Supercars driver Cameron Waters has set the pace in qualification on day two of the season-ending Newcastle 500.
On his fourth lap of Sunday's 20-minute session, Waters stopped the clock at one minute and 10.1095 seconds (1:10.1095) to give him the No.1 spot for the upcoming top-10 shootout.
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Waters finished ahead of seven-time champion Jamie Whincup (1:10.1281), who was the quickest in practice on Friday.
Scott McLaughlin (1:10.1484), the 2018 and 2019 title holder who was second in Saturday's opening race at Newcastle, was third in the last qualification for the year.
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Rounding out the grid will be McLaughlin's teammate Fabian Coulthard (1:10.3128), Tim Slade (1:10.4107), Anton de Pasquale (1:10.4308), James Courtney (1:10.4053), David Reynolds (1:10.4522), Scott Pye (1:10.5362) and Lee Holdsworth (1:10.5545).
Saturday's race winner Shane van Gisbergen (1:10.7626) finished 18th and missed the top-10 shootout, making it difficult for Red Bull Holden to reel in the 143-point advantage of Shell V-Power in the team championship.
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