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McLaughlin scores Darwin pole hat-trick

16 Aug 2020
Three from three ARMOR ALL Poles for Shell Ford
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Scott McLaughlin has scored ARMOR ALL Pole for both Sunday races at the BetEasy Darwin Triple Crown, as he looks to make amends for a troubled opener.

The championship leader also scored pole on Saturday, but was classified just 20th in the final result after a time penalty for a restart infringement.

McLaughlin made his single flying soft tyre lap count in both 10-minute Sunday qualifying sessions to score the poles.

In the first session a 1:06.4155s proved 0.0256s clear of second-placed Fabian Coulthard, with Saturday winner Anton De Pasquale the top Holden in third.

Jamie Whincup, Nick Percat, Andre Heimgartner, Shane van Gisbergen, David Reynolds, Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert rounded out the top 10.

  • Click here for full Race 14 qualifying result

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Whincup was McLaughlin’s closest challenger in the second, but was a full 0.3265s adrift of the Mustang driver’s 1:06.3093s effort.

A similar margin separated the rest of the 10, consisting of van Gisbergen, Mostert, Cameron Waters, Coulthard, Rick Kelly, De Pasquale, Reynolds and Percat.

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McLaughlin now has seven poles for the season and 68 in his Supercars career.

“It’s awesome to get ARMOR ALL Pole times three,” he said.

“The inside is quite difficult to get off the start-line, we’ll do our best but to be up the front and be there or thereabouts is an ideal situation.

“It’s the first half of the payback for the guys.

“We’ve got a great front-row lockout for Shell V-Power Racing in the first race and then hopefully we can get two wins or two good podiums results today would be fantastic.

“But kicking myself after yesterday, I was pretty disappointed last night going to bed but knew I had time to repay the team.”

McLaughlin: I had to repay the team

This afternoon’s two 38-lap races will complete the BetEasy Darwin Triple Crown, with the top points scorer for the weekend to be awarded the Triple Crown trophy.

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