10-05-2025
'Go the boys!': Randle gets Supercars pole in Tasmania
Thomas Randle has snared pole for the first Supercars race in Tasmania, while Broc Feeney will be at the front for the second after back-to-back qualifying sessions.
The Tickford driver shot up the order at Symmons Plains Raceway with a last-gasp effort, pipping Triple Eight rival Feeney by just 0.008 seconds to secure his first pole of the season.
"Yeah, boy! Go the boys, go the boys!" Randle said over the team radio.
Feeney returned the favour in the following session, going 0.129 seconds faster than Randle - who had beached himself - to secure pole for Saturday's second 120km sprint.
Randle will be looking to break through for his first career win and make amends in Tasmania after his last visit ended in drama.
Then fourth place after starting from pole, Randle was trailing Feeney with a handful of laps remaining when he locked his wheels coming into the infamous hairpin and ploughed into the Camaro.
Feeney finished 15th and Randle, incurring a 15-second penalty, 18th.
Randle was later barred by Triple Eight team manager Mark Dutton from entering their garage to apologise to Feeney after the race.
Brodie Kostecki emulated Randle after the first qualifying session to apologise to Walkinshaw Andretti United youngster Ryan Wood.
Dick Johnson Racing driver Kostecki was slapped with a four-grid penalty after making contact with Wood at the turn-four hairpin.
Kostecki will start the first race ninth after finishing fifth-fastest, while Wood was forced to settle for eighth.
For the second sprint, Kostecki qualified 21st and Wood 19th.
The red flag was brought out halfway into the first 10-minute portion of Q1 when Erebus rookie Cooper Murray lost control of his car at turn one.
Murray had crashed through two foam trackside signs before spinning into the gravel.
"I can now say I'm finally awake," Murray joked.
Defending champion Will Brown will start fourth and 13th after requiring significant repairs following a collision late in practice on Friday.
Matt Stone Racing driver Nick Percat had hit the rear of Brown's Camaro as they entered pit lane and collided again after the Triple Eight racer applied the brakes.
Percat, claiming over the team radio that Brown had tried to brake test him, was fined $3000 for reckless driving.
Walkinshaw Andretti United heavyweight Chaz Mostert was among several drivers who suffered slow tyre leaks and will start 19th and 12th.
Grove racer Matt Payne, after winning two of three races in New Zealand, qualified dead-last in 24th and 11th respectively.
The first 120km sprint on Saturday gets underway at 12.05pm (AEST).
RACE 11 QUALIFYING:
1. Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing)
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
3. Cam Waters (Tickford)
4. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
5. Bryce Fullwood (Brad Jones Racing)
RACE 12 QUALIFYING:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)
2. Thomas Randle (Tickford)
3. James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing)
4. Macauley Jones (BJR)
5. Bryce Fullwod (BJR)
Thomas Randle has snared pole for the first Supercars race in Tasmania, while Broc Feeney will be at the front for the second after back-to-back qualifying sessions.
The Tickford driver shot up the order at Symmons Plains Raceway with a last-gasp effort, pipping Triple Eight rival Feeney by just 0.008 seconds to secure his first pole of the season.
"Yeah, boy! Go the boys, go the boys!" Randle said over the team radio.
Feeney returned the favour in the following session, going 0.129 seconds faster than Randle - who had beached himself - to secure pole for Saturday's second 120km sprint.
Randle will be looking to break through for his first career win and make amends in Tasmania after his last visit ended in drama.
Then fourth place after starting from pole, Randle was trailing Feeney with a handful of laps remaining when he locked his wheels coming into the infamous hairpin and ploughed into the Camaro.
Feeney finished 15th and Randle, incurring a 15-second penalty, 18th.
Randle was later barred by Triple Eight team manager Mark Dutton from entering their garage to apologise to Feeney after the race.
Brodie Kostecki emulated Randle after the first qualifying session to apologise to Walkinshaw Andretti United youngster Ryan Wood.
Dick Johnson Racing driver Kostecki was slapped with a four-grid penalty after making contact with Wood at the turn-four hairpin.
Kostecki will start the first race ninth after finishing fifth-fastest, while Wood was forced to settle for eighth.
