Mark Winterbottom takes Townsville V8 Supercars pole
Mark Winterbottom claimed pole ahead of Ford Performance Racing stablemate David Reynolds in qualifying for the first of this weekend's V8 Supercars races on the Townsville street circuit
Winterbottom and Reynolds had topped the initial qualifying session, which decided who would reach the one-lap top-10 shoot-out and set the field from 11th place back. They then repeated that result in the pole session, with Winterbottom delivering a 1m12.9887s to beat Reynolds by 0.0245 seconds.
Championship leader Jamie Whincup and team-mate Craig Lowndes form an all-Triple Eight Holden second row.
Owner/driver Tony D'Alberto put his Ford in a very strong fifth place, while Dick Johnson Racing also produced an excellent result by getting all three of its Fords in the top 10. Steve Owen, James Moffat and Steven Johnson will start sixth, eighth and ninth respectively.
Title contender Will Davison had to settle for seventh in the third FPR car after clipping the wall. Garth Tander also made an error on his shoot-out run, locking up heavily and leaving himself 10th - although that still puts him 13 places ahead of struggling Holden Racing Team team-mate James Courtney.
After lapping rapidly in practice, Tekno's Michael Patrizi missed out on a shoot-out place by 0.0123s and starts 11th. Stone Brothers Ford duo Shane van Gisbergen and Lee Holdsworth also missed the cut and had to settle for 12th and 14th.
Ex-Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will start last on the grid as he stands in for Greg Murphy at Kelly Racing.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 1m12.9887s 2. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford 1m13.0132s + 0.0245s 3. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 1m13.0800s + 0.0913s 4. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 1m13.2554s + 0.2667s 5. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 1m13.2927s + 0.3040s 6. Steve Owen Dick Johnson Ford 1m13.4820s + 0.4933s 7. Will Davison FPR Ford 1m13.5263s + 0.5376s 8. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 1m13.8932s + 0.9045s 9. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 1m14.2117s + 1.2230s 10. Garth Tander HRT Holden 1m15.6891s + 2.7004s 11. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden 1m12.7790s Qual 1 12. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 1m12.8239s Qual 1 13. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 1m12.8660s Qual 1 14. Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 1m12.8776s Qual 1 15. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 1m12.8989s Qual 1 16. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw Holden 1m12.9457s Qual 1 17. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden 1m12.9984s Qual 1 18. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 1m13.0257s Qual 1 19. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 1m13.0403s Qual 1 20. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden 1m13.1039s Qual 1 21. Dean Fiore Triple F Ford 1m13.1679s Qual 1 22. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 1m13.1710s Qual 1 23. James Courtney HRT Holden 1m13.1726s Qual 1 24. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden 1m13.1764s Qual 1 25. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden 1m13.3200s Qual 1 26. Alexandre Premat Garry Rogers Holden 1m13.3873s Qual 1 27. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden 1m13.6520s Qual 1 28. Jacques Villeneuve Kelly Holden 1m14.4131s Qual 1
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