Cam Waters and Richie Stanaway will start the Sandown 500 from pole position, the fourth time in team history, and Prodrive's first pole of the 2017 Supercars Championship.
In a pair of Saturday qualifying races, Stanaway marched from sixth to third in Race 1, and Waters finished the job by blazing to the lead early and dominating Race 2 to put the #6 Monster Energy FG X on pole.
It is Waters' second career pole (first since Race 1 at Barbagallo Raceway, 2016), and Stanaway's first.
“I am pumped to get pole and start from P1,' Waters said. “To lead every lap and take the win is brilliant. The car was awesome and I am so excited to be starting from pole. I wanted to do some burnouts but we need the tyres for tomorrow! Richie is doing a fantastic job. He moved forward in his race and that allowed me to have a chance at the win. The crew are working well together and we're starting in the best spot possible. We have been pretty close to getting a podium this year and it hasn't quite clicked yet but we have a great chance.”
“Obviously we're happy with how the day went,' Richie added. “Cam did a great job in the second race, got a good start, and it was cool to see him out there leading, and obviously get the best possible position to start the race for tomorrow. We'll just go over all the data, and see what we can improve for tomorrow and then hopefully we can have a good run then.”
