Tight at the top: Townsville speed breakdown

It was tight at the top at the WD-40 Townsville SuperSprint, with Anton De Pasquale setting the fastest lap of the weekend.

The pace was well and truly down relative to the previous week across one-lap and race pace.

At the NTI Townsville 500, it was a party for drivers in the 1:12s bracket; last weekend, they were nearly as rare as hen's teeth.

There was only one practice session, which was topped by Scott Pye on a 1:12.933s. The previous week's quickest practice lap was a 1:12.381s courtesy of Shane van Gisbergen.

De Pasquale's Saturday pole time, set in the Top Ten Shootout, was a 1:12.639s. The previous week's quickest qualifying lap, Jamie Whincup's Sunday 1:12.019s, was well up the road.

Van Gisbergen also clocked the quickest race lap en route to the Race 18 victory, a 1:13.908s. A week earlier, Chaz Mostert laid down a 1:13.424s late in the Sunday race.

Week on week, drivers lost roughly 0.6s, but that was more than made up for in high-quality racing.

Cameron Waters, who won Races 17 and 19, set the fastest lap of the race on Sunday when he needed it: in the lead, after a Safety Car restart.

Van Gisbergen's Race 18 fastest lap was set on lap 4 as he chased Whincup. Whincup, on the same lap, clocked a 1:14.134s.

Fastest practice laps

Fastest qualifying laps

Fastest race laps

Key: Practice (P); Qualifying (Q); Top Ten Shootout (TT); Race (R)