{"id":940001,"date":"2026-10-25T04:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T04:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940001\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T04:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T04:26:19","slug":"supercars-final-series-rocked-by-gold-coast-500-qualifying-shockers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940001\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars Final Series rocked by Gold Coast 500 qualifying shockers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/INS17677-copy.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"Final Series rocked by Gold Coast qualifying shockers\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnton De Pasquale qualified 21st for Sunday&#8217;s race at the Gold Coast 500. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/jack-le-brocq\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Le Brocq<\/a> (Matt Stone Racing), <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/anton-de-pasquale\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton De Pasquale<\/a> (Team 18) and <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/kai-allen\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Allen<\/a> (Grove Racing) all failed to advance from Q1 to Q2.<\/p>\n<p>Allen was the worst of them in 22nd, De Pasquale was 21st, while Le Brocq was 20th.<\/p>\n<p>De Pasquale comes into the season-defining race sixth in the standings, just ahead of Tickford Racing\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/cameron-waters\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Waters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt really good,\u201d said De Pasquale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were one of the fastest cars for the first two laps and then the track gets faster and we got slower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously just missed the window with pressures. That\u2019s how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Provisional pole position was won by <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/broc-feeney\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broc Feeney<\/a> who led Triple Eight teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/will-brown\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/brodie-kostecki\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brodie Kostecki<\/a> was third for Dick Johnson Racing while <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/chaz-mostert\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chaz Mostert<\/a> (Walkinshaw TWG) and <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/cameron-hill\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Hill<\/a> (Brad Jones Racing) completed the top five.<\/p>\n<p>The other Top 10 Shootout qualifiers included <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/drivers\/cooper-murray\/\" class=\"scdh-autolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper Murray<\/a> (PremiAir Racing), Aaron Cameron (Blanchard Racing Team), Jarrod Hughes (Erebus Motorsport), Cameron Waters (Tickford Racing) and Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw TWG).<\/p>\n<p>Notably, points leader Matt Payne of Grove Racing failed to make the shootout. He was 12th, just behind Matt Stone Racing\u2019s Zach Bates.<\/p>\n<p>The three-part qualifying featured several incidents in tricky conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Q1 was red-flagged less than two minutes into the session when Jackson Walls spun his Triple Eight Ford Mustang at the Beach Chicane and backed his car into the tyre bundle.<\/p>\n<p>Zach Bates spun during Q2 off the Turn 3 kerb, but quickly got his Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro pointing in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Jones Racing driver Cameron Hill grazed the tyre barrier at the Beach Chicane. Despite that moment, he improved his own benchmark to make the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>David Reynolds also wiped the nose of his Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro on the Turn 3 tyre bundle.<\/p>\n<p>The Top 10 Shootout gets underway at 12:05pm local time\/AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Results: Repco Supercars Championship Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Qualifying Race 1<\/p>\n<p>Pos<br \/>\nNum<br \/>\nDriver<br \/>\nTeam<br \/>\nCar<br \/>\nLap<br \/>\nDiff<br \/>\nGap<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\n88<br \/>\nBroc Feeney<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:15.7818<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n888<br \/>\nWill brown<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:15.8294<br \/>\n0.0476<br \/>\n0.0476<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n17<br \/>\nBrodie Kostecki<br \/>\nDick Johnson Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:15.8660<br \/>\n0.0842<br \/>\n0.0366<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nChaz Mostert<br \/>\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing<br \/>\nToyota Supra<br \/>\n1:15.9232<br \/>\n0.1414<br \/>\n0.0572<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n14<br \/>\nCameron Hill<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nToyota Supra<br \/>\n1:16.0728<br \/>\n0.291<br \/>\n0.1496<\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n36<br \/>\nCooper Murray<br \/>\nPremiAir Racing<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.0819<br \/>\n0.3001<br \/>\n0.0091<\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nAaron Cameron<br \/>\nBlanchard Racing Team<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:16.0859<br \/>\n0.3041<br \/>\n0.0040<\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n99<br \/>\nJarrod Hughes<br \/>\nErebus Motorsport<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.1593<br \/>\n0.3775<br \/>\n0.0734<\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n6<br \/>\nCameron Waters<br \/>\nTickford Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:16.2241<br \/>\n0.4423<br \/>\n0.0648<\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n2<br \/>\nRyan Wood<br \/>\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing<br \/>\nToyota Supra<br \/>\n1:16.2830<br \/>\n0.5012<br \/>\n0.0589<\/p>\n<p>11<br \/>\n10<br \/>\nZach Bates<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.3066<br \/>\n0.5248<br \/>\n0.0236<\/p>\n<p>12<br \/>\n19<br \/>\nMatt Payne<br \/>\nGrove Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:16.4159<br \/>\n0.6341<br \/>\n0.1093<\/p>\n<p>13<br \/>\n96<br \/>\nMacauley Jones<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nToyota Supra<br \/>\n1:16.4583<br \/>\n0.6765<br \/>\n0.0424<\/p>\n<p>14<br \/>\n48<br \/>\nDavid Reynolds<br \/>\nTeam 18<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.4978<br \/>\n0.7160<br \/>\n0.0395<\/p>\n<p>15<br \/>\n7<br \/>\nJames Golding<br \/>\nBlanchard Racing Team<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:16.5206<br \/>\n0.7388<br \/>\n0.0228<\/p>\n<p>16<br \/>\n8<br \/>\nAndre Heimgartner<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nToyota Supra<br \/>\n1:16.5680<br \/>\n0.7862<br \/>\n0.0474<\/p>\n<p>17<br \/>\n31<br \/>\nJayden Ojeda<br \/>\nPremiAir Racing<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.6052<br \/>\n0.8234<br \/>\n0.0372<\/p>\n<p>18<br \/>\n9<br \/>\nJobe Stewart<br \/>\nErebus Motorsport<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.8709<br \/>\n1.0891<br \/>\n0.2657<\/p>\n<p>19<br \/>\n55<br \/>\nThomas Randle<br \/>\nTickford Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:16.9851<br \/>\n1.2033<br \/>\n0.1142<\/p>\n<p>20<br \/>\n4<br \/>\nJack Le Brocq<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:16.9920<br \/>\n1.2102<br \/>\n0.0069<\/p>\n<p>21<br \/>\n18<br \/>\nAnton De Pasquale<br \/>\nTeam 18<br \/>\nChevrolet Camaro<br \/>\n1:17.0262<br \/>\n1.2444<br \/>\n0.0342<\/p>\n<p>22<br \/>\n26<br \/>\nKai Allen<br \/>\nGrove Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:17.2083<br \/>\n1.4265<br \/>\n0.1821<\/p>\n<p>23<br \/>\n38<br \/>\nRylan Gray<br \/>\nDick Johnson Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:17.6535<br \/>\n1.8717<br \/>\n0.4452<\/p>\n<p>24<br \/>\n11<br \/>\nJackson Walls<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nFord Mustang<br \/>\n1:17.7980<br \/>\n2.0162<br \/>\n0.1445<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anton De Pasquale qualified 21st for Sunday&#8217;s race at the Gold Coast 500. 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