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Brown spun at Turn 11 in the dying moments of the session, tagging the fence with the right-rear of his Triple Eight Camaro.
That left Brown stranded facing the wrong way. He was collected by Nick Percat and, upon attempting to reverse out of trouble, then copped another hit from Tim Slade.
The session was immediately red-flagged. Brown was seventh on the timesheet but was demoted to 11th – crucially out of the Top 10 Shootout – as his best time was deleted for causing the stoppage.
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“I’ve been locking rears in there for the last two sessions and just thought I’d get it turned but didn’t and locked the rears, slapped the fence,” explained Brown.
“Unfortunately, it took a couple of other cars out of their quali, sorry to them, but these things happen, it’s Gold Coast. We’ll press on and see how we end up.”
Grove Racing’s Stanaway had moments earlier shot to the top of the order with a 1:10.4448s effort ahead of fellow Ford men Chaz Mostert, Cam Waters and Thomas Randle.
Broc Feeney, Matt Payne, James Golding, David Reynolds, James Courtney and Brodie Kostecki will complete the Shootout field.
The top 10 were separated by less than half a second in a typically tight 15-minute Gold Coast session.
Mostert had led Feeney, Waters and Randle ahead of the final runs, at which point neither Grove entry of Stanaway or Payne were inside the 10.
The Top 10 Shootout will take place ahead of the 250km opening leg of the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 this afternoon.
Brown enters today’s race 204 points ahead of teammate Feeney, with Ford drivers Mostert and Waters 225 and 464 behind the leader respectively.
There are 600 points still up for grabs; with 150 awarded to the winner of each race at the Gold Coast 500 and Adelaide 500.
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver/s | Car | Laps | Fastest | Gap | Lap |
| 1 | 26 | Penrite Racing | Richie Stanaway | Ford Mustang GT | 7 | 1:10.445 | 6 | |
| 2 | 25 | Mobil1 Optus Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Mustang GT | 8 | 1:10.451 | 0.0061 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 | Monster Castrol Racing | Cam Waters | Ford Mustang GT | 9 | 1:10.454 | 0.0090 | 8 |
| 4 | 55 | Monster Castrol Racing | Thomas Randle | Ford Mustang GT | 10 | 1:10.500 | 0.0550 | 8 |
| 5 | 88 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Broc Feeney | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 8 | 1:10.608 | 0.1627 | 3 |
| 6 | 19 | Penrite Racing | Matthew Payne | Ford Mustang GT | 8 | 1:10.748 | 0.3028 | 7 |
| 7 | 31 | PremiAir Nulon Racing | James Golding | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 7 | 1:10.825 | 0.3802 | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | Tradie Beer Racing | David Reynolds | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 8 | 1:10.844 | 0.3994 | 7 |
| 9 | 7 | Snowy River Racing | James Courtney | Ford Mustang GT | 9 | 1:10.894 | 0.4491 | 7 |
| 10 | 1 | Erebus Motorsport | Brodie Kostecki | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 8 | 1:10.928 | 0.4836 | 3 |
| 11 | 87 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Will Brown | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 8 | 1:10.942 | 0.4971 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | R&J Batteries Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:10.977 | 0.5319 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Erebus Motorsport | Jack Le Brocq | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 8 | 1:11.001 | 0.5563 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Shell V-Power Racing | Anton De Pasquale | Ford Mustang GT | 8 | 1:11.016 | 0.5717 | 4 |
| 15 | 18 | Cub Cadet Racing | Mark Winterbottom | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:11.019 | 0.5745 | 4 |
| 16 | 4 | Tyrepower Racing | Cameron Hill | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:11.074 | 0.6296 | 5 |
| 17 | 2 | Mobil1 Truck Assist Racing | Ryan Wood | Ford Mustang GT | 8 | 1:11.111 | 0.6666 | 6 |
| 18 | 96 | Pizza Hut Racing | Macauley Jones | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:11.136 | 0.6911 | 8 |
| 19 | 10 | Bendix Racing | Nick Percat | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 8 | 1:11.192 | 0.7472 | 8 |
| 20 | 14 | Middy’s Racing | Bryce Fullwood | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:11.195 | 0.7502 | 7 |
| 21 | 23 | PremiAir Nulon Racing | Tim Slade | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:11.297 | 0.8519 | 4 |
| 22 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing | Will Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 9 | 1:11.389 | 0.9438 | 4 |
| 23 | 3 | CoolDrive Racing | Aaron Love | Ford Mustang GT | 8 | 1:11.419 | 0.9743 | 3 |
| 24 | 50 | SCT Motorsport | Jaxon Evans | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 9 | 1:11.529 | 1.0844 | 8 |
