Supercars star Waters on song for Sydney 500 sweep
Supercars star Cam Waters is eyeing a Sydney 500 sweep after once again claiming provisional pole.
Riding high after pulling off an epic finish against rival Broc Feeney to win the night before, Tickford driver Waters held onto the top spot on Sunday with a time of one minute and 29.209 seconds.
Waters had pipped Feeney in the dying moments of the second sprint race of the weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park, claiming his second victory by 0.0308 seconds on Saturday night.
He will have the chance to secure his third-straight pole as the last driver to have a solo attempt in the top-10 shootout at 1.05pm (AEDT).
Feeney was second-fastest, followed by Dick Johnson Racing's Brodie Kostecki, while Triple Eight teammate Will Brown scraped into 10th spot with a last-gasp effort.
Defending champion Brown knocked out Tickford's Thomas Randle by 0.001 seconds with the last lap of the session.
Erebus driver Jack Le Brocq was fourth-fastest after also bolting up the grid late.
RACE THREE QUALIFYING RESULTS:
1. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing) 1:29.209s
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering) +0.092s
3. Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing) +0.166s
4. Jack Le Brocq (Erebus Motorsport) +0.173s
5. Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United) +0.179s
6. Matt Payne (Grove Racing) +0.281s
7. James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing) +0.281s
8. Will Davison (DJR) +0.315s
9. David Reynolds (Team 18) +0.316s
10. Will Brown (Triple Eight) +0.317s
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