Townsville Supercars: Provisional pole for van Gisbergen

The Kiwi got the job done on his first run in the 15-minute session, a 1m12.280s leaving him a little over a tenth clear of the field.

That gap tightened at the flag due to some second-run improvements, but nobody was quite quick enough to knock van Gisbergen off the provisional pole.

Tim Slade went closest, the Blanchard Racing Team driver impressive on his final run as he went within six-hundredths of van Gisbergen.

Jamie Whincup was another driver to improve on his second run, his time just nine-hundredths off the pace.

Will Davison got through to the Shootout on his first run time, which was good enough for fourth, as did Nick Percat.

Cam Waters led a trio of Tickford Mustangs ahead of James Courtney and Jack Le Brocq, with David Reynolds and Anton De Pasquale the last two to bank Shootout spots.

The biggest surprise of the session was Chaz Mostert, who could only manage 17th on the grid, one spot behind Walkinshaw Andretti United teammate Bryce Fullwood.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Interval
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.280
2	3	Tim Slade	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.346	0.066	0.066
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.374	0.093	0.027
4	17	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.386	0.106	0.012
5	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.434	0.154	0.048
6	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.482	0.202	0.048
7	44	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.495	0.215	0.012
8	5	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.573	0.293	0.078
9	26	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.590	0.310	0.017
10	11	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.655	0.375	0.064
11	7	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Mustang GT	1'12.674	0.394	0.019
12	20	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.683	0.403	0.008
13	99	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.695	0.415	0.011
14	9	Will Brown	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.707	0.427	0.012
15	96	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.803	0.523	0.096
16	2	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.833	0.553	0.029
17	25	Chaz Mostert	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.837	0.557	0.004
18	35	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.847	0.567	0.010
19	14	Todd Hazelwood	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.912	0.632	0.064
20	34	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.955	0.675	0.043
21	18	Mark Winterbottom	Holden Commodore ZB	1'12.988	0.707	0.032
22	4	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.163	0.883	0.175
23	19	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.331	1.051	0.168
24	22	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore ZB	1'13.496	1.216	0.164
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