Todd Hazelwood has laid down an impressive lap time to take the Armor All Pole Position for the second Dunlop Super2 Series race on the streets of Townsville.
The Race 1 winner will start alongside series leader Paul Dumbrell for this afternoon’s 21-lapper after topping qualifying by 0.2s.
Hazelwood had sat third after the first runs before coming out and setting a 1:14.1659s.
The lap was nearly 0.6s faster than the previous Super2 best of the weekend, set by Jack Le Brocq during Friday practice, in an electric session.
“It’s been a great weekend so far and to get this pole position, first one of my season and second one of my career, I can’t thank the Matt Stone Racing boys enough,” said Hazelwood.
The South Australian native was on track to go faster again in the dying moments before an error at Turn 7 pitched the #35 Bigmate Commodore through the grass.
Dumbrell (#88 Burson Auto Parts Eggleston Motorsport Commodore) improved from fifth to second in the final minute of the quarter-hour session, bumping Anton de Pasquale (#67 ToolPro Paul Morris Motorsport Falcon) onto the second row alongside Garry Jacobson (#1 Mega Prodrive Racing Australia Falcon).
Jack LeBrocq (#28 GoGetta MW Motorsport Altima), Macauley Jones (#14 DrillPro Brad Jones Racing Commodore), Bryce Fullwood (#16 Middy’s MW Motorsport Altima), and Race 1 pole-sitter Shae Davies (#26 Loco MW Motorsport Altima) round out the top 10.
Jack Perkins (#4 Titan Tray Dragon Motor Racing Commodore) qualified 12th but was compromised on the second flyer of his second run when he came up on the back of Kurt Kostecki, hitting the #55 Arcoplate Kostecki Brothers Commodore in the rear at the apex of Turn 13.
The incident will be subject to a post-session investigation.
Jack Smith (#21 SCT Logistics Brad Jones Racing Commodore) qualified 17th fastest but will be put back to 22nd as punishment for cleaning up Brodie Kostecki (#57 Sprint Cutting Matt Stone Racing Falcon) during qualifying the day prior.
Race 2 starts at 1450 local time /AEST.
Results: Qualifying for Race 2
| 1 | Bigmate Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Holden Commodore VF | 1:14.1659 | |
| 2 | Eggleston Motorsport | Paul Dumbrell | Holden Commodore VF | 1:14.3710 | 0:00.2051 |
| 3 | Paul Morris Motorsports | Anton de Pasquale | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:14.3895 | 0:00.2236 |
| 4 | McQuinn Electrical | Garry Jacobson | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:14.4532 | 0:00.2873 |
| 5 | GoGetta Racing/ MWM | Jack Le Brocq | Nissan Altima | 1:14.4681 | 0:00.3022 |
| 6 | PAYCE | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore VF | 1:14.6421 | 0:00.4762 |
| 7 | Middys Electrical / MWM | Bryce Fullwood | Nissan Altima | 1:14.6629 | 0:00.4970 |
| 8 | LOCO Energy Drink / MWM | Shae Davies | Nissan Altima | 1:14.6768 | 0:00.5109 |
| 9 | Wilson Security PAYCE GRM | Richard Muscat | Holden Commodore VF | 1:14.7869 | 0:00.6210 |
| 10 | Eggleston Motorsport | William Brown | Holden Commodore VF | 1:14.8105 | 0:00.6446 |
| 11 | Wynns | Josh Kean | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:14.8622 | 0:00.6963 |
| 12 | Dragon Motor Racing | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.0872 | 0:00.9213 |
| 13 | Wilson Security PAYCE GRM | Mason Barbera | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.2225 | 0:01.0566 |
| 14 | Arcoplate Racing | Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.2446 | 0:01.0787 |
| 15 | Auto One Racing | Adam Marjoram | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.3447 | 0:01.1788 |
| 16 | Arcoplate Racing | Jake Kostecki | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.3501 | 0:01.1842 |
| 17 | SCT Logistics | Jack Smith | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.3597 | 0:01.1938 |
| 18 | Alliance Truck Parts | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.4518 | 0:01.2859 |
| 19 | Sprint Cutting Racing | Brodie Kostecki | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.5526 | 0:01.3867 |
| 20 | Team Caltex | Renee Gracie | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.5539 | 0:01.3880 |
| 21 | Eggleston Motorsport | Nathan Morcom | Holden Commodore VF | 1:15.6885 | 0:01.5226 |
| 22 | Falcon Spares & Repairs | Matthew Chahda | Holden Commodore VF | 1:16.1585 | 0:01.9926 |
| 23 | Sherriff Electrical ABC Towing | Gerard McLeod | Ford Falcon FG | 1:17.4807 | 0:03.3148 |
| 24 | STR Truck Bodies & Trailers | Matthew Palmer | Ford Falcon FG | 1:18.1711 | 0:04.0052 |
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