Anton De Pasquale will head up an all-Shell V-Power Mustang front row in Supercars Championship Race 34 in Adelaide after setting the fastest lap in Sunday’s Top 10 Shootout.
Will Davison was fifth after Qualifying before clocking a 1:19.5683s which he described as “a bit wild”, but his bravery was rewarded given the #17 Mustang was still on top with just two cars to come.
Team-mate De Pasquale then bettered him with a 1:19.3823s in the #11 Mustang, with just Tickford Racing’s Cameron Waters (#6 Monster Energy Mustang) to come.
The Saturday pole-sitter at the Valo Adelaide 500 was within a tenth of De Pasquale as he started his third sector, but pinched the brakes slightly at the final corner and could only manage a 1:19.7734s all-told, which left him back in sixth.
Broc Feeney (#88 Red Bull Ampol ZB Commodore) provisionally qualified only eighth but then punched out a 1:19.6147s to rise to third on the starting grid.
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Van Gisbergen (#1 Red Bull Ampol ZB Commodore), fourth-last onto the track, ended his lap strongly but had given up too much in the first sector and broke the beam in a time of 1:19.6670s which saw him classified fourth all told.
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Race 33 winner Chaz Mostert took fifth with a 1:19.6771s in the #25 Mobil 1 Optus ZB Commodore, and will start alongside old team-mate Waters in this afternoon’s 78-lapper, while Will Brown (#9 Boost Mobile ZB Commodore) is set to start seventh after achieving a 1:19.8290.
Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries ZB Commodore) had spent heavily on tyres in preceding days and went out on used rubber, but still managed a 1:19.9222s which was good enough for eighth, after provisionally qualifying seventh.
David Reynolds (#26 Penrite Mustang) was first out and set 1:20.3443s, meaning he will start 10th after that time was beaten by Todd Hazelwood (#35 Truck Assist ZB Commodore) with a 1:20.3340s despite big slide off Turn 9.
The 34th and final race of the season starts this afternoon at 14:45 local time/15:15 AEDT.
Results: Top 10 Shootout for Race 34, Valo Adelaide 500
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Split |
| 1 | 11 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Anton De Pasquale | Ford Mustang GT | 1:19.3823 | |
| 2 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Will Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 1:19.5683 | 0:00.1860 |
| 3 | 88 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Broc Feeney | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.6147 | 0:00.2324 |
| 4 | 1 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.6670 | 0:00.2847 |
| 5 | 25 | Mobil 1 Optus Racing | Chaz Mostert | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.6771 | 0:00.2948 |
| 6 | 6 | Monster Energy Racing | Cameron Waters | Ford Mustang GT | 1:19.7734 | 0:00.3911 |
| 7 | 9 | Boost Mobile Racing by Erebus | William Brown | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.8290 | 0:00.4467 |
| 8 | 8 | R&J Batteries Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.9222 | 0:00.5399 |
| 9 | 35 | Truck Assist Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:20.3340 | 0:00.9517 |
| 10 | 26 | Penrite Racing | David Reynolds | Ford Mustang GT | 1:20.3443 | 0:00.9620 |
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