Day two at Townsville started with a relatively cruisy morning as the prepared for the near midday qualifying for Race 21.

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The boys enjoyed a signing session in the paddock, getting to meet the many fans who made the early trip out to Reid Park.

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With the cars set up and ready to roll, pit lane opened and the boys took off for the part one qualifying session.

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Opening on a set of used tyres, all three cars set banker laps early before pitting for new boots and holding in for 2 remaining flying laps.

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As the tyres went on and the cars pushed back, it was clear the boys were on with Waters and Randle switching purple sectors across the track.

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Easily solidified within the top ten, it was eyes on Goodall in his closing lap of the first part of the session.

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The 22-year-old was excoriatingly close to progressing to the second part of qualifying, missing the cut line by 0.03 of a second. All was not negative in the wildcard garage though, with serious pace improvement on display when compared to Friday.

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With the short turn around, the guys took the opportunity to jump out of the car and chat with the engineers before it was time to go again.

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It was very much business as usual for Waters and Randle with both drivers again having some purple micro sectors along with a pace advantage that kept them in the top five.

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With two cars in the Top Ten Shootout, there was a really big sense of proudness once again that both cars had serious pace on Saturday.

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Both boys executed really strong shootout laps on the streets of Townsville, with Randle smashing a great middle sector that had him starting on the second row of the grid.

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QUALIFYING RACE 21

#5 Reuben Goodall: 19th

#6 Cam Waters: 4th

#55 Thomas Randle: 6th  

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TOP TEN SHOOTOUT RACE 21

#6 Cam Waters: 5th

#55 Thomas Randle: 3rd

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As the race rolled around, the sun was beating down on pit straight when the 25 cars lined up.

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Off the line, Randle jumped well and looked like he would take P2 in into turn one but the track didn’t allow for the room and he held P3.

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Waters was just behind jumping a couple of spots early and settling in behind Randle, a great job by both nailing starts again.

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Goodall once again had a mega start from a little further back, he got caught up almost hitting a turned Feeney and taking a small corner hop to avoid contact. He sat as high as 12th in the early stages, incredible effort from someone who has limited seat time in the Gen3.

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As the race developed, the boys up the front held a solid position and then the pit stop juggle began with cars diving early and some holding a longer stint.

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As Randle and Waters pitted, the crew worked extremely well under the North Queensland heat to send the boys back out with fresh tyres ready to tackle the leading pack.

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For Goodall, the team are continuing to learn in the pit box, and whilst it was a longer stop than anticipated, it was as best as can be expected with the penalty also being served.

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Through the latter half of the race, the cars in front had serious pace and tyre advantage but Randle and Waters did well to stay in touch enough to chase a podium.

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The tyre life just wasn’t there in the end and the boy were stretching everything out of the Gen3 Ford Mustang to try and get it up a few more spots.

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Goodall finished just over a lap behind but once again banked very valuable laps in the lead up to the last race tomorrow.

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We have one more chance to tune the car up over night and move toward a stronger finish for all three cars to close out the weekend.

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We are on track from 11:25AM with Qualifying for the last race.

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