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Kostecki claims first ever Gen3 Supercars pole

By Timothy Neal

Date posted: March 11, 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

For more of the latest motorsport news, pick up the latest issue of AUTO ACTION.

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