For the second sprint, Kostecki qualified 21st and Wood 19th.
The red flag was brought out halfway into the first 10-minute portion of Q1 when Erebus rookie Cooper Murray lost control of his car at turn one.
Murray had crashed through two foam trackside signs before spinning into the gravel.
"I can now say I'm finally awake," Murray joked.
Defending champion Will Brown will start fourth and 13th after requiring significant repairs following a collision late in practice on Friday.
Matt Stone Racing driver Nick Percat had hit the rear of Brown's Camaro as they entered pit lane and collided again after the Triple Eight racer applied the brakes.
Percat, claiming over the team radio that Brown had tried to brake test him, was fined $3000 for reckless driving.
Walkinshaw Andretti United heavyweight Chaz Mostert was among several drivers who suffered slow tyre leaks and will start 19th and 12th.
Grove racer Matt Payne, after winning two of three races in New Zealand, qualified dead-last in 24th and 11th respectively.
The first 120km sprint on Saturday gets underway at 12.05pm (AEST).
RACE 11 QUALIFYING:
1. Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing)
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
3. Cam Waters (Tickford)
4. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
5. Bryce Fullwood (Brad Jones Racing)
RACE 12 QUALIFYING:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)
2. Thomas Randle (Tickford)
3. James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing)
4. Macauley Jones (BJR)
5. Bryce Fullwod (BJR)
Thomas Randle has snared pole for the first Supercars race in Tasmania, while Broc Feeney will be at the front for the second after back-to-back qualifying sessions.
The Tickford driver shot up the order at Symmons Plains Raceway with a last-gasp effort, pipping Triple Eight rival Feeney by just 0.008 seconds to secure his first pole of the season.
"Yeah, boy! Go the boys, go the boys!" Randle said over the team radio.
Feeney returned the favour in the following session, going 0.129 seconds faster than Randle - who had beached himself - to secure pole for Saturday's second 120km sprint.
Randle will be looking to break through for his first career win and make amends in Tasmania after his last visit ended in drama.
Then fourth place after starting from pole, Randle was trailing Feeney with a handful of laps remaining when he locked his wheels coming into the infamous hairpin and ploughed into the Camaro.
Feeney finished 15th and Randle, incurring a 15-second penalty, 18th.
Randle was later barred by Triple Eight team manager Mark Dutton from entering their garage to apologise to Feeney after the race.
Brodie Kostecki emulated Randle after the first qualifying session to apologise to Walkinshaw Andretti United youngster Ryan Wood.
Dick Johnson Racing driver Kostecki was slapped with a four-grid penalty after making contact with Wood at the turn-four hairpin.
Kostecki will start the first race ninth after finishing fifth-fastest, while Wood was forced to settle for eighth.
For the second sprint, Kostecki qualified 21st and Wood 19th.
The red flag was brought out halfway into the first 10-minute portion of Q1 when Erebus rookie Cooper Murray lost control of his car at turn one.
Murray had crashed through two foam trackside signs before spinning into the gravel.
"I can now say I'm finally awake," Murray joked.
Defending champion Will Brown will start fourth and 13th after requiring significant repairs following a collision late in practice on Friday.
Matt Stone Racing driver Nick Percat had hit the rear of Brown's Camaro as they entered pit lane and collided again after the Triple Eight racer applied the brakes.
Percat, claiming over the team radio that Brown had tried to brake test him, was fined $3000 for reckless driving.
Walkinshaw Andretti United heavyweight Chaz Mostert was among several drivers who suffered slow tyre leaks and will start 19th and 12th.
Grove racer Matt Payne, after winning two of three races in New Zealand, qualified dead-last in 24th and 11th respectively.
The first 120km sprint on Saturday gets underway at 12.05pm (AEST).
RACE 11 QUALIFYING:
1. Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing)
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
3. Cam Waters (Tickford)
4. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
5. Bryce Fullwood (Brad Jones Racing)
RACE 12 QUALIFYING:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)
2. Thomas Randle (Tickford)
3. James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing)
4. Macauley Jones (BJR)
5. Bryce Fullwod (BJR)
