Will Brown has taken provisional pole place for Saturday’s opening race of the Adelaide 500 in a dramatic qualifying session interrupted by a red-flag after three crashes on the exit of Flip 8.
What was deliberate to be a brief 15-minute stanza to find out grid positions 11-24 for Saturday’s race was stopped after 5 minutes when David Reynolds, and his Team18 Chevrolet couldn’t keep away from the stationary Chevrolet of Cam Hill, who had already hit the wall, leaving each Camaros stranded in the course of the observe.
In consequence the session was suspended after which declared, regardless of the truth that a lot of drivers had been but to set a consultant lap time.
Brown set a time of 1m19.4425s lap in his Triple Eight Chevrolet, forward of Tickford Racing’s duo Cam Water and Tom Randle. Broc Feeney, the opposite driver in title rivalry, was fourth in his Triple Eight Chevrolet.
The remainder of the highest 10 was a little bit of a shock, with Blanchard Racing placing each its Fords in, in fifth place (James Courtney) and seventh (Aaron Love). Matt Payne was sixth for Grove Racing forward of Love and the Brad Jones Chevrolets of Jaxon Evans, Macauley Jones and Bryce Fullwood.
However Chaz Mostert, who’s combating for third within the championship, was one of many drivers left stranded by the stoppage, and can begin the race from twenty second in his Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford.
Reynolds, who topped each follow periods, didn’t assume that the late-afternoon shadows had been a think about his crash.
“There was a little bit of a yellow flag, I most likely stayed on the brakes a bit too lengthy and had a crash myself,” he mentioned. “There are undoubtedly some shadows throughout [the track] however that isn’t my excuse, in any respect.”
Hill mentioned his automobile might not be capable to be fastened in time for Saturday’s race.
“It is fairly cooked. First push lap, there are numerous shadows there however I’m not going to say that’s the reason I shunted.”
One other driver had already hit the wall on the similar place, Richie Stanaway smashing the Grove Racing Ford into the concrete simply seconds earlier.
Bathurst winner Brodie Kostecki will line up twelfth whereas the opposite Erebus Motorsport automobile, which is being pushed by the crew’s 2025 signing Cooper Murray after present driver Jack Le Brocq rushed again to Melbourne on Friday morning for the start of his first youngster. Murray certified in seventeenth place.
Brown comes into the weekend with a 180-point lead over Feeney, the one different driver in title rivalry. A complete of 300 factors are on supply throughout the 2 races.
The Supercars might be again in motion on Saturday, with the drivers taking to the observe at 10:00am, Australian Central Daylight Saving Time, for a 30-minute follow session. The one-car prime 10 shootout will begin at 12:35pm and the twenty third race of the 12 months, over 78 laps, is about for 3:20pm.
