Winterbottom leads Surfers qualifying

Winterbottom was just under two tenths of a second faster than Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup, who had crashed in practice earlier in the day. Russell Ingall put in a good lap in his Supercheap Auto Commodore to take third, with James Courtney a whisker behind in fourth right at the end of the session after struggling to put in a fast lap for most of it.

Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander and Will Davison were next fastest, Davison leading the times early in the session before dropping down the order, and aborting a lap at the very end of the session as traffic got in his way.

Paul Dumbrell showed pace once again to set the seventh-fastest time, while a trio of Fords complete the top ten in the form of Steven Richards, Jason Bright and Craig Lowndes, Bright involved in contact with Ingall right at the end of the session.

Just missing the top ten was Lee Holdsworth, while both the Kellys were a little further back, Todd 14th and Rick 16th on the timesheets. Surprisingly, both Fabian Coulthard and Shane van Gisbergen didn't even come close to making the shootout, Coulthard 17th and van Gisbergen 18th.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:49.2866
 2.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:49.4796  + 0.1930
 3.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:49.6480  + 0.3614
 4.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:49.6538  + 0.3672
 5.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:49.7201  + 0.4335
 6.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:49.7273  + 0.4407
 7.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:49.7663  + 0.4797
 8.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:49.7716  + 0.4850
 9.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon FG        1:49.7725  + 0.4859
10.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:49.8324  + 0.5458
11.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:49.9769  + 0.6903
12.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:50.0343  + 0.7477
13.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:50.1165  + 0.8299
14.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:50.1569  + 0.8703
15.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:50.3311  + 1.0445
16.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:50.3497  + 1.0631
17.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:50.3770  + 1.0904
18.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:50.4474  + 1.1608
19.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:50.4558  + 1.1692
20.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:50.7162  + 1.4296
21.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:50.7488  + 1.4622
22.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:50.7819  + 1.4953
23.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:50.8088  + 1.5222
24.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:50.8323  + 1.5457
25.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:51.1242  + 1.8376
26.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:51.2451  + 1.9585
27.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:51.2679  + 1.9813
28.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:51.7650  + 2.4784
29.  Mark McNally          Holden Commodore VE   1:53.2264  + 3.9398