RYAN WOOD has scored a stunning pole position in qualifying for Round 3 of the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series, setting the fastest time in a wet-weather shootout at the end of qualifying today.

Persistent rain saw the entire field running on Michelin's wet weather tyre at the end of qualifying, times dropping consistently despite the increasingly wet conditions.

In a rapidly evolving session, a series of flyers saw Wood's 1m17.4840s best be just enough for pole position.

Wood, driving for Team Porsche New Zealand / Earl Bamber Motorsport, won the opening two races and first round of the championship in Sydney earlier this year but trails Thomas Sargent in the series, following a runner-up finish in Queensland last time out.

A late flyer from rookie Aron Shields saw him leap to second, just 0.4s behind Wood.

The Sydney driver hustled his McElrea Racing Porsche hard at the end of qualifying and jumped to the front row on his 10th and final lap of the session to record his best-ever starting position.

Courtney Prince topped the session for some time before the rush of quick laps dropped her to third by the end of the 20-minutes, while championship leader and Round 2 winner Thomas Sargent was fourth.

He'll line up directly behind nearest title rival Wood in tomorrow's opening race.

Four different teams are represented on the first two rows of the grid for race one on Saturday.

Lachlan Bloxsom and Tom McLennan comprise the third row of the grid for race one tomorrow, with Harrison Goodman a strong seventh.

In Pro-Am, Daniel Stuttered's return to one-make Porsche racing saw him edge out class championship leader Sam Shahin by just 0.1 seconds to score pole.

Brett Boulton was third in class, a further 0.1 seconds behind and lines up directly behind his two class rivals in 10th outright.

Jacob Li scored pole in Class B ahead of Nathan Sticklen and Lachlan Harburg, just 0.1 seconds between the top two in the class.

Earlier in Practice, Sargent edged out Ryan Wood by just 0.04s across a pair of 30-minute sessions, held in dry conditions on Friday morning.

Lachlan Bloxhom was third with Sam Shahin fourth outright and first of the Morris Pro-Am runners.

Aron Shields was fifth with Courtney Prince, Jason Miller, Tom McLennan, Danny Stuttered and Christian Fitzgerald rounding out the top-10.

Jacob Li headed the Class B field over Jonathan Glicksten.

The Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia will race twice on Saturday, with both sprint races to be broadcast live on Stan Sport.

Sunday's Jim Richards Enduro Trophy race completes the third round of the series.

QUOTES:

Ryan Wood, Pro, “It was my first time driving a Porsche without ABS at the this track this weekend in the wet so pretty happy to be honest. Its very good, happy with where we ended up, still a little gutted that we didn’t get a clean lap in but it’s the same for everyone. We’ll take the positives away, have a look at the data tonight and lets claw back this points deficit.”

Daniel Stutterd, Morris Pro-Am, “It was just a matter of finding where the limits were and we got it right there, tried staying off kerbs and feeding the throttle. I can’t complain it was a really nice session. I haven’t been in the rain for years and the car felt awesome, the TekworkX guys have done an awesome job. I’m really loving my racing this weekend, having a ball and the whole experience is exceeding expectations to be honest. I thought to come here after a few years it would take a bit to blow the cobwebs off, but I’m right here and I’m feeling ok.”

Jacob Li, Class B, “Its not too bad, its actually my first time driving in wet conditions at Sandown, so I was surprised to get P1 (in Class B), so I’m looking forward to the races. Hopefully it doesn’t rain, otherwise I’ll just need to try harder.”

Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge, Round 3, Sandown

ENTRY LIST:
# DRIVER SURNAME CLASS SPONSOR
2 Richard Cowen Pro-Am McElrea Racing
3 Jonathan Gliksten Class B Racing to beat FA
5 Nathan Murray Pro-Am Garage 1
8 Madeline Stewart Pro Bullrush Rally / EBM
9 Marc Cini Pro-Am Hallmarc
11 Eric Constantinidis Pro-Am Our Kloud / Up to 11 Motorsport
12 Matt Slavin Pro-Am Ares Group
13 Sam Shahin Pro-Am The Bend Motorsport Park
18 Travis Knipe Pro-Am Favrte Racing / Pinnacle Road & Race Works
23 Lachlan Bloxsom Pro McElrea Racing
29 Daniel Stutterd Pro-Am TekworkX Motorsport
32 Courtney Prince Pro Sonic Motor Racing / Local Legends
34 Nathan Sticklen Class B TekworkX Motorsport
35 Indiran Padayachee Pro-Am Hyundai Forklifts
40 Ryan Wood Pro Team Porsche New Zealand / EBM
47 Thomas Sargent Pro Tegra Australia
59 Jason Miller Pro Stokes Skis Australia
74 Christian Fitzgerald Pro-Am EMA Motorsport / FRS
81 Tom McLennan Class B Tom McLennan
84 Brett Boulton Pro-Am Bold Living
87 David Greig Pro-Am DW Motorsport
88 Harrison Goodman Pro Sonic Motor Racing / Bob Jane T Marts / True Grid
91 Lachlan Harburg Class B Autohouse Racing
99 Ross McGregor Pro-Am Southern Star Windows
116 Aron Shields Pro McElrea Racing
131 Graham Williams Pro-Am Sonic Motor Racing / WRA
266 Jacob Li Class B ASM / Mars Performance

BROADCAST SCHEDULE: Stan Sport
Saturday 17 September
11:10-11:30 Race 1 (14 laps)
14:35-14:55 Race 2 (14 laps)

Sunday 18 September
10:45-11:30 Race 3 (35 laps)

Last 5 Round winners at Sandown Raceway:
2019: Aaron Love (Sonic). Pole: Harri Jones. Race Winners: Aaron Love x 2, Max Vidau.
2018: Cooper Murray (McElrea). Pole: Cooper Murray. Race Winners: Simon Fallon x 2, Cooper Murray
2017: Sam Shahin (Buik Motorsport). Pole: Brenton Grove. Race Winners: Brenton Grove, Jordan Love x2.
2016: Jaxon Evans (McElrea). Pole: Jaxon Evans. Race Winners: Ryan Simpson x 3.
2015: Ryan Simpson (Sonic). Pole: Ryan Simpson. Race Winners: Ryan Simpson x2, Geoff Emery