Dunlop Series leader Dale Wood will start the opening race of Round 4 at Queensland Raceway from pole position after edging out Jack Perkins in qualifying.
Perkins’ Eggleston Motorsport team-mate Daniel Gaunt set the pace for much of the 30 minute session, but was bumped to sixth after failing to improve in the late flurry.
Wood improved from second to first by setting what would prove to be the eventual pole time of 1:10.04s with just three minutes remaining.
The result marks the first pole position of Wood’s Dunlop Series career and extends MW Motosport’s unbeaten qualifying run in 2013.
Having been forced to abandon an earlier lap due to traffic, Perkins’ best proved just 0.02s shy of Wood, ensuring Holden’s leading light in the series a second front-row start in as many events.
Steve Owen, who had recorded pole at Barbagallo and Townsville, could manage just third this time and will share the second row with Ashley Walsh.
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Taz Douglas, Daniel Gaunt, Casey Stoner, Nick McBride, Andre Heimgartner and Kristian Lindbom completed the top 10.
A single second covered the top 22 cars at the end of the 30 minutes, halving the margin from the corresponding session in 2012.
See below for the full qualifying result
| 1 | GB Galvanizing/MWM | Dale Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.05 | |
| 2 | Eggleston Motorsport | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore VE | 01:10.06 | 00:00.02 |
| 3 | Sherrin Rentals/MWM | Steve Owen | Ford Falson FG | 01:10.21 | 00:00.17 |
| 4 | Infants Friend | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.37 | 00:00.32 |
| 5 | Image Racing/Arvo | Taz Douglas | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.38 | 00:00.33 |
| 6 | Marque Management | Daniel Gaunt | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.40 | 00:00.35 |
| 7 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Casey Stoner | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.44 | 00:00.39 |
| 8 | Tony D’Alberto Racing | Nick McBride | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.46 | 00:00.41 |
| 9 | Finance Ezi Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.51 | 00:00.46 |
| 10 | Ozstaff Racing | Kristian Lindbom | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.54 | 00:00.49 |
| 11 | R&J Batteries/NDD | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.58 | 00:00.54 |
| 12 | Finance Ezi Racing | Josh Hunter | Ford Falocon FG | 01:10.60 | 00:00.55 |
| 13 | Linde Material Handling/Enzed | Cameron Waters | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.61 | 00:00.56 |
| 14 | Rodney Jane Racing/Sonic | Rodney Jane | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.65 | 00:00.60 |
| 15 | Advam Racing | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.69 | 00:00.64 |
| 16 | Sargent Security Racing | Paul Morris | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.70 | 00:00.65 |
| 17 | Icebreak Racing | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:10.82 | 00:00.77 |
| 18 | Go Karts Go | Drew Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.82 | 00:00.78 |
| 19 | I Seek | George Miedecke | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.83 | 00:00.78 |
| 20 | Rodney Jane Racing/Sonic | Gary Jacobson | Ford Falcon FG | 01:10.84 | 00:00.79 |
| 21 | CEG Rentals/Go Karts Go | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 01:11.02 | 00:00.98 |
| 22 | MiraFlores Estate/MWM | Morgan Haber | Ford Falcon FG | 01:11.10 | 00:01.05 |
| 23 | Blackchrome Sports & Workwear | Sam Walter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:11.33 | 00:01.28 |
| 24 | Action Racing | Marcus Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 01:11.56 | 00:01.51 |
| 25 | Warrin Mining Volvo Constructi | Adam Wallis | Holden Commodore VE | 01:12.00 | 00:01.95 |
| 26 | Poll Performance | Jim Pollicina | Holden Commodore VE | 01:12.05 | 00:02.00 |
| 27 | Gulf Western Oil | Michael Hector | Ford Falcon FG | 01:12.20 | 00:02.16 |
| 28 | Rev Trans WA | Aaron Tebb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:12.61 | 00:02.57 |
| 29 | Resi Home Loans | Aaron McGill | Holden Commodore VE2 | 01:12.66 | 00:02.61 |
| 30 | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Brett Stewart | Holden Commodore VE | 01:12.92 | 00:02.87 |
| 31 | Pacific Hoists – Hitachi | Nandi Kiss | Holden Commodore VE | 01:13.92 | 00:03.87 |
