who died of cancer before last year\u2019s Bathurst 1000.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s incredible. I can\u2019t believe it,\u201d said Bates.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a credit to the whole crew behind me, the boys and girls have been working so hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is for my mum who passed last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had a pretty average year, the whole family, so this is definitely a highlight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m super thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chevrolet set the pace in the opening half of qualifying. Cooper Murray was quickest at the halfway point on a 2:04.1720s, two tenths ahead of Matt Stone Racing duo Zach Bates and Jack Le Brocq.<\/p>\n
When the final runs began, it was Bates who led De Pasquale, Murray, Will Brown (Triple Eight) and Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing).<\/p>\n
Despite the cooling conditions, there was very little improvement in the closing minutes of the session.<\/p>\n
Sixth through 10th failed to improve, led by David Reynolds (Team 18), Le Brocq, Jayden Ojeda (PremiAir Racing), Matt Payne (Grove Racing) and James Golding (Blanchard Racing Team).<\/p>\n
Allen was only 11th and failed to improve. Feeney was 12th and also failed to improve. Mostert fell one place to 16th while Waters improved from 17th to 14th.<\/p>\n
Other notable omissions from the shootout were Thomas Randle in 13th and Jobe Stewart in 17th.<\/p>\n
Toyota failed to make the shootout on its first attempt. Brad Jones Racing driver Andre Heimgartner was only 15th and six tenths away from pole position.<\/p>\n
The Top 10 Shootout gets underway at 5:05pm AEDT. Beforehand, Practice 5 will begin at 10:05am followed by 1:10pm AEDT.<\/p>\n
Results: Repco Supercars Championship Repco Bathurst 1000, Qualifying<\/p>\n
Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLap
\nDiff
\nGap<\/p>\n
1
\n10
\nZach Bates
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:03.9376<\/p>\n
2
\n18
\nAnton De Pasquale
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:04.0538
\n0.1162
\n0.1162<\/p>\n
3
\n99
\nCooper Murray
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:04.1720
\n0.2344
\n0.1182<\/p>\n
4
\n888
\nWilliam Brown
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.2799
\n0.3423
\n0.1079<\/p>\n
5
\n17
\nBrodie Kostecki
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.3381
\n0.4005
\n0.0582<\/p>\n
6
\n48
\nDavid Reynolds
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:04.3386
\n0.401
\n0.0005<\/p>\n
7
\n4
\nJack Le Brocq
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:04.3443
\n0.4067
\n0.0057<\/p>\n
8
\n31
\nJayden Ojeda
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:04.3564
\n0.4188
\n0.0121<\/p>\n
9
\n19
\nMatthew Payne
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.3825
\n0.4449
\n0.0261<\/p>\n
10
\n7
\nJames Golding
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.4991
\n0.5615
\n0.1166<\/p>\n
11
\n26
\nKai Allen
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.5180
\n0.5804
\n0.0189<\/p>\n
12
\n88
\nBroc Feeney
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.5241
\n0.5865
\n0.0061<\/p>\n
13
\n55
\nThomas Randle
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.5363
\n0.5987
\n0.0122<\/p>\n
14
\n6
\nCameron Waters
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.5443
\n0.6067
\n0.008<\/p>\n
15
\n8
\nAndre Heimgartner
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n2:04.5566
\n0.619
\n0.0123<\/p>\n
16
\n1
\nChaz Mostert
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n2:04.6817
\n0.7441
\n0.1251<\/p>\n
17
\n9
\nJobe Stewart
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:04.6923
\n0.7547
\n0.0106<\/p>\n
18
\n3
\nAaron Cameron
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:04.9557
\n1.0181
\n0.2634<\/p>\n
19
\n14
\nCameron Hill
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n2:05.0040
\n1.0664
\n0.0483<\/p>\n
20
\n96
\nMacauley Jones
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n2:05.0380
\n1.1004
\n0.034<\/p>\n
21
\n34
\nNathan Herne
\nGarry Rogers Motorsports
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:05.0675
\n1.1299
\n0.0295<\/p>\n
22
\n15
\nBayley Hall
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:05.1155
\n1.1779
\n0.048<\/p>\n
23
\n777
\nDeclan Fraser
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n2:05.1897
\n1.2521
\n0.0742<\/p>\n
24
\n11
\nJackson Walls
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n2:05.6261
\n1.6885
\n0.4364<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Zach Bates\/Aaron Seton Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Image: InSyde Media Bates set a 2:03.9376s for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,1732,213],"class_list":["post-625175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot4","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Zach Bates\/Aaron Seton Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n