James Golding has blitzed the grid to turn his Supercars provisional pole into the real deal for the first race in Darwin.
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The PremiAir Nulon Racing driver was the last to have a solo crack at Hidden Valley Raceway, and he beat the pack by seven-hundredths of a second on Saturday to secure his maiden career pole.
He clocked a lap time of one minute 6.230 seconds, with Triple Eight's Broc Feeney second fastest followed by Mark Winterbottom in third.
"Just unbelievable. It all goes down to the hard work from the whole team," Golding said.
"It's just the beginning, so look out."
Feeney's was the fourth-to-last car out on the track and led by 0.132 seconds before Golding had his shot.
The 21-year-old registered the second-fastest time despite running wide at the first turn and driving his wheels into the grass after locking the rears into the hairpin.
"I cannot believe that. Far out," Feeney said.
"That was one wild lap. I have no idea how I stayed on the track."
Just 0.537 seconds separated the top-10 line-up, with Nick Percat starting in fourth and Anton De Pasquale in fifth.
Championship leader Will Brown will lineup in sixth.
Golding's teammate Tim Slade was pushed to ninth after falling short of Cam Waters' time by two-ten thousandths of a second.
RACE 11 TOP-10 SHOOTOUT RESULTS:
1. James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing) 1:06.2302s
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering) +0.0789s
3. Mark Winterbottom (Team 18) +0.1319s
4. Nick Percat (Matt Stone Racing) +0.2293s
5. Anton De Pasquale (Dick Johnson Racing) +0.3201s
6. Will Brown (Triple Eight Race Engineering) +0.3731s
7. David Reynolds (Team 18) +0.4227s
8. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing) +0.4475s
9. Tim Slade (PremiAir Nulon Racing) +0.4477s
10. Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing) +0.5372s
Australian Associated Press
