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De Pasquale edges ahead in ARMOR ALL Pole Champion chase

03 Nov 2021
Anton De Pasquale leads the race for the ARMOR ALL Pole Champion Award
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Anton De Pasquale has moved into the lead of the ARMOR ALL Pole Champion Award standings after his sweep of the Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight poles.

De Pasquale was rampant en route to the three ARMOR ALL Poles last weekend.

The #11 Shell V-Power Racing Team Mustang was on rails; De Pasquale notably put almost 0.7s on the field in Race 21 qualifying.

De Pasquale heads to this weekend's ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight on seven poles.

He moved ahead of series leader Shane van Gisbergen, who remains on five poles.

Cameron Waters has four, Jamie Whincup and Will Davison two each, and Chaz Mostert and Andre Heimgartner one.

17 stunning moments from the Bunnings Trade Sydney SuperNight

There are nine more pole-taking opportunities in 2021, meaning De Pasquale can end the year with a maximum of 16 poles.

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Should he continue his razing run, he would equal Scott McLaughlin's all-time record of 16, which was set in 2017.

McLaughlin won the ARMOR ALL Pole Champion Award four years in a row between 2017 and 2020.

He backed up his 16-pole haul in 2017 with 13 in 2018, 15 in 2019 and 15 last year.

De Pasquale has a long way to go to match Peter Brock's consecutive poles record; Brock claimed 13 poles in a row across the 1979 and 1980 seasons.

The 2021 Repco Supercars Championship will resume this weekend at the ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight.

Tickets for the three upcoming Sydney events are on sale now.

ARMOR ALL Pole Champion Award winners

1999: Mark Skaife2000: Craig Lowndes2001: Mark Skaife2002: Mark Skaife, Marcos Ambrose2003: Marcos Ambrose2004: Mark Skaife2005: Craig Lowndes2006: Mark Skaife2007: Mark Winterbottom2008: Jamie Whincup2009: Jamie Whincup2010: Jamie Whincup2011: Jamie Whincup2012: Will Davison2013: Jamie Whincup2014: Jamie Whincup2015: Chaz Mostert2016: Shane van Gisbergen2017: Scott McLaughlin2018: Scott McLaughlin2019: Scott McLaughlin2020: Scott McLaughlin

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