Tander, Holden on Albert Park pole
Toll Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander scored first blood for Holden in this weekend's Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge at Albert Park by taking pole position for himself and Holden
Tander was over a quarter of a second faster than Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes in today's top ten shootout, which comprised the top ten runners from yesterday's qualifying session.
By doing so, Tander has secured the left-hand side of the grid for all the Holden runners, as the manufacturers go head-to-head in this non-championship round which sees V8 Supercar teams and drivers return to the Albert Park track after a year away.
Behind Tander and Lowndes is Rick Kelly, with Steven Richards fourth fastest despite his huge off at Eastern Creek last weekend. Jason Richards, Will Davison are next, ahead of Mark Skaife who was fastest on Friday but was slower than teammate Tander before making a mistake, witth Mark Winterbottom, Cameron McConville and Steven Johnson completing the top ten.
V8 points leader Jamie Whincup will start 12th after his efforts to conserve tyres yesterday backfired somewhat, failing to make the top ten shootout. Just behind him in 14th and 15th are some more front-runners in James Courtney and Lee Holdsworth.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Garth Tander Holden 1:58.2337 2. Craig Lowndes Ford 1:58.4953 + 0.2616 3. Rick Kelly Holden 1:59.0476 + 0.8139 4. Steven Richards Ford 1:58.7328 + 0.4991 5. Jason Richards Holden 1:59.1864 + 0.9527 6. Will Davison Ford 1:58.9980 + 0.7643 7. Mark Skaife Holden 1:59.7825 + 1.5488 8. Mark Winterbottom Ford 1:59.4490 + 1.2153 9. Cameron McConville Holden 1:59.9566 + 1.7229 10. Steven Johnson Ford 2:00.2959 + 2.0622 11. Russell Ingall Holden 1:59.2442 + 1.0105 12. Jamie Whincup Ford 1:59.2552 + 1.0215 13. Andrew Jones Holden 1:59.4939 + 1.2602 14. James Courtney Ford 1:59.2988 + 1.0651 15. Lee Holdsworth Holden 1:59.6715 + 1.4378 16. Shane Van Gisbergen Ford 1:59.3754 + 1.1417 17. Greg Murphy Holden 1:59.6851 + 1.4514 18. Jason Bright Ford 1:59.4549 + 1.2212 19. Paul Dumbrell Holden 1:59.8272 + 1.5935 20. Fabian Coulthard Ford 1:59.5730 + 1.3393 21. Todd Kelly Holden 1:59.9082 + 1.6745 22. Marcus Marshall Ford 2:01.0328 + 2.7991 23. Tony D'Alberto Holden 2:00.0081 + 1.7744 24. Michael Patrizi Ford 2:01.7018 + 3.4681 25. Paul Morris Holden 2:00.1834 + 1.9497 26. Kayne Scott Ford 2:02.1051 + 3.8714 27. Andrew Thompson Holden 2:00.3897 + 2.1560 29. Michael Caruso Holden 2:00.6498 + 2.4161 31. Shane Price Holden 2:00.8066 + 2.5729
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