Aussie racing driver Cameron Waters has pipped the Kiwis to pole position for the first race of the weekend at the Taupo Supercars

Provisional pole-sitter Matt Payne will only start from eighth place on the grid after Waters topped the timesheets in the Top Ten Shootout... by just over half a second from fellow Aussie Will Brown... in tricky, wet conditions.

Best of the New Zealanders was Andre Heimgartner, who qualified third... rookie Ryan Wood was fifth.

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