Cooper Murray has taken his second pole position of the 2018 Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Australia season at Winton Motor Raceway, while Danny Stutterd and Christian Pancione topped the Pro-Am and Class B classifications for the session.
Murray was at the top of the timesheet for the majority of the qualifying session, posting his best time of 1:21.5776 on his final flying lap.
Fallon will start Saturday’s endurance race one alongside Murray in second, with the second row consisting of Max Vidau and Jimmy Vernon.
Luis Leeds qualifying fifth from Stutterd, Chelsea Angelo, Brett Boulton and Pancione in ninth outright.
Saturday afternoon’s 35-lap race one will be the third and final race of the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy, which Murray currently leads from Vidau and Vernon.
Race Schedule
Saturday September 01
1:15pm Race 1 (35 laps)
Sunday September 02
9:00am Race 2 (12 laps)
11:55am Race 3 (12 laps)
Results: Qualifying
Position | Car | Driver | Class | Fastest lap | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 36 | Cooper Murray | Pro | 1:21.5776* | |
2 | 96 | Simon Fallon | Pro | 1:21.7389 | 0:00.1613 |
3 | 77 | Max Vidau | Pro | 1:22.1398 | 0:00.5622 |
4 | 7 | Jimmy Vernon | Pro | 1:22.3977 | 0:00.8201 |
5 | 230 | Luis Leeds | Pro | 1:22.4578 | 0:00.8802 |
6 | 23 | Daniel Stutterd | Pro-Am | 1:23.2030 | 0:01.6254 |
7 | 38 | Chelsea Angelo | Pro | 1:23.3546 | 0:01.7770 |
8 | 84 | Brett Boulton | Pro-Am | 1:23.4568 | 0:01.8792 |
9 | 76 | Christian Pancione | Class B | 1:23.5192 | 0:01.9416 |
10 | 2 | Dan Day | Pro | 1:23.5307 | 0:01.9531 |
11 | 27 | Sam Fillmore | Pro-Am | 1:23.5889 | 0:02.0113 |
12 | 117 | Sergio Pires | Class B | 1:23.8925 | 0:02.3149 |
13 | 73 | Michael Hovey | Pro-Am | 1:24.6700 | 0:03.0924 |
14 | 26 | Tom Taplin | Pro | 1:24.7467 | 0:03.1691 |
15 | 87 | David Greig | Class B | 1:24.9478 | 0:03.3702 |
16 | 17 | Marcel Zalloua | Pro-Am | 1:25.0146 | 0:03.4370 |
17 | 99 | Ross McGregor | Pro-Am | 1:25.4657 | 0:03.8881 |
18 | 88 | Phil Morriss | Class B | 1:25.7006 | 0:04.1230 |
19 | 10 | Michael Loccisano | Pro-Am | 1:25.8341 | 0:04.2565 |
20 | 22 | Andrew Goldie | Class B | 1:26.4909 | 0:04.9133 |
21 | 57 | Richard Bloomfield | Class B | 1:27.1469 | 0:05.5693 |
22 | 13 | Jonathan Gliksten | Pro-Am | 1:27.9047 | 0:06.3271 |
23 | 9 | Tony Martin | Class B | 1:30.4394 | 0:08.8618 |