Chris Pither ended Cameron Waters’ domination of the Castrol Edge Townville 400 by securing his second Dunlop Series pole position of the season.
The Ice Break Falcon driver saved his best until the dying seconds of qualifying to pip series leader Waters to pole with an impressive 1:14.6153s effort.
Waters had held the top spot in the closing stages of a hotly contested session, but was unable to match Pither as he finished 0.1416s adrift.
Reigning Dunlop Series champion Paul Dumbrell showed signs he is getting on top of his Eggleston Motorsport Commodore in third.
Jack Le Brocq shot to fourth in the final moments as he edged the Super Black Racing entry of Simon Evans.
Todd Hazelwood produced another strong performance in the iSeek Racing Falcon to secure sixth, with the South Australian due to start Race 2 alongside Macauley Jones.
Aaren Russell, Ant Pedersen and James Golding rounded out the top 10.
It proved to be a struggle for Race 1 second place finisher Garry Jacobson with the Eggleston Motorsport runner due to start from 12th behind Shae Davies.
The first segment of qualifying was red flagged twice due to separate incidents involving Dan Day and Brett Hobson.
The final Dunlop Series Race 2 will start at 14:55.
Result: Dunlop Series Race 2 Qualifying, Townsville
| 1 | Icebreak Racing | Chris Pither | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.6153 | |
| 2 | TEAM ENZED PRA | Cameron Waters | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.7569 | 00.1416 |
| 3 | Eggleston Motorsport | Paul Dumbrell | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:14.8217 | 00.2064 |
| 4 | Thomas Steel | Jack Le Brocq | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.0280 | 00.4127 |
| 5 | Super Black Racing | Simon Evans | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.2008 | 00.5855 |
| 6 | iseek Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.2160 | 00.6007 |
| 7 | PAYCE | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.2635 | 00.6482 |
| 8 | Plus Fitness / Go Karts Go | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.3930 | 00.7777 |
| 9 | Eggleston Motorsport | Ant Pedersen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.3996 | 00.7843 |
| 10 | Gippsland Body Building GRM | James Golding | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.4423 | 00.8270 |
| 11 | Davbridge Constructions | Shae Davies | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.5619 | 00.9466 |
| 12 | Eggleston Motorsport | Garry Jacobson | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.6140 | 00.9987 |
| 13 | THR Developments/SA Racing | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.6315 | 01.0162 |
| 14 | Paul Morris Motorsports | Paul Morris | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.9567 | 01.3414 |
| 15 | Alphabet / Wynns | Josh Kean | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:16.0414 | 01.4261 |
| 16 | Hayman Reese Racing | Jesse Dixon | Ford Falcon FG | 1:16.1273 | 01.5120 |
| 17 | Cavalier Homes | Matthew Chahda | Ford Falcon FG | 1:16.6979 | 02.0826 |
| 18 | Fujitsu Racing | Renee Gracie | Ford Falcon FG | 1:16.8361 | 02.2208 |
| 19 | Middy’s Data & Electrical | Bryce Fullwood | Holden Commodore VE | 1:16.8428 | 02.2275 |
| 20 | Street Fighter Performance | Dan Day | Ford Falcon FG | 1:16.9782 | 02.3629 |
| 21 | Arcoplate / Penrite | Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:17.0469 | 02.4316 |
| 22 | Warrin Mining / Volvo CE | Adam Wallis | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:17.2577 | 02.6424 |
| 23 | Battery World Racing | Aaron McGill | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:17.5241 | 02.9088 |
| 24 | Challenger / Simplex | Brett Hobson | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:17.8659 | 03.2506 |
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