Porsche Carrera Cup Champion and series leader Craig Baird has scored pole position for this weekend’s opening race in Townsville.
Baird set his time of 1:14.1995 in the opening half of qualifying and then sat his Jet Travel Insurance Porsche in the pits for the second half as others tried to better his mark.
Steve Richards (Laser Racing) and Nick Percat (Coates Hire Racing) chipped away at Baird’s time, but it was not enough as Baird took his first pole of the season.
“It’s great to score my first pole of the year and we only used the one set of tyres, so that is an extra bonus,” said Baird.
“This is a bogy track for me and last year I was locking-up wheels in qualifying and today we only made two fast runs and got the time.”
Percat will share the front row with Richards and Michael Patrizi (Ausdrill – Onsite Racing) on the row behind.
A strong performance in qualifying will see Shane Smollen (McGrath Estate Agents)head the elite field starting from seventh.
The opening Carrera Cup race will be at 2.25pm.
Pos |
Driver |
Sponsor |
Time |
1 |
Craig Baird | Jet Travel Insurance | 1:14.1995 |
2 |
Nicholas Percat | Coates Hire Racing | +0.1063 |
3 |
Steven Richards | Laser Plumbing & Electrical | +0.1150 |
4 |
Michael Patrizi | Ausdrill – Onsite Racing | +0.3041 |
5 |
Shae Davies | Davbridge Constructions | +0.3867 |
6 |
Warren Luff | No Second Chance/Phase 8 | +0.4165 |
7 |
Shane Smollen | McGrath Estate Agents | +1.4270 |
8 |
Duvashen Padayachee | Team BRM/ Rentcorp Property Group | +1.4497 |
9 |
Tony Bates | Alternative Freight Services | +1.5454 |
10 |
James Koundouris | Supabarn Supermarkets | +1.7607 |
11 |
Max Twigg | Permagard Automotive | +0.7699 |
12 |
Damien Flack | Corporate Cleaning | +1.9156 |
13 |
Marc Cini | Hallmarc | +2.4732 |
14 |
Michael Loccisano | Hallmarc | +2.7201 |
15 |
Stephen Grove | Grove Group | +2.7966 |
16 |
Tony Walls | Objective Racing | +2.8002 |
17 |
Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly Motor Group | +2.8136 |
18 |
James Bergmuller | Porsche Centre Brighton | +2.9534 |
19 |
Martin Wagg | JMC Group | +3.2937 |
20 |
Renee Gracie | Fujitsu Racing | +0.3856 |
