Kostecki claims first ever Gen3 Supercars pole
By Timothy Neal
Date posted: 11 March 2023
Kostecki claimed the first ever Supercars Gen3 pole in a ridiculously tight top-ten shootout, with Waters just missing out in the Tickford Mustang.
Waters held provisional pole until the very death, as a jubilant Erebus garage celebrated the historic Gen3 pole spot, with Feeney taking P3, with the field split just just +0.311 down to Pye in P10.
The Coca-Cola by Erebus team celabrate a thrilling pole for its Gen3 Camaro debut with Brodie Kostecki. Image: EDGE Photography
The first ever top-ten shootout in the Gen3 era featured Kostecki, Mostert, Van Gisbergen, Slade, Reynolds, Waters, Feeney, Heimgartner, Pye, and Golding.
First out was Golding in the #31 Nulon Racing Camaro in his third ever shootout, putting down a 1:12.243, with Pye next out.
He looked good in the purple’s early and went 0.084 under Golding with the in form Heimgartner coming out as the third shooter.
The quick Kiwi looked great through the first two sectors, and just snuck over Pye with 1:12.142, With BJR going it on used tyres.
The #88 Triple Eight Camaro was next up, he went purple through the second and third and went top to continue the trend, with Waters then introducing the Gen3 Mustang to the shootout.
A dominant first sector had him looking good for top perch, and a purple third squeezed Feeney out by the barest margin of 0.007s. with a straight 12.
Reynolds had a big slide through the second sector, but turned it on through the last to put the #26 into P3 with Slade then coming out as the second PremiAir Camaro.
Slade’s first shootout for his new squad had him flying down the esplanade, putting up good numbers to take P3 off Reynolds, making it four cars so far within 0.02 seconds.
SVG entered the arena with an instant error, seeing a big lock-up at the first corner carving him off the apex, but a good recovery put him in P5 with a 12.04.
Mostert then took the #25 Mustang to a strong second sector, but could only manage P6 in a very tight leaderboard with Kostecki to come.
The Qualifying winner was close through the second sector, and the sprint to the line got him there, going under 12 to edge out Waters by .153.
Race 1 comes at 1520 today, with all eyes firmly on the unfolding Supercars Gen3 debut.
Top Ten Shootout results
Brodie Kostecki 1:11.8481
Cameron Waters 1:12.0001 +0.1520
Broc Feeney 1:12.0008 +0.1527
Tim Slade 1:12.0019 +0.1638
David Reynolds 1:12.0264 +0.1783
Shane van Gisbergen 1:12.0421 +0.1940
Chaz Mostert 1:12.1129 +0.2648
Andre Heimgartner 1:12.1424 +0.2943
Scott Pye 1:12.1591 +0.3110
2023 Newcastle 500 schedule
Friday, March 10
Practice 1 – 1: A. Heimgartner 1:11.9958 2: W. Brown +0.1813 3: D. Reynolds +0.2021
Practice 2 – 1: S. van Gisbergen 1:11.7555 2: W. Davison +0.0374 3: B. Feeney +0.1167
Practice 3 – 1 Brodie Kostecki 1:11.4068; 2 Shane van Gisbergen +0.0557; 3 Chaz Mostert +0.0760
Saturday, March 11
Qualifying 1 – 1: Kostecki 1:11.131. 2: Mostert 1:11.358 3: VanGisbergen 1:11.435
Top 10 Shootout – 1: Kostecki 1:11.8481 2: Waters +0.1520 3: Feeney +0.1527
Race 1 (95 laps) 15.20-17.20
Sunday, March 12
Qualifying – 11.15-11.35
Top 10 Shootout – 12.35-13.00
Race 2 (95 laps) 15.20-17.20
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