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SIX SWEEP FOR BOWE WITH RECORD-BUSTING BATHURST POLE
JOHN BOWE has smashed the ENZED Touring Car Masters lap record at Mount Panorama en-route to taking pole for round six of the 2014 series this morning.
It was the Tasmanian hero’s sixth consecutive pole position of the 2014 season and came with a staggering lap well ahead of his nearest rivals.
Bowe used only three laps in the 20 minute session to set a stunning 2m19.1430s to secure his second TCM Bathurst pole – the same weekend he’s celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Bathurst 1000 victory he shared with Dick Johnson.
The lap had another significant milestone – it’s average speed was the first TCM lap to crack the old-school ‘100mph’ barrier thanks to it’s average speed of 161km/hr.
Though Bowe was on pole by a substantial 1.9 seconds his four nearest rivals were closely matched and also lapped underneath Glenn Seton’s 2013 TCM pole record of 2m21.6s.
Andrew Miedecke (2m20.8) will start race one from second on the grid with Keith Kassulke just 0.02s behind in third place and in turn only 0.2s ahead of the Mopar Charger driven by Greg Crick.
Second third and fourth were covered by just 0.3s with four different brands represented in the top four once again.
The Sydney’s Cheapest Cars Falcon XB Coupe driven by Kim Jane (2m21.05s) grabbed fifth and will start race one alongside Jim Richards’ Shannons Falcon Sprint.
Mark King Brett Youlden Bill Pye and Jason Gomersall completed the top-10 with less than one second covering sixth through tenth positions in qualifying.
Comeback king Brad Tilley qualified 11th just in front of the similar GTHO falcon of Andrew Fisher.
The 29-car field escaped qualifying unscathed and as such will start race one – over seven laps – in good shape on Friday afternoon.
Races two and three – one each on Saturday and Sunday – will be broadcast live on the Seven network around Australia.
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RESULTS: Qualifying TCM Mountain Masters Mount Panorama Bathurst.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 18 Dunlop Super Dealers/Wilson Se John Bowe (VIC) Mustang Trans Am 5600c 3 2 2:19.1430R2 95 Whiteline Transport Racing / L Andrew Miedecke (NSW) Camaro SS 5800c 3 2 2:20.8204 0:01.67743 52 Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke (QLD) Falcon XB Coupe 5800c 3 2 2:20.8354 0:01.69244 75 Mopar Performance Greg Crick (TAS) Charger E55 5570c 6 6 2:21.0551 0:01.91215 48 Sydneys Cheapest Cars Kim Jane (VIC) Falcon XB Coupe 5800c 4 2 2:21.1327 0:01.98976 1 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (VIC) Falcon Sprint 4700c 4 3 2:23.0058 0:03.86287 85 Whiteline Transport Racing / K Mark King (QLD) Camaro RS 5800c 5 4 2:23.3561 0:04.21318 56 Autolite Spark Plugs Brett Youlden (VIC) HQ Monaro 5800c 7 5 2:23.4928 0:04.34989 7 calga.biz Bill Pye (NSW) Camaro 5800c 6 5 2:23.8296 0:04.686610 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (QLD) Torana SL/R 5000 5047c 6 3 2:23.8950 0:04.752011 28 Brad Tilley (NSW) Falcon XY GT 5800c 5 2 2:24.4186 0:05.275612 9 Synergy Race Engines Andrew Fisher (NSW) Falcon XY GTHO 5800c 6 5 2:24.5576 0:05.414613 50 Flo-gineering Carey McMahon (VIC) Torana SL/R 5000 5000c 6 3 2:24.5959 0:05.452914 3 Hercules Engines Cameron Mason (NSW) Mustang Fastback 5000c 5 4 2:24.6516 0:05.508615 88 TIFS - Warehousing & Distribut Tony Karanfilovski (NSW) Mustang Trans Am 5800c 6 5 2:24.7857 0:05.642716 11 Lion Mill Solutions Adam Bressington (NSW) Falcon XA GT 5768c 5 1 2:25.0595 0:05.916517 99 Outbound Racing / Treloar Rose Les Walmsley (VIC) HQ Monaro 5810c 6 4 2:27.1416 0:07.998618 25 Freestones Transport/Freestone Paul Freestone (VIC) Camaro SS 5800c 4 3 2:28.0843 0:08.941319 60 Tilleys Racing Equipment Cameron Tilley (NSW) HQ Monaro 5800c 4 2 2:28.5011 0:09.358120 33 SportsMed Greg Keene (SA) 911 RS 3600c 5 3 2:29.3946 0:10.251621 10 Sunliner RV Tony Hunter (VIC) Monza 2+2 5000c 4 3 2:29.7800 0:10.637022 98 Thunder Road Racing Australia William Vining (NSW) Mustang Coupe 5000c 6 6 2:29.8806 0:10.737623 6 Chris Stillwell Racing Sven Burchartz (VIC) Mustang Trans Am 5000c 6 6 2:30.1753 0:11.032324 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (VIC) Boss Mustang 5000c 5 4 2:30.5361 0:11.393125 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer (VIC) Falcon XY GTHO 5800c 5 2 2:31.3825 0:12.239526 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (VIC) 911 RS 3600c 6 6 2:32.2747 0:13.131727 43 Treloar Roses / Mick Wilson Pl Mick Wilson (VIC) Charger RT 4390c 5 3 2:39.3564 0:20.213428 5 Northern BM P/L Phillip Showers (VIC) Escort RS 1600 2000c 6 6 2:41.1986 0:22.055629 72 BMR Industries Bruce McLeod (NT) Falcon XA Superbird 5000c 5 4 2:41.7755 0:22.6325