Retiring Supercars legend Jamie Whincup has missed out on the Bathurst 1000 top-10 shootout after a dramatic first qualifying session.
Young gun Will Brown, who won his maiden Supercars race in Sydney last month, snatched provisional pole after pipping stars Anton De Pasquale and Chaz Mostert.
The top-three all produced scorching best laps under 2.04 in a quick session on Friday.
But Whincup will not take part in Saturday's top-10 shootout after finishing 11th, with Tim Slade knocking the Red Bull Ampol great out in the dying stages.
Sunday's Great Race will be Whincup's farewell as a full-time driver before he takes over as Triple Eight boss from Roland Dane.
Whincup is again teamed up with fellow Supercars great Craig Lowndes, with the pair famously claiming a Bathurst three-peat between 2006 and 2008.
"Not ideal at all," the seven-time champion said after qualifying.
"It won't change our approach, we'll still continue to do what we do.
"We've got a quick race car so we'll see what Sunday throws at us."
Whincup and fellow former winner David Reynolds were the only true big guns to be knocked out of qualifying and start the 161-lap race outside the top-10.
Erebus' Brown edged out stars De Pasquale and Mostert in a major turn-up.
The 23-year-old has marked himself as a rising star in recent weeks and this will be his first Bathurst 1000 as the main driver.
Defending champion Shane Van Gisbergen - with star co-driver Garth Tander - will again be hard to beat and is building his pace nicely.
Supercars' champion-elect provisionally qualified seventh but will get a chance to improve his grid position during the shootout.
