Ashley Walsh rewarded his hard working Matt Stone Racing crew with pole position for Round 3 of the Dunlop Series at Barbagallo.
The Ford outfit was forced to perform a hurried engine change prior to the session after discovering a problem during the motor’s warm-up procedure.
Once on track, Walsh proved unperturbed by the drama, clocking the fastest three times of the session on the way to his first Armor All Pole Award of the season.
Points leader Paul Dumbrell wound up second, 0.22s adrift of Walsh’s 57.12s best.
Cameron Waters and Dean Fiore will make-up the second row ahead of Chris Pither, Garry Jacobson, Andre Heimgartner, Jack Le Brocq, Todd Hazelwood and Paul Morris.
Morris had proved the fastest man in the bottom 50 percent segment of the two-part qualifying hit-out.
The first of two 38 lap races for the Dunlop Series this weekend will kick-off at 1325 local time.
See below for the Dunlop Series qualifying result
| 1 | Infants Friend | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.12 | |
| 2 | Eggleston Morotsport | Paul Dumbrell | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:57.34 | 00:00.22 |
| 3 | TEAM ENZED FPR | Cameron Waters | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.43 | 00:00.31 |
| 4 | Titan Ford/East Coast Traffic | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.47 | 00:00.35 |
| 5 | Icebreak Racing | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:57.63 | 00:00.51 |
| 6 | Eggleston Motorsport | Garry Jacobson | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:57.68 | 00:00.56 |
| 7 | Finance Ezi / MWM | Andre Heimgartner | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.71 | 00:00.59 |
| 8 | Image Racing | Jack Le Brocq | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.71 | 00:00.59 |
| 9 | Matt Stone Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.76 | 00:00.64 |
| 10 | Sargent Security Racing | Paul Morris | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.81 | 00:00.70 |
| 11 | Eggleston Motorsport | Ant Pedersen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:57.94 | 00:00.83 |
| 12 | Haber Excavations/Miraflores | Morgan Haber | Ford Falcon FG | 00:57.95 | 00:00.83 |
| 13 | Team Freightliner | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:58.01 | 00:00.89 |
| 14 | Vili’s | Josh Kean | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:58.16 | 00:01.05 |
| 15 | Novocastrian Motorsport | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 00:58.21 | 00:01.09 |
| 16 | R&J Batteries | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:58.29 | 00:01.18 |
| 17 | Action Racing | Marcus Zukanovic | Ford Falcon FG | 00:58.38 | 00:01.26 |
| 18 | Pacific Hoists/Race Pilot | Fredrik Lestrup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:58.51 | 00:01.39 |
| 19 | Forpark/Aust Custom Moulders | Matt Hansen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:58.77 | 00:01.65 |
| 20 | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Brett Stewart | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:59.07 | 00:01.95 |
| 21 | Rev Trans WA/Real Estate Expre | Ben Porter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:59.07 | 00:01.95 |
| 22 | Street Fighter | Dan Day | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:59.22 | 00:02.10 |
| 23 | Mocomm Communication | Jim Pollicina | Ford Falcon FG | 00:59.41 | 00:02.29 |
| 24 | Gulf Western Oil | Michael Hector | Ford Falcon FG | 00:59.47 | 00:02.35 |
| 25 | Warrin Mining/Volvo Constructi | Adam Wallis | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:59.47 | 00:02.35 |
| 26 | McGill Motorsport | Aaron McGill | Holden Commodore VE2 | 00:59.62 | 00:02.50 |
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