Davison on pole again at Sandown

Davison almost matched his time from yesterday, but the battle behind him was much closer today. Second and third were the Jim Beam duo of James Courtney and Steven Johnson, Johnson just edging out Rick Kelly and Fabian Coulthard who were just a hundredth of a second slower than him.

Davison's team-mate Garth Tander qualified much higher than yesterday in sixth, but might have expected to do better with more new tyres than most of his rivals including his team-mate.

Right behind Tander were the Garry Rogers team-mates Lee Holdsworth and Michael Caruso with championship leader Jamie Whincup just a whisker slower than them. Greg Murphy completed the top ten.

Just missing the top ten were Todd Kelly and Craig Lowndes in 11th and 12th, while it was another disappointing qualifying for the Ford Performance Racing team, 15th and 16th fastest for Mark Wineterbottom and Steven Richards.

The Stone Brothers outfit also didn't have a great session, 18th for Alex Davison and Shane van Gisbergen a long way down the order in 24th place.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:09.7472 
 2.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:09.8677  + 0.1205
 3.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:09.9279  + 0.1807
 4.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:09.9397  + 0.1925
 5.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:09.9407  + 0.1935
 6.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:09.9818  + 0.2346
 7.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:09.9876  + 0.2404
 8.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:09.9967  + 0.2495
 9.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:09.9972  + 0.2500
10.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:10.0508  + 0.3036
11.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:10.0884  + 0.3412
12.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:10.0930  + 0.3458
13.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1278  + 0.3806
14.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1517  + 0.4045
15.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1698  + 0.4226
16.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1921  + 0.4449
17.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2136  + 0.4664
18.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:10.2277  + 0.4805
19.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2581  + 0.5109
20.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2635  + 0.5163
21.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2814  + 0.5342
22.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3594  + 0.6122
23.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.4048  + 0.6576
24.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:10.4112  + 0.6640
25.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon FG        1:10.4188  + 0.6716
26.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:10.8126  + 1.0654
27.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:10.8526  + 1.1054
28.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:11.0936  + 1.3464
29.  Mark McNally          Holden Commodore VE   1:11.5833  + 1.8361