Golding edges Feeney in thrilling Darwin Shootout | Supercars

Golding powers to first Supercars pole

PremiAir Nulon Racing’s first driver, Tim Slade, went next — but his 1:06.6779s fell just 0.0002s short of Waters’ time.

De Pasquale was next, but got crossed up at Turn 1, and appeared to have thrown his lap away. However, he managed to recover and set a 1:06.5503s, which was still good enough for top spot.

Brown also struggled to get his car pulled up at Turn 1, and slotted into second, albeit by just 0.0530s.

The target time for Feeney, Winterbottom, Percat and Golding to beat was a 1:06.5503s, and one corner into Feeney’s lap, the Shell Ford’s time appeared set to stick.

Feeney was also crossed up into Turn 1, and ran wide into the dirt at corner exit. However, he clocked the best second and third sectors to put 0.2412s on De Pasquale with a 1:06.3091s.

Winterbottom went fastest in the first sector, but lost time in Sector 2 and ended up just 0.0530s behind Feeney, who only had Percat and Golding standing in his way of a second Darwin pole.

Percat put together a 1:06.4595s to slot into third, with the Grand Prix winner just 0.1504s from provisional pole — a far cry from his last four starts, which reaped an average grid spot of 19.75.

As he has been all weekend, Golding was smooth and calculated, and while the margin was less than 0.1s, it was enough to deliver the 28-year-old a maiden Supercars pole in his 131st attempt.

It was also the first Supercars pole position for Peter Xiberras’ PremiAir Nulon Racing, which debuted in 2022 after taking over Team Sydney.

The first 48-lap race of the betr Darwin Triple Crown, Race 11, will start at 3:10pm ACST/3:40pm AEST.