Race 20 starting grid: 2026 NTI Townsville 500
35-lap Race 20 will commence at 4:15pm AEST
Fox, KAYO, Sky NZ, SuperView take live coverage
Brodie Kostecki on pole, disaster for Triple Eight
A resurgent Brodie Kostecki has claimed pole for the NTI Townsville 500 opener, but the big story heading into Friday's race concerns Red Bull Ampol Racing after double elimination.
The Shell V-Power Ford of Kostecki will launch from pole alongside Cam Waters' Darwin Triple Crown-winning Monster Energy Ford, with Bathurst champ Matt Payne and reigning champ Chaz Mostert on the second row.
Broc Feeney and Will Brown were 16th and 19th in qualifying, continuing Triple Eight Race Engineering's slump that began with a poor weekend by its lofty standards in Darwin.
Race 20 will commence at 4:15pm AEST. Fox Sports, Kayo Sports, and Sky NZ take live coverage. International fans can watch on SuperView.
Starting grid: Race 20, 2026 NTI Townsville 500
Brodie Kostecki (#17 Shell V-Power Ford)
Cam Waters (#6 Monster Energy Ford)
Matt Payne (#19 Penrite Ford)
Chaz Mostert (#1 Mobil 1 Optus Toyota)
Thomas Randle (#55 Castrol Ford)
Kai Allen (#26 Penrite Ford)
Ryan Wood (#2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Toyota)
Jack Le Brocq (#4 Sherrin Rentals Chevrolet)
Jayden Ojeda (#31 PremiAir Chevrolet)
James Golding (#7 CoolDrive Ford)
Declan Fraser (#777 PremiAir Chevrolet)
Aaron Cameron (#3 LIQUI MOLY BLAHST Ford)
Cooper Murray (#99 TotalEnergies Chevrolet)
Anton De Pasquale (#18 Cub Cadet Chevrolet)
Rylan Gray (#38 Shell V-Power Ford)
Broc Feeney (#88 Red Bull Ampol Ford)
Cameron Hill (#14 Dare Iced Coffee Toyota)
Jobe Stewart (#9 SOLO Energy Chevrolet)
Will Brown (#888 Red Bull Ampol Ford)
David Reynolds (#20 Snowy River Chevrolet)
Zach Bates (#10 Bendix Chevrolet)
Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries Toyota)
Jackson Walls (#11 Objective Ford)
Reuben Goodall (#5 MG Plasterers Mustang)
Macauley Jones (#96 AlphaTheta Toyota)
Aaron Seton (#30 Superior Cranes Chevrolet)
