Mostert Takes Dominant Dunlop Series Pole

AGAINST the strongest DunlopV8 Supercar series field seen in years, Chaz Mostert has dominated qualifyingat the Clipsal 500 by taking the ARMOR ALL pole position by four-tenths of asecond in his #99 MW Motorsport Falcon.

Mostert’s 1m21.8474s lap was0.43s faster than Ash Walsh – with second back to sixteenth-placed Garry Jacobsencovered by just one second in an impressively tight field.

Mostert, however, was on topfor much of the session and re-emphasised his dominance at the end of thesession by setting his quickest lap on his thirteenth, and final, lap of the30-minute session. He pocketed $1000 from pole award sponsor ARMOR ALL for hisefforts in the Sherrin Rental’s Ford.

Behind the two front-rowFords, Dale Wood – who topped practice yesterday - was third, Kristian Lindbomfourth and Drew Russell an impressive fifth in his recently acquired ex-TripleEight / Dick Johnson Racing FG Falcon.

Lindbom’s fourth place wasimpressive given he spent a time parked in the tyre bundles at turn eleven, mid-waythrough the session.  

Russell’s NovocastrianMotorsport entry was used by Steven Johnson in last year’s V8 Supercarchampionship and is the sister car to the 2010-title winner driven by JamesCourtney.

Cameron Waters was first ofthe Holden’s, in sixth, with George Miedecke, Andrew Jones, Aaren Russel andDaniel Gaunt completing the top-10.

Casey Stoner was 12thin the Red Bull Racing Australia #27 entry, exactly one-second off the ultimatepace.

A thirty-car field qualifiedtoday, with just 1.6 seconds covering the fastest 20 cars.

The opening Dunlop V8Supercar race of the season will be contested this evening over 24-laps,scheduled to commence at 17:35pm local time.