Triple Eight star Broc Feeney has continued his form fightback, backing up from his Saturday win to claim a drought-breaking pole position for Sunday’s final leg at the Perth Super440.
After snapping the Ford squad’s longest podium drought in 20 years in Saturday’s second 50-lap sprint at Wanneroo Raceway, Feeney outpaced his rivals in the top 10 shootout to put his Mustang on pole for Sunday’s 200km finale.
Having earlier set a 53.645 qualifying lap record, Feeney pipped Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters by 0.055sec in the shootout to claim his fourth pole of the season and his first pole since the final race in Tasmania in May.
Grove Racing’s championship leader Matt Payne, who claimed both Saturday poles, Walkinshaw TWG Racing’s Ryan Wood and Dick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki rounded out the top five.
Feeney said it was a great feeling to be fighting up the front again.
“I’m chuffed. I can’t thank this team enough, the turnaround this weekend has been fantastic,” Feeney said.
“I was a bit nervous for the shootout again, it’s been a while since I’ve been competitive and it’s just great to be on pole again.
“I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle on this tyre today, but I think it probably brings out a few strengths of ours.
“I’m looking forward to it. There are a lot of fast cars up the front, I think it is going to be a pretty exciting race.
“It’s just so good to be back fighting up the front again. I’ve been working hard and to finally get rewarded for that is a great feeling.”
Anton De Pasquale, James Golding, Thomas Randle, Aaron Cameron and David Reynolds made up the rest of the top 10.
While Feeney put his car on pole, it was a different story for his teammate Will Brown, who will start from 19th on the grid after a qualifying shocker.
Brown offered no excuses for the result, saying his car was just “not fast enough”.
“That’s the end of the day. Nothing happened. We’re just not quick enough,” Brown said.
“We’ll have a look at it and go from there.
“Pretty average. We’re a tenth off down the straight just compared to Broc. That puts us in.
“It is what it is.”
Kai Allen was another casualty in qualifying after his session was impacted by a power steering issue and he will start from 23rd for Sunday’s 80-lap race.