McLaughlin strikes back for Race 27 pole

Scott McLaughlin put Volvo in the perfect position to avenge its Saturday disaster at the Castrol Gold Coast 600 by scoring pole for Race 27.

McLaughlin scooped the 13th Armor All Pole Award of his career with a sizzling 1:10.76s lap of the short street course.

The youngster had qualified second yesterday before splitter damage inflicted by co-driver Alexandre Premat in the first stint proved costly.

Craig Lowndes fell less than 0.1s shy of the Volvo at the end of the 20 minute qualifying session on his way to second ahead of Shane van Gisbergen’s Tekno entry.

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Van Gisbergen led the way ahead of the final green tyre runs but, despite improving his own time, could not make it back-to-back poles.

Jamie Whincup scored fourth ahead of Mark Winterbottom and Scott Pye, who improved greatly from his 15th place qualifying effort on Saturday.

The Walkinshaw Holdens again showed promise before ultimately falling short of the front-runners.

Garth Tander, Tim Slade, Lee Holdsworth and James Courtney will start seventh, eighth, 10th and 11th respectively, split only by the Prodrive Ford of David Reynolds.

Chaz Mostert’s replacement Cameron Waters again struggled for outright pace, managing just 23rd.

The 300km Race 27 will get underway at 1430 local time.

Result: V8 Supercars Race 27 Qualifying, Surfers Paradise

1	Wilson Security Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Volvo S60	1:10.7628*H
2	Red Bull Racing Australia	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.8626 H	00.0998
3	Team Darrell Lea STIX	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.9034 H	00.1406
4	Red Bull Racing Australia	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.9316 H	00.1688
5	Pepsi Max Crew	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.0443 H	00.2815
6	DJR Team Penske	Scott Pye	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.0795 H	00.3167
7	Holden Racing Team	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.0908 H	00.3280
8	Supercheap Auto Racing	Tim Slade	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.1091 H	00.3463
9	The Bottle-O Racing Team	David Reynolds	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.1755 H	00.4127
10	Walkinshaw Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.2218 H	00.4590
11	Holden Racing Team	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.2482 H	00.4854
12	Nissan Motorsport	James Moffat	Nissan Altima	1:11.2830 H	00.5202
13	Team BOC	Jason Bright	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.3299 H	00.5671
14	Nissan Motorsport	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:11.4033 H	00.6405
15	Repair Management Aust Racing	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.4211 H	00.6583
16	Freightliner Racing	Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.4723 H	00.7095
17	Erebus Motorsport V8	Will Davison	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:11.4911 H	00.7283
18	Erebus Motorsport V8	Ashley Walsh	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:11.5273 H	00.7645
19	Nissan Motorsport	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	1:11.6123 H	00.8495
20	Wilson Security Racing GRM	David Wall	Volvo S60	1:11.6831 H	00.9203
21	Super Black Racing	Andre Heimgartner	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.7126 H	00.9498
22	Team Cooldrive	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.7452 H	00.9824
23	Pepsi Max Crew	Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.7575 H	00.9947
24	Nissan Motorsport	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	1:11.8425 H	01.0797
25	GB Galvanizing Racing	Dale Wood	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.8717 H	01.1089