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Supercars Adelaide: Brown fastest in crash-strewn qualifying

Chevrolet Supercars Ford Will Brown Broc Feeney David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Grove Racing Monster Castrol Racing Penrite Racing

Will Brown has taken provisional pole position for Saturday's opening race of the Adelaide 500 in a dramatic qualifying session interrupted by a red-flag after three crashes at the exit of Turn 8.

What was planned to be a short 15-minute stanza to determine grid positions 11-24 for Saturday's race was stopped after five minutes when David Reynolds, and his Team18 Chevrolet could not avoid the stationary Chevrolet of Cam Hill, who had already hit the wall, leaving both Camaros stranded in the middle of the track.

As a result the session was suspended and then declared, in spite of the fact that a number of drivers were yet to set a representative lap time.

Brown set a time of 1m19.4425s lap in his Triple Eight Chevrolet, ahead of Tickford Racing's duo Cam Water and Tom Randle. Broc Feeney, the other driver in title contention, was fourth in his Triple Eight Chevrolet.

The rest of the top 10 was a bit of a shock, with Blanchard Racing putting both its Fords in, in fifth place (James Courtney) and seventh (Aaron Love). Matt Payne was sixth for Grove Racing ahead of Love and the Brad Jones Chevrolets of Jaxon Evans, Macauley Jones and Bryce Fullwood.

On the other hand Chaz Mostert, who is fighting for third in the championship, was one of the drivers left stranded by the stoppage, and will start the race from 22nd in his Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford.

Reynolds, who topped both practice sessions, did not think that the late-afternoon shadows were a factor in his crash.

“There was a bit of a yellow flag, I probably stayed on the brakes a bit too long and had a crash myself," he said. “There are definitely some shadows across [the track] but that is not my excuse, at all.”

Hill said his car may not be able to be fixed in time for Saturday's race.

“It's pretty cooked. First push lap, there are a lot of shadows there but I am not going to say that is why I shunted.”

Another driver had already hit the wall at the same place, Richie Stanaway smashing the Grove Racing Ford into the concrete just seconds earlier.

Bathurst winner Brodie Kostecki will line up 12th while the other Erebus Motorsport car, which is being driven by the team's 2025 signing Cooper Murray after  current driver Jack Le Brocq rushed back to Melbourne on Friday morning for the birth of his first child. Murray qualified in 17th position.

Brown comes into the weekend with a 180-point lead over Feeney, the only other driver in title contention. A total of 300 points are on offer across the two races.

The Supercars will be back in action on Saturday, with the drivers taking to the track at 10:00am, Australian Central Daylight Saving Time, for a 30-minute practice session. The single-car top 10 shootout will start at 12:35pm and the 23rd race of the year, over 78 laps, is set for 3:20pm.

   
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Cla Driver # Car Laps Time Interval km/h
1 Australia W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 3

1'19.4425

   145.916
2 Australia C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing 6 Ford Mustang GT 3

+0.3631

1'19.8056

 0.3631 145.252
3 Australia T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing 55 Ford Mustang GT 3

+0.4123

1'19.8548

 0.0492 145.163
4
B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing
88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 3

+0.7488

1'20.1913

 0.3365 144.554
5 Australia J. Courtney Snowy River Racing 7 Ford Mustang GT 2

+0.9262

1'20.3687

 0.1774 144.235
6
M. Payne Penrite Racing
19 Ford Mustang GT 3

+0.9305

1'20.3730

 0.0043 144.227
7
A. Love Brad Jones Racing
3 Ford Mustang GT 2

+1.1534

1'20.5959

 0.2229 143.828
8 Australia J. Evans SCT Motorsport 50 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+1.2191

1'20.6616

 0.0657 143.711
9 Australia M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing 96 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+1.8477

1'21.2902

 0.6286 142.600
10 Australia B. Fullwood Middy's Racing 14 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+2.5170

1'21.9595

 0.6693 141.435
11 New Zealand R. Stanaway Penrite Racing 26 Ford Mustang GT 2

+3.1790

1'22.6215

 0.6620 140.302
12
B. Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Penrite
1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 3

+3.4643

1'22.9068

 0.2853 139.819
13 New Zealand A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+3.6232

1'23.0657

 0.1589 139.552
14 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing 17 Ford Mustang GT 3

+3.9989

1'23.4414

 0.3757 138.923
15 Australia A. De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 11 Ford Mustang GT 3

+4.0964

1'23.5389

 0.0975 138.761
16
R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing
2 Ford Mustang GT 3

+5.1694

1'24.6119

 1.0730 137.002
17 Australia J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+6.0033

1'25.4458

 0.8339 135.664
18 Australia M. Winterbottom DEWALT Racing 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+7.9859

1'27.4284

 1.9826 132.588
19 Australia N. Percat Bendix Racing 10 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+8.0020

1'27.4445

 0.0161 132.564
20 Australia T. Slade PremiAir Nulon Racing 23 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+9.1448

1'28.5873

 1.1428 130.853
21 Australia D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

+13.2468

1'32.6893

 4.1020 125.062
22 Australia C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing 25 Ford Mustang GT 2

 

    
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C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
4 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

 

    
24 Australia J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing 31 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 2

 

    
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