Holden’s last hurrah in the Supercars’ Bathurst 1000 is expected to be a wet one with showers and storms to hit Mount Panorama.

Emotions are set to run high on Sunday with the 161-lap race to be Holden’s last in an official capacity before the iconic Australian motoring brand is retired by General Motors at the end of the year.

But it was not an ideal qualifying session for Commodore drivers, with Ford’s Cameron Waters smashing the Bathurst lap record during Saturday’s top-10 shootout to claim pole.

The Tickford ace will be joined at the front of the grid by reigning Bathurst 1000 champion Scott McLaughlin.

Chaz Mostert, who switched from Ford this year, will be the first Holden driver on the grid after qualifying third.

Waters entered the weekend as a serious contender after claiming his maiden solo win at Tailem Bend last month.

Helping his cause is being teamed with two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Will Davison after the 38-year-old was left without a full-time drive when his team 23Red pulled out of Supercars due to COVID-19 financial implications.

“It’s pretty special seeing car #6 starting on pole and it obviously sets up your race quite well,” Waters said.

“I don’t know who is going to start the thing yet, but we’ve put in a lot of work to to get to this point so far. It’s a little tick but all the hard work is to come.”

To deal with the expected inclement weather, the start time of Sunday’s race has been brought forward by 30 minutes to 11am AEDT.

BATHURST 1000 GRID:

1. Cameron Waters/Will Davison (Ford)

2. Scott McLaughlin/Tim Slade (Ford)

3. Chaz Mostert/Warren Luff (Holden)

4. Nick Percat/Tom Randle (Holden)

5. Shane van Gisbergen/Garth Tander (Holden)

6. Lee Holdsworth/Michael Caruso (Ford)

7. Anton de Pasquale/Brodie Kostecki (Holden)

8. Fabian Coulthard/Tony D’Alberto (Ford)

9. James Courtney/Broc Feeney (Ford)

10. Jamie Whincup/Craig Lowndes (Holden)