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JOHNSON BOWE MIEDECKE TOP 3 IN QR QUALY
STEVEN JOHNSON has stormed to pole in qualifying for the Shannons Queensland Tourist Trophy this morning at Queensland Raceway edging out John Bowe by 0.2s to grab his second pole for 2015.
Johnson needed just five laps to score pole early in the session electing to sit out much of the second half of the session and save his tyres for race one later today.
Bowe charged hard late in the session and got to within 0.2s of Johnson’s record 1m15.9050s lap but ultimately missed out on pole for only the second time in the past thirteen rounds.
Chevrolet Camaro driver Andrew Miedecke was another to edge closer to the Johnson – Bowe pair his 1m16.51s lap also well underneath the existing qualifying record at the 3.1km circuit.
The points leader set the fastest first sector of qualifying but couldn’t complete the lap – however still looks racy in third.
Jim Richards qualified fourth thanks to a late charge from the Shannons AMC Javelin while 2013 QR Polesitter Keith Kassulke was fifth – comfortably his best starting position of the season so far.
Jason Gomersall sat inside the top three early in the session however was shuffled to 6th as qualifying progressed – matching his best result of the season set at Darwin recently.
Mark King Glenn Seton Eddie Abelnica and Tony Karanfilovski completed the top-10 with Greg Crick and Andrew Fisher just missing out on a berth inside the ten.
Just 1.6 seconds covered the top-10 and one second blanket the group from third to 10th showcasing the close nature of the field this weekend.
Queenslander Charlie O’Brien was 13th outright and first of the local TransAm brigade in his Pontiac Firebird out qualifying Ian Palmer’s similar TCM-spec car.
A host of the TransAm drivers reported personal-best lap times this morning rising to the competition on offer from the TCM cars.
Cameron Tilley qualified 16th in his Valliant Pacer – but won’t be overly concerned about his starting position if this year’s results are anything to go by.
The Sydney driver has a season-best stating position of 10th – at Darwin – this year but has finished in front of his starting position in every race bar one (he started and finished 15th in race one at Winton this year) this season.
A last minute addition to the field Cameron Mason qualified 16th in the ’69 Chevrolet Camaro he shares with Dad Steve – the pair electing to compete at short notice this weekend.
Retrieving the car from the panel shop late last night the pair travelled up from Newcastle overnight and arrived at the circuit at 6:30 this morning in order to take part.
Race one of the Shannons Queensland tourist Trophy gets underway at 12:50 today.
QUALIFYING – QUEENSLAND RACEWAY
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 17 PAYCE/Wilson Security Steven Johnson (QLD) Ford Mustang Trans A 5800 5 5 1:15.9050R 2 18 Dunlop Super/ Wilson Sec/ PAYC John Bowe (VIC) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 9 9 1:16.1927r 0:00.28773 95 Whiteline Transport / Lubrimax Andrew Miedecke (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 8 8 1:16.5191r 0:00.61414 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) AMC Javelin 5890 11 10 1:16.8203 0:00.91535 52 Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke (QLD) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 7 6 1:16.8645 0:00.95956 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 13 6 1:16.9088 0:01.00387 85 Whiteline Transport/ King Spri Mark King (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 5 5 1:17.0031 0:01.09818 30 Thunder Road Racing Team Austr Glenn Seton (QLD) Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 8 5 1:17.0892 0:01.18429 48 Brisbane's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (VIC) Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 10 8 1:17.4252 0:01.520210 88 TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Ford Mustang Trans A 5800 10 4 1:17.5309 0:01.625911 75 Mopar Performance Greg Crick (TAS) Chrysler Charger E55 5570 12 5 1:17.9130 0:02.008012 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 9 7 1:18.3784 0:02.473413 3 Fataz Competition Engines Charlie O'Brien (QLD) Pontriac Firebitrd 5800 6 6 1:18.3796 0:02.474614 20 Storage King Ian Palmer (QLD) Pontiac Trans Am 5800 10 3 1:18.8876 0:02.982615 60 Glennan's Transport Cameron Tilley (NSW) Valiant Pacer 4390 11 11 1:19.0153 0:03.110316 15 Hercules Engines Cameron Mason (NSW) Chevrolet Camaro 5800 9 9 1:19.6460 0:03.741017 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) Holden HQ Monaro 5810 11 10 1:19.7045 0:03.799518 72 Fataz Competition Engines Ian Woodward (QLD) Chevrolet Camaro 5800 10 5 1:19.7276 0:03.822619 25 Angliss Meats Brett Curran (QLD) Ford Shelby Fastback 5800 6 6 1:20.8255 0:04.920520 99 Loaders 'R' Us Michael Uebergang (QLD) Ford Mustang Coupe 5800 9 6 1:21.0616 0:05.156621 69 Tenkate Plant Hire Anthony Tenkate (QLD) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 12 4 1:21.3750 0:05.470022 68 Loaders 'R' Us Alwyn Bishop (QLD) Ford Mustang 5800 6 5 1:23.5978 0:07.692823 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 4 3 1:23.8713 0:07.966324 22 Collins Hay Mike Collins (QLD) Ford Mustang 5000 7 6 1:26.6160 0:10.7110