- Late session shootout delivers fifth TAG Heuer Pole Awards to Harri Jones, Adrian Flack
- Dale Wood, David Russell prove close challengers to dominant Jones in Pro fight
- Enduro Cup race to kick off racing program on Friday afternoon at Mount Panorama.

HARRI JONES and Adrian Flack have each battled their way to their fifth TAG Heuer Pole Awards of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship season in a tight session at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

The intense 30-minute session saw drivers struggle to generate early lap time, before a brief red flag and subsequent resumption of play saw times tumble in a furious eight-minute shootout for pole at the end of the session.

There were several leaders in the outright ranks before Jones' asserted himself on his 10th flying lap, his 2m05.1652s flyer enough to bump Dale Wood from provisional pole by just 0.0499 seconds.

Jones will line up on pole for both races one and two this weekend but had to work harder for pole today than he has in several sessions of late.

Wood set the early benchmark in the session before David Russell moved to the top before the red flag flew after Matt Belford made light contact with the wall at Brock's Skyline having been squeezed wide over the exit kerb and spinning.

His ID Group car made light rear contact with the fence at a place where few usually escape such a moment, and was able to drive himself back to pit lane before resuming the session.

The red flag flew just as a majority of the field had pitted for a second set of new tyres and set up a sprint to the finish.

After much jostling for position on the out laps, it then became a straightforward shootout for pole at the end as Jones ultimately jumped from fourth to third and then to pole position late in the session.

With Wood second David Russell was third, however will line up second for the second race in what was a competitive day for the TekworkX racer.

Jackson Walls was a late improver and jumped to fourth late in the session while Bayley Hall was fifth in the sister McElrea car.

Dylan O'Keeffe, Nash Morris, David Wall, Glen Wood and Angelo Mouzouris completed the top-10.

The battle in SP Tools Pro-Am was almost as intense as Adrian Flack battled his way to the top spot for the fifth consecutive round.

The Agas National / EBM driver has now set the fastest time in every session bar one this year.

Flack grabbed pole by three-tenths of a second over Sam Shahin while Matt Slavin and a recovering Matt Belford were next.

Both Jones and Flack have assured themselves of the respective end-of-year TAG Heuer pole position awards, with no other drivers able to beat them this year.

Both also extended their respective championship leads by an additional point, with Jones now 181 in front of nearest rival Jackson Walls and unable to be topped this weekend.

The opening Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia race of Round 6 at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, gets underway at 2:25pm PM on Friday afternoon - a 40-minute Bathurst encounter to also contribute to the Enduro Cup standings.

Two shorter sprint races will then complete the weekend, one each on Saturday and Sunday.

All races will be live on Fox Sports 506, Kayo Sports, Sky Sport NZ, Channel 7 and 7plus this weekend.