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Andrew van Leeuwen

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