Chaz Mostert has ended a golden Audi run by stealing pole position for Sunday's Bathurst 12 Hour race.
The Supercars young gun edged out South African Kelvin Van der Linde's Audi R8 by two tenths of a second in Saturday's top-10 shootout, becoming the first driver of the weekend to break into 2m:01s barrier.
Mostert has declared his team every chance of claiming the race for BMW Team Schnitzer 26 years since they last visited Mount Panorama.
The German squad's history spans 50 years, with DTM titles accompanied by world, European, British, Italian, Japanese and Asia-Pacific touring car crowns, and success in a string of major sportscar races.