Tickford Racing’s Cameron Waters claimed pole position for Race 3 at the betr Darwin Triple Crown.
Having provisionally qualified second in the preceding two-part session, Waters was second-to-last on track in the Top 10 Shootout.
Waters went on to clock a 1:06.2529s in the #6 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang.
A meagre 0.0612s split the top two Mustangs, with the earlier pacesetter Matt Payne second for Grove Racing.
“Quali was super tricky,” said Waters.
“The car didn’t feel great, it was obviously still fast, but awesome to make it a little better in the Shootout and put a nice lap together.
“It’s been a trying year, it’s awesome to have good results and a consistent weekend so far.
“I’ve got one more race. Hopefully we can make the car a little better in the race and get a win.”
Anton De Pasquale made headway from fifth to third in the #18 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro, just 0.1724s away from Waters.
Triple Eight’s Broc Feeney only lost one position to fourth, bemoaning a lock-up into Turn 11.
Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw TWG) completed the top five ahead of Will Brown (Triple Eight), Jack Le Brocq (Matt Stone Racing), Cameron Hill (Brad Jones Racing), Zach Bates (Matt Stone Racing) and Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing).
Race 3 of the Darwin Triple Crown is scheduled for 3:10pm AEST.
Results: Repco Supercars Championship betr Darwin Triple Crown, Race 3 Top 10 Shootout
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
6
Cameron Waters
Tickford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:06.2529
2
19
Matthew Payne
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:06.3141
0.0612
0.0612
3
18
Anton De Pasquale
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:06.4253
0.1724
0.1112
4
88
Broc Feeney
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
1:06.5618
0.3089
0.1365
5
1
Chaz Mostert
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:06.5805
0.3276
0.0187
6
888
William Brown
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
1:06.6428
0.3899
0.0623
7
4
Jack Le Brocq
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:06.7886
0.5357
0.1458
8
14
Cameron Hill
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:06.7937
0.5408
0.0051
9
10
Zach Bates
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:06.8326
0.5797
0.0389
10
8
Andre Heimgartner
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:06.9313
0.6784
0.0987