All five Kiwis in the field have qualified for the top 10 shootout ahead of Sunday's Supercars race at Pukekohe Park, with David Reynolds on provisional pole.
Title-chasing New Zealanders Scott McLaughlin and Shane van Gisbergen were next fastest but it was the presence of three other locals that gave fans plenty to cheer.
Fabian Coulthard and Richie Stanaway put dramatic Saturdays behind them to finish sixth and eighth, while Andre Heimgartner shocked when he put his Altima 10th in the dying seconds of qualifying.
Heimgartner bumped Craig Lowndes to 11th, meaning the retiring veteran must win from the sixth row if he's to end his long wait for a win at Pukekohe.