PremiAir Nulon Racing’s James Golding (No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro) has taken a shock provisional pole in qualifying on Friday at the betr Darwin Triple Crown, with a mixed grid to finish the first day of action in the Top End.
He will be the last car out for tomorrow’s Boost Mobile Top Ten Shootout, as the Gold Coast-based driver will look to secure his first career Supercars pole position.
Golding can now win the Darwin Triple Crown, but will have to win both tomorrow and Sunday’s 139-kilometre races to become the third driver ever to take the honours.
Nick Percat (No. 10 Bendix Chevrolet Camaro) has made a welcome return to the top of the time sheets, provisionally qualifying second just 0.07 of a second off Golding’s time.
A race winner at Darwin last year, Mark Winterbottom (No. 18 DeWalt Chevrolet Camaro) was third quickest ahead of the Triple Eight Race Engineering duo of Broc Feeney (No. 88 Red Bull Ampol Chevrolet Camaro) and Will Brown (No. 87 Red Bull Ampol Chevrolet Camaro) rounding out the top five.
The fastest 10 drivers from today’s qualifying session will take part in the Shootout to determine the first five rows for Saturday’s race.
Further down the order, Walkinshaw Andretti United had a day to forget, Chaz Mostert (No. 25 Mobil 1 Optus Ford Mustang) – who won in Perth last month – managing just 22nd and rookie teammate Ryan Wood (No. 2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Ford Mustang) 24th.
On-track action resumes Saturday with a 30-minute practice session from 9:35 a.m. ACST, with the Shootout set to begin at 11:35.
Race 11 of the 2024 Repco Supercars Championship is set to kick off at 3:10 p.m. ACST.
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