De Pasquale executed a three-stop strategy, helped slightly by an early safety car, to secure the first proper Gen3 win for a Ford driver.
Cam Waters did technically win the season-opener in Newcastle, however that was only after the Triple Eight Camaros were excluded for a non-performance technical breach.
Since then it's been a Camaro whitewash, before this breakthrough victory for De Pasquale in the 16th race of the season.
Still, with questions over parity, De Pasquale was one of just two Fords in the top 12 of today's race.
Cam Waters didn't make the best of the getaways from pole, but was able to hold off Jack Le Brocq and Thomas Randle and keep the lead at Turn 2.
For five laps he was headed the field before coming under fire from Le Brocq again, this time at Turn 10. The Matt Stone Racing driver dived a little too deep, though, Waters cleverly giving Le Brocq room to run wide before sweeping back into the lead.
Behind the top two there was movement as De Pasquale worked his way into third place. Randle went backwards, meanwhile, as Andre Heimgartner and Erebus pair Brodie Kostecki and Will Brown moved into fourth, fifth and sixth.
De Pasquale ran third until committing to a three-stop strategy by pitting on lap 14.
Waters continued to lead until lap 22 when he made his first stop, at which point Heimgartner eased past Le Brocq to take second.
Le Brocq responded by pitting a lap later, Heimgartner then leading until he made his first stop on lap 29.
De Pasquale eventually became the effective leader over Waters, although the latter had the freedom of a two-stopper if it proved to be quicker.
Source: Autosport