Matthew White Motorsport Ford driver Chaz Mostert will start this evening’s opening race of the 2013 Dunlop Series from pole position after a commanding qualifying performance.
The 20-year-old set the pace from the outset of the 30 minute session. A 1:22.14s effort on his first of three runs sat as the benchmark until just three minutes remained, when Mostert lowered the time by a further 0.3s.
Ash Walsh held down second throughout much of the sessions and, like Mostert, improved in the closing stages to secure the outside of the front-row.
Thursday fast-man Dale Wood took third from Kirstian Lindbom, whose session included a slow-speed head-butt with the Turn 11 tyre wall.
Drew Russell, Cameron Waters, George Miedecke, Andrew Jones, Aaren Russel and Daniel Gaunt completed the top 10.
Casey Stoner will start 12th after spending the entire session outside the top 10. Sitting 20th at the start of his penultimate run, the former MotoGP World Champion composed himself following a wild series of corners to improve to within a second of Mostert’s best on his final lap.
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See below for the full qualifying result
| 1 | Sherrin Rentals | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falson FG | 1:21.8474 | |
| 2 | Infants Friend | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.2790 | 0:00.4316 |
| 3 | GB Galvanizing | Dale Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.3379 | 0:00.4905 |
| 4 | Evans Motorsport Group | Kristian Lindbom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.5932 | 0:00.7458 |
| 5 | Go Karts Go | Drew Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.6081 | 0:00.7607 |
| 6 | Minda Motorsport | Cameron Waters | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.6237 | 0:00.7763 |
| 7 | I Seek | George Miedecke | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.6865 | 0:00.8391 |
| 8 | Advam Racing | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.6899 | 0:00.8425 |
| 9 | CEG Rentals | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.7304 | 0:00.8830 |
| 10 | Wilson Security | Daniel Gaunt | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.7694 | 0:00.9220 |
| 11 | R&J Batteries/NDD | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.8743 | 0:01.0269 |
| 12 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Casey Stoner | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.8781 | 0:01.0307 |
| 13 | Arvo | Taz Douglas | Ford Falcon FG | 1:22.9107 | 0:01.0633 |
| 14 | TBC | Nick McBride | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.0056 | 0:01.1582 |
| 15 | Rockit&Blackchrome Sportswear | Sam Walter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.2474 | 0:01.4000 |
| 16 | Rodney Jane Racing | Gary Jacobson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.2935 | 0:01.4461 |
| 17 | Finance Ezi | Andre Heimgartner | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.4085 | 0:01.5611 |
| 18 | Icebreak Racing | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.4546 | 0:01.6072 |
| 19 | Finance Ezi | Josh Hunter | Ford Falocon FG | 1:23.5189 | 0:01.6715 |
| 20 | Rodney Jane Racing | Rodney Jane | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.5406 | 0:01.6932 |
| 21 | Action Racing | Marcus Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 1:24.1876 | 0:02.3402 |
| 22 | WM Motorsport | Morgan Haber | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.4346 | 0:02.5872 |
| 23 | Warrin Mining | Adam Wallis | Holden Commodore VE | 1:24.4945 | 0:02.6471 |
| 24 | Garage Nineteen | Aaron Tebb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.7368 | 0:02.8894 |
| 25 | Eggleston Motorsport | Jay Verdnik | Holden Commodore VE | 1:25.0109 | 0:03.1635 |
| 26 | Resi Racing | Aaron McGill | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.4973 | 0:03.6499 |
| 27 | Pacific Hoists & Hitachi | Chris Alajajian | Holden Commodore VE | 1:25.8805 | 0:04.0331 |
| 28 | Gulf Western Oil | Michael Hector | Ford Falcon FG | 1:26.2667 | 0:04.4193 |
| 29 | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Brett Stewart | Holden Commodore VE | 1:27.3212 | 0:05.4738 |
| 30 | Poll Performance | Jim Pollicina | Holden Commodore VE | 1:27.9329 | 0:06.0855 |
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