Feeney blazes to second straight Super2 pole

Broc Feeney has claimed a second straight Dunlop Super2 Series pole position in Qualifying for Race 2 of Round 2 at Townsville.

The Triple Eight Race Engineering driver is now unbeaten in the five sessions held so far at the Reid Park Street Circuit this weekend having finished the latest hit-out four tenths clear of the field.

Having reclaimed the series lead with his Race 1 win, he will be joined on the front row by pre-Townsville series leader Zak Best, while Jayden Ojeda ended up third on the grid.

Feeney (#888 VF Commodore) belted out a 1:14.0830s on his first flyer, a tenth up on his pole time from the morning prior, despite reportedly starting on his Practice 2 tyres.

Once again, MW Motorsport’s drivers took a slightly different approach, Ojeda working up to a 1:14.3610s on his second complete lap and a 1:14.1530s next time around.

That left the #31 Nissan Altima second on the timing screen and it remained there until Best drove the #78 Tickford Racing FGX Falcon to a 1:14.1307s on his second run.

Ojeda was, by then, back in the pits and not to return, but Feeney was pushing again.

His first lap of the run was not brilliant but his second was a 1:13.7210s which consolidated the 18-year-old’s hold on top spot.

“Man, it felt so good out there,” said Feeney.

“I made a muckery of my first lap, tuned it up a little bit for the second lap and I was so happy with that. I nailed the first sector and I knew if I put the rest of the lap together, it would be pretty good.

“I was so pumped when I came across the line and saw that time, so it’s a credit to this team. I’ve got a fast car and we have got to do it again this afternoon.”

Tim Blanchard was a late mover to fourth with a 1:14.3781s in the #88 Eggleston Motorsport VF Commodore, with Row 3 to be an all-MW Motorsport affair of Tyler Everingham (#27 Nissan Altima) inside of Josh Fife (#28 Nissan Altima).

Rounding out the top 10 were Matt Chahda (#18 Matt Chahda Motorsport FGX Falcon), Jordan Boys (#49 Image Racing VF Commodore), Aaron Seton (#30 Matt Stone Racing VF Commodore), and Angelo Mouzouris (#6 Triple Eight VF Commodore).

The latter was second to team-mate Feeney initially with a 1:14.8258s on his first flyer but went no quicker thereafter.

In the Super3 segment of qualifying, Nash Morris secured a career-first pole position in any category of racing.

The son of Paul set the two fastest laps in the #67 Flash Bush Motorsport FG Falcon, a 1:16.2923s and then a 1:15.9788s right at the start of the session, while Michael Anderson (#5 Anderson Motorsport FG Falcon) ended up second in class on a 1:16.3734s.

They are set to start 15th and 17th outright when the second and final, 21-lap race of the weekend gets underway this afternoon at 13:25 local time/AEST.

Results: Qualifying for Race 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Cls	Fastest lap	Split
1	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:13.7210
2	78	Best Leisure Industries	Zak Best	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	1:14.1307	0:00.4097
3	31	Jayco / MWM	Jayden Ojeda	Nissan Altima	S2	1:14.1530	0:00.4320
4	88	Eggleston Motorsport	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.3781	0:00.6571
5	27	Blue Ribbon Legal / MWM	Tyler Everingham	Nissan Altima	S2	1:14.4395	0:00.7185
6	28	Natural Gas and Water / MWM	Josh Fife	Nissan Altima	S2	1:14.6095	0:00.8885
7	18	Adventure Kings	Matthew Chahda	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	1:14.6347	0:00.9137
8	49	Joss Group / Image Racing	Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.6364	0:00.9154
9	30	Matt Stone Racing	Aaron Seton	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.8053	0:01.0843
10	6	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Angelo Mouzouris	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.8258	0:01.1048
11	777	Red Hot Couriers / MWM	Declan Fraser	Nissan Altima	S2	1:14.8407	0:01.1197
12	54	Eggleston Motorsport	Matthew McLean	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.8910	0:01.1700
13	11	Brema Group Racing	Zane Morse	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:14.9386	0:01.2176
14	69	Dial Before You Dig	Jon McCorkindale	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:15.3817	0:01.6607
15	67	Flash Bush Motorsport	Nash Morris	Ford Falcon FG	CH	1:15.9788	0:02.2578
16	38	Eggleston Motorsport	Jack Sipp	Holden Commodore VF	S2	1:16.0584	0:02.3374
17	5	Anderson Motorsport	Michael Anderson	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:16.3734	0:02.6524
18	35	Unit Racing	Jason Gomersall	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:17.0619	0:03.3409
19	77	Mr HDT Race Cars	Blake Fardell	Holden Commodore VE	CH	1:17.1257	0:03.4047
20	61	Image Racing	Reef McCarthy	Ford Falcon FG	CH	1:17.1851	0:03.4641
21	75	Linc Scaffolding	Brendan Strong	Holden Commodore VE	SC3	1:17.5319	0:03.8109
22	39	Vectra Group	Chris Smerdon	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:18.6438	0:04.9228
23	2	Page Bros Jayco	Steven Page	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	1:19.1421	0:05.4211
24	24	North West Recycling	David Murphy	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	1:19.8293	0:06.1083
25	96	Collins Racing	Gary Collins	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	1:21.2253	0:07.5043