Brodie Kostecki will begin on the high of the Bathurst 1000 grid for the third 12 months in a row.
Kostecki turns into the third driver in Supercars historical past to win three straight pole positions at Mount Panorama after taking out Saturday’s High-10 Shootout.
He was near-flawless as the ultimate driver out on the circuit, setting a lap time of two minutes and 4.0413 seconds to assert pole.
Final 12 months’s Bathurst 1000 winner alongside co-driver Todd Hazelwood, Kostecki joins legendary duo Peter Brock and Allan Moffat as the one drivers to have accomplished the feat.
He pipped second-fastest Cam Waters by 0.176 seconds.
Brodie Kostecki is chasing a second consecutive Bathurst 1000 crown. (Getty photos: Robert Cianflone)
Chaz Mostert was third and can share the second row with teammate Ryan Wooden.
Supercars championship chief Broc Feeney struggled to duplicate his extraordinary qualifying kind and completed fifth after shedding time on the high of the mountain.
Cooper Murray impressed in his first High-10 Shootout on the Bathurst 1000 to qualify sixth.
Nick Percat, who will retire from full-time driving on the finish of the season, was tenth after operating extensive on the closing nook.
Percat gained the Bathurst 1000 in 2011 on his first try, co-driving for Garth Tander.
Feeney’s teammate, Will Brown, who will begin twelfth on the grid, survived a late scare throughout observe earlier on Saturday.
The defending Supercars champion nearly suffered a day-ending crash when rival Mostert veered into his path down pit straight.
Mostert had completed so in a bid to keep away from Thomas Randle, forcing Brown to take evasive motion into the grass on the first flip.
Mostert confronted Randle within the garages earlier than apologising to Brown.
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