0.793 | 0.008 |
| 16 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'13.442 | 0.803 | 0.009 |
| 17 | 96 | Macauley Jones |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.446 | 0.806 | 0.003 |
| 18 | 20 | Scott Pye |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.517 | 0.877 | 0.070 |
| 19 | 3 | Tim Slade |
Ford Mustang GT | 1'13.561 | 0.922 | 0.044 |
| 20 | 19 | Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.759 | 1.119 | 0.197 |
| 21 | 2 | Bryce Fullwood |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.638 | 0.998 | |
| 22 | 34 | Jake Kostecki |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.649 | 1.009 | 0.010 |
| 23 | 4 | Jack Smith |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.733 | 1.094 | 0.084 |
| 24 | 22 | Garry Jacobson |
Holden Commodore ZB | 1'13.916 | 1.277 | 0.183 |
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