Scott Pye has taken a career first Dunlop Series pole position at Barbagallo Raceway.
With dry conditions greeting the drivers this morning, Pye all but matched Andrew Thompson’s Barbagallo qualifying lap record from last year to score pole with a 56.97s lap.
Ash Walsh, Nick Percat, Chaz Mostert and Luke Youlden completed the top five.
Pye’s time was set seconds before a red flag period that was called when Brett Stewart spun his Commodore into the Turn 6 sand trap with five minutes remaining.
Earlier pace-setters Walsh and Mostert remained in the pits when the session resumed, while several others failed in their last gasp attempts to knock-off Pye’s time.
Pye himself came closest to the benchmark – recording a 56.98s before returning to the pitlane.
The first of three Dunlop Series races for the weekend will kick-off at 1130 local time.
See below for the full qualifying result
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore VE | 0:56.9681 | |
| 2 | Simpro Racing | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon BF | 0:57.0639 | 0:00.0958 |
| 3 | Coates Hire Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:57.1063 | 0:00.1382 |
| 4 | Ford Performance Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.1458 | 0:00.1777 |
| 5 | Proformance West | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon BF | 0:57.1663 | 0:00.1982 |
| 6 | Fujitsu Racing | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.2478 | 0:00.2797 |
| 7 | Team BOC | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE | 0:57.2506 | 0:00.2825 |
| 8 | GB Galvanizing/Wilson Tech | Dale Wood | Holden Commodore VE | 0:57.3323 | 0:00.3642 |
| 9 | DT Racing | David Russell | Holden Commodore VE | 0:57.4402 | 0:00.4721 |
| 10 | Jaylec Automotive Electrical | Tim Blanchard | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.6288 | 0:00.6607 |
| 11 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Rodney Jane | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.7407 | 0:00.7726 |
| 12 | Matt Stone Racing | Daniel Jilesen | Ford Falcon BF | 0:57.8530 | 0:00.8849 |
| 13 | NDD | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE | 0:57.9432 | 0:00.9751 |
| 14 | Bob Jane T-Marts/Sitech | George Miedecke | Ford Falcon BF | 0:57.9801 | 0:01.0120 |
| 15 | Greg Murphy Racing | Marcus Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 0:58.0521 | 0:01.0840 |
| 16 | DT Racing | Cameron Waters | Holden Commodore VE | 0:58.0608 | 0:01.0927 |
| 17 | Go Karts Go Aust | Drew Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 0:58.0854 | 0:01.1173 |
| 18 | Minda Motorsport | Elliot Barbour | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.4177 | 0:01.4496 |
| 19 | Go Karts Go Aust | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 0:58.6790 | 0:01.7109 |
| 20 | Earth Ex | Matt Hansen | Holden Commodore VE | 0:59.0936 | 0:02.1255 |
| 21 | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Brett Stewart | Holden Commodore VE | 0:59.4747 | 0:02.5066 |
| 22 | Warrin Mining | Adam Wallis | Holden Commodore VE | 0:59.4781 | 0:02.5100 |
| 23 | Pacific Hoists | Nandi Kiss | Holden Commodore VE | 0:59.8473 | 0:02.8792 |
| 24 | Carrington Equipment | Michael Hector | Ford Falcon BF | 0:59.8555 | 0:02.8874 |
| 25 | Solo Resource Recovery | Aaron McGill | Ford Falcon BF | 1:00.0780 | 0:03.1099 |
See below for Speedcafe.com’s Trading Post Perth Challenge Race Guide
