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Heimgartner aced final practice at the NTI Townsville 500 on Friday. The Brad Jones Racing driver set consecutive session-topping laps at the death in Practice ...

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Reigning Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen has taken pole for this afternoon's 250km race in Townsville by just 0.004s.

It was a return to form for the Blanchard Racing Team and Tim Slade qualifying in ninth ahead of Scott Pye. While his Team 18 teammate Pye qualified in the top 10, Mark Winterbottomqualified in 13th ahead of the Kostecki cousins Jake and Brodie. Grove Racing driver David Reynolds has struggled to get comfortable on the hard tyres, despite this he only just missed out on a slot in the top 10. The in form Brad Jones Racing driver Andre Heimgartner was best of the rest qualifying fourth. Waters was the last man out, unlike SVG and Davison he was unable to save a set of new tyres for his shootout lap. He was up in sectors 1 and 2, however was unable to complete the lap with less grip, he was only 0.031s from pole however the margin was only enough for third.

Tickford Racing's Cameron Waters has taken provisional pole position for Race 19 of the Repco Supercars Championship at the NTI Townsville 500.

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Supercars continues its mid-season winter escape this weekend with its annual trip to Townsville in Far North Queensland.

- 12:00-12:30 Supercars – Top 10 Shootout (Race 2) - 12:00-12:30 Supercars – Top 10 Shootout (Race 1) It's mandatory for both compounds to be used in each race.

Both Penrite Racing Mustangs failed to reach Saturday's shootout in Townsville. David Reynolds missed out on a shootout berth by 0.04s and will start 11th.

This is a modal window. This is a modal window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Holdsworth qualified in the top 10 in all three races at the Tasmania and Winton rounds. Holdsworth has qualified in the top 10 just seven times in 19 attempts this season. Conversely, Reynolds has qualified in the top 10 on 14 occasions.

Shane van Gisbergen has edged Will Davison and Cam Waters in Saturday's thrilling NTI Townsville 500 shootout. Points leader van Gisbergen, who was ninth ...

Slade was first man out, and was the first to contend with cold Hard tyres and debris at Turn 11 following a support category accident. “Cam’s been the fastest car, and to be that close on old tyres is impressive. “To be on the front row here for this afternoon is a huge help.

Shane van Gisbergen edged Will Davison by 0.004s to claim pole for the first leg of the Townsville 500.

"I have no idea [what to expect in the race]. We'll just see what happens. "Obviously we were one of the only guys on new tyres so that helped us, but to be on the front row here is a huge help. Van Gisbergen and Davison were the only two drivers to run four new tyres in the Top 10 Shootout after rolling the dice on a single run in qualifying.

The Repco Supercars Championship leader was one of two who saved a set of tyres on their way into the one-lap dash which finalised the grid for Race 19 of the ...

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Cam Waters will run last in the Top 10 Shootout in Townsville after edging Shane van Gisbergen in qualifying.

I don't know. Still, van Gisbergen was satisfied with his call to sit out the end of the session to give himself some strategic freedom for the Shootout. The Kiwi then opted to sit out the rest of the session to save rubber, confident that his time was good enough to get into the Shootout.

Shane van Gisbergen has overhauled Will Davison in a gripping NTI Townsville 500 opener. Van Gisbergen made up 17 seconds on Davison after the second stops.

Van Gisbergen closed on the rear of Davison on lap 84, and armed with better drive traction, took the lead out of the final corner. Those behind stopped and took on Super Softs; Slade stopped on lap 59 and bolted on Hards, and rejoined behind Davison and Mostert. With 12 laps to go, van Gisbergen cleared Mostert at Turn 10, and was 7.4s behind the leader. Davison caught Slade, which allowed van Gisbergen to cut the margin to the #3 Mustang to 12.9s. Slade rocketed to the front, was up to second by lap 2, and passed Davison for the lead on lap 6. This is a modal window. Davison slashed Slade’s lead to 2.8s by half-race distance; all the while, van Gisbergen cleared Heimgartner and Reynolds. Van Gisbergen reeled in Davison and made the overtake at Turn 2 on lap 14. By lap 41, the margin from Slade to van Gisbergen was 16.8s, with Heimgartner helping him past De Pasquale. By lap 24, Slade led Reynolds by nine seconds; van Gisbergen dropped Davison, and was five seconds behind Reynolds. Van Gisbergen made up 17 seconds on Davison after the second stops. Davison cleaned up van Gisbergen off the line and shot into an early lead.

Cam Waters will run last in the Top 10 Shootout in Townsville after edging Shane van Gisbergen in qualifying.

I don't know. Still, van Gisbergen was satisfied with his call to sit out the end of the session to give himself some strategic freedom for the Shootout. The Kiwi then opted to sit out the rest of the session to save rubber, confident that his time was good enough to get into the Shootout.

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