Chaz Mostert scores Winton pole treble

By Stefan Bartholomaeus

Sunday 17th May, 2015 - 12:27pm

Chaz Mostert edged Mark Winterbottom to pole

Chaz Mostert secured a clean sweep of Armor All Pole Awards at the NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint, edging out team-mates Mark Winterbottom and David Reynolds in Race 12 qualifying.

The 23-year-old again had the edge over his fellow Ford runners when it mattered at the end of the 20 minutes.

The session came down to a single run on new tyres for the majority of the field, with the order changing quickly in the final seconds.

Winterbottom went to the top with 1:23.39s with under two minutes remaining and managed to improve slightly to 1:23.32s on his second effort.

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Mostert meanwhile improved from 1:23.40s to 1:23.13s in order to wrestle the pole away from his team-mate.

“It’s crazy, I didn’t expect to get three poles this weekend,” said Mostert, who has scored his first five career poles in little over a fortnight.

“I’ve just got to try and get it off the line now.”

Michael Caruso and Rick Kelly continued Nissan’s strong Winton form with fourth and sixth respectively, split by the Mercedes of Will Davison.

Fabian Coulthard will start seventh ahead of Craig Lowndes, Scott Pye and Shane van Gisbergen.

The Walkinshaw Holdens again struggled, with Tim Slade edging team-mates James Courtney and Garth Tander to 15th.

Jamie Whincup’s tough run also continued, with the six-time champion ending up down in 22nd.

The 67 lap Race 12 is set to get underway from 1345 local time.

Result: V8 Supercars Race 12 Qualifying, Winton

1	Pepsi Max Crew	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:23.1334*
2	Pepsi Max Crew	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG/X	01:23.32	00:00.19
3	The Bottle-O Racing Team	David Reynolds	Ford Falcon FG/X	01:23.49	00:00.36
4	Nissan Motorsport	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	01:23.60	00:00.46
5	Erebus Motorsport V8	Will Davison	Mercedes E63 AMG	01:23.63	00:00.50
6	Nissan Motorsport	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	01:23.66	00:00.53
7	Freightliner Racing	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.66	00:00.53
8	Red Bull Racing Australia	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.73	00:00.60
9	DJR Team Penske	Scott Pye	Ford Falcon FG/X	01:23.78	00:00.64
10	Team Darrell Lea STIX	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.82	00:00.68
11	Wilson Security Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	01:23.82	00:00.69
12	Super Black Racing	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Falcon FG/X	01:23.83	00:00.70
13	Erebus Motorsport V8	Ashley Walsh	Mercedes E63 AMG	01:23.84	00:00.71
14	Nissan Motorsport	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	01:23.85	00:00.71
15	Supercheap Auto Racing	Tim Slade	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.87	00:00.74
16	Holden Racing Team	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.88	00:00.75
17	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.91	00:00.78
18	Team BOC	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.91	00:00.78
19	Walkinshaw Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore VF	01:23.95	00:00.81
20	Nissan Motorsport	James Moffat	Nissan Altima	01:24.00	00:00.86
21	Repair Management Aust Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VF	01:24.06	00:00.93
22	Red Bull Racing Australia	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	01:24.13	00:00.99
23	Wilson Security Racing GRM	David Wall	Volvo S60	01:24.39	00:01.26
24	Team Cooldrive	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	01:24.40	00:01.27
25	GB Galvanizing Racing	Dale Wood	Holden Commodore VF	01:24.59	00:01.46

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