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Jamie Whincup denies Jonathon Webb shock V8 Supercars pole

V8 Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup snatched pole position for the first of the weekend's Eastern Creek races in a dramatic conclusion to Saturday qualifying

Tekno driver Jonathon Webb had looked set for his maiden V8 pole during a fraught final five minutes as all 28 drivers scrambled to put in laps on soft tyres.

But having made a mistake on his pole shot, Whincup rebounded to deliver a 1m29.6353s time and deny Webb by just 0.0189 seconds.

Ford Performance Racing duo Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom line up third and fifth, split by a career-best fourth for Garry Rogers driver Michael Caruso.

Whincup's Triple Eight team-mate Craig Lowndes completed the top six.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time        Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden       1m29.6353s
 2.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Holden          1m29.6542s  + 0.0189s
 3.  Will Davison         FPR Ford              1m29.6894s  + 0.0541s
 4.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden   1m29.7370s  + 0.1017s
 5.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford              1m29.7468s  + 0.1115s
 6.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden       1m29.7641s  + 0.1288s
 7.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford     1m29.7829s  + 0.1476s
 8.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford   1m29.9396s  + 0.3043s
 9.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford        1m29.9510s  + 0.3157s
10.  Russell Ingall       Walkinshaw Holden     1m29.9526s  + 0.3173s
11.  Todd Kelly           Kelly Holden          1m29.9807s  + 0.3454s
12.  Michael Patrizi      Tekno Holden          1m30.0689s  + 0.4336s
13.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden            1m30.1302s  + 0.4949s
14.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden     1m30.1671s  + 0.5318s
15.  James Courtney       HRT Holden            1m30.1905s  + 0.5552s
16.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/SBR Ford    1m30.2021s  + 0.5668s
17.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden     1m30.2100s  + 0.5747s
18.  Steve Owen           Paul Morris/DJR Ford  1m30.2398s  + 0.6045s
19.  David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden     1m30.2500s  + 0.6147s
20.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford     1m30.3084s  + 0.6731s
21.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden          1m30.3189s  + 0.6836s
22.  Alexandre Premat     Garry Rogers Holden   1m30.3426s  + 0.7073s
23.  Taz Douglas          Dumbrell Holden       1m30.3984s  + 0.7631s
24.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford     1m30.4082s  + 0.7729s
25.  Lee Holdsworth       Stone Brothers Ford   1m30.4207s  + 0.7854s
26.  Dean Fiore           Triple F/DJR Ford     1m30.6315s  + 0.9962s
27.  Karl Reindler        Kelly Holden          1m31.7641s  + 2.1288s
28.  Jacques Villeneuve   Kelly Holden          1m32.1148s  + 2.4795s

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