Feeney picks up maiden Super2 pole

Broc Feeney has his first ever pole position in the Dunlop Super2 Series after edging Jayden Ojeda in Qualifying for Race 1 of Round 2 at Townsville.

The Triple Eight Race Engineering driver clocked a 1:14.2135s during his latter run which knocked MW Motorsport’s Ojeda off his perch by a mere 0.0336s.

Triple Eight-built VF Commodores will also start from both sides of Row 2 this afternoon, with Eggleston Motorsport’s Tim Blanchard third and Matt Stone Racing’s Aaron Seton fourth, while series leader Zak Best took fifth in the #78 Tickford Racing FGX Falcon.

Feeney (#888 VF Commodore) was quick out of the box, beating his practice benchmark by almost three tenths with a 1:14.3441s on his first flyer, while team-mate Angelo Mouzouris (#6 VF Commodore) took up second on a 1:14.7415s.

Ojeda moved to second when he wheeled the #31 Nissan Altima to a 1:14.5311s in the sixth minute, and then to the top with a 1:14.2471s next time around.

That stood as best until Feeney came back out for his second run, usurping Ojeda in the second-last of 10 minutes despite his second sector being slower than personal-best.

Blanchard subsequently jumped to third in Car #88 with a 1:14.3735s, which shuffled Seton (#30 VF Commodore) and Best back, then set a 1:14.3291s after the chequered flag.

Mouzouris ended up sixth having found no improvement on his second run, with the top 10 rounded out by Matt Chahda (#18 Matt Chahda Motorsport FGX Falcon), Tyler Everingham (#27 MWM Nissan Altima), Jordan Boys (#49 Image Racing VF Commodore), and Matt McLean (#54 Eggleston VF Commodore).

“I think there was a little bit [of pressure]; maybe it wasn’t the smartest going quickest in both sessions yesterday,” said Feeney.

“I’m excited, I’m so excited. What a way to start the weekend.

“Brother Gages (Michael Geoghegan), this one is for him, it would have been his birthday today. I know he will be watching from above so this one is for him.

“I cannot thank my team enough; I’m loving being in this team this year and the results are showing.”

The session saw the Super2 and Super3 classes qualify in separate groups for the first time, and it was Michael Anderson (Anderson Motorsport) who was best in the third tier.

He ended up 15th-fastest outright after driving his Tickford Racing-built #5 FG Falcon to a 1:15.9894s on his second of just three flying laps, one position and 0.1562s up on Nash Morris (#67 Flash Bush Motorsport FG Falcon).

Race 1, a 21-lapper, is due to start this afternoon at 14:25 local time/AEST.

Results: Qualifying for Race 1

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Cls	Fastest lap	Split
1	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.2135
2	31	Jayco / MWM	Jayden Ojeda	Nissan Altima	S2	1:14.2471	0:00.0336
3	88	Eggleston Motorsport	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.3291	0:00.1156
4	30	Matt Stone Racing	Aaron Seton	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.4164	0:00.2029
5	78	Best Leisure Industries	Zak Best	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	1:14.5211	0:00.3076
6	6	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Angelo Mouzouris	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.7415	0:00.5280
7	18	Adventure Kings	Matthew Chahda	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	1:14.8023	0:00.5888
8	27	Blue Ribbon Legal / MWM	Tyler Everingham	Nissan Altima	S2	1:14.8251	0:00.6116
9	49	Joss Group / Image Racing	Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.9666	0:00.7531
10	54	Eggleston Motorsport	Matthew McLean	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.9736	0:00.7601
11	777	Red Hot Couriers / MWM	Declan Fraser	Nissan Altima	S2	1:15.0628	0:00.8493
12	11	Brema Group Racing	Zane Morse	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:15.0695	0:00.8560
13	28	Natural Gas and Water / MWM	Josh Fife	Nissan Altima	S2	1:15.1661	0:00.9526
14	69	Dial Before You Dig	Jon McCorkindale	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:15.5601	0:01.3466
15	5	Anderson Motorsport	Michael Anderson	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:15.9894	0:01.7759
16	67	Flash Bush Motorsport	Nash Morris	Ford Falcon FG	CH	1:16.1456	0:01.9321
17	38	Eggleston Motorsport	Jack Sipp	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:16.2022	0:01.9887
18	61	Image Racing	Reef McCarthy	Ford Falcon FG	CH	1:16.8854	0:02.6719
19	77	Mr HDT Race Cars	Blake Fardell	Holden Commodore VE	CH	1:17.1586	0:02.9451
20	35	Unit Racing	Jason Gomersall	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:17.6116	0:03.3981
21	75	Linc Scaffolding	Brendan Strong	Holden Commodore VE	SC3	1:17.6235	0:03.4100
22	24	North West Recycling	David Murphy	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:19.2113	0:04.9978
23	39	Vectra Group	Chris Smerdon	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:19.5718	0:05.3583
24	2	Page Bros Jayco	Steven Page	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	1:22.5373	0:08.3238
25	96	Collins Racing	Gary Collins	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	1:22.5736	0:08.3601