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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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