John Nikolovski and Fabian Coulthard have led an AR Nineteen 1-2 in Game Over Australian Endurance Championship Qualifying to start the Btuned Ipswich 3 Hour from pole.
It was a close battle between the trio of AR Nineteen Mercedes-AMGs led initially by the Tom Hayman/Mark Griffith, but the entry was disqualified after a timing indiscretion.
This elevated the Nikolovski/Coulthard Mercedes-AMG to pole on a 1m 15.100s, 0.157s to the better of the Jamie Arratoon/Luke King team entry.
Kyle Young and Anthony Levitt put in an impressive performance to place the Ginetta G56 V8 in third, with the Anthony Soole/Grant Denyer Property Investment Store McLaren 570s starting alongside.
The Steve Jukes/Karl Begg BMW F82 M4 will start off the third row, sharing it with the rapid Alientech BMW M240iX of Eric Ebert and Luke van Herwaarde.
Starting the race from seventh is the Tony Quinn/Matt McCutcheon Toyota GR Supra and alongside is the Robert Gooley/Oscar Targett BMW F82 M4.
Ben Gersekowski will complete the race solo as he lines up ninth on the grid in his BMW E92 M4, while the mighty Man Homes HSV Clubsport R8 completed the top 10 featuring Jim Manteufel and Garry Beggs behind the wheel.
Rounding out the field is the Paul and Karlie Buccini BMW 340i, with the second BMW E92 M3 of Andrew Milford/Ettore Vosolo.
This evening’s event is due to begin at 5:25pm AEST and will be broadcast through the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series YouTube Channel.
