Tander storms to race two pole

Tander set the pace early in the session, and although he dropped down the order soon after, he fired in a flier with two minutes remaining in the session to take pole by a tenth of a second, ahead of Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup.

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom qualified third despite some controversy during the session, as he was one of a group of drivers penalised for jumping the kerbs at the chicane, although the rule and how it was applied did not seem to fit the crime.

Alongside Winterbottom will be Jim Beam's Steven Johnson, with Garry Rogers' Michael Caruso next ahead of Rick Kelly and a return to form for Will Davison in seventh position.

James Courtney was the biggest loser in the chicane kerbs controversy, losing a time that would have put him fourth on the grid, and will instead start from ninth, a place ahead of Tony D'Alberto who made the top ten for the second race in a row.

Just missing the top ten were Jason Richards, Greg Murphy, Steven Richards, Craig Lowndes and Lee Holdsworth, who finished third in yesterday's race, filling positions 11 through 15 on the grid.

Despite finishing race one in tenth position after qualifying 20th, Supercheap's Russell Ingall had another poor qualifying session, and will start race two from 19th.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1m20.9560s
 2.  Jamie Whincup         Holden Commodore VE   1m21.0513s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1m21.1788s
 4.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1m21.2616s
 5.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1m21.4465s
 6.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1m21.4698s
 7.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1m21.4946s
 8.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1m21.5496s
 9.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1m21.5701s
10.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1m21.5992s
11.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1m21.6145s
12.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1m21.7072s
13.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1m21.7172s
14.  Craig Lowndes         Holden Commodore VE   1m21.7422s
15.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1m21.7579s
16.  Jason Bright          Holden Commodore VE   1m21.8514s
17.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VE   1m21.9002s
18.  Paul Dumbrell         Ford Falcon FG        1m21.9301s
19.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1m21.9745s
20.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1m22.0832s
21.  Jonathon Webb         Ford Falcon FG        1m22.1623s
22.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1m22.2307s
23.  Tim Slade             Ford Falcon FG        1m22.3026s
24.  Karl Reindler         Holden Commodore VE   1m22.4228s
25.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1m22.6178s
26.  Dean Fiore            Ford Falcon FG        1m22.6279s
27.  Daniel Gaunt          Holden Commodore VE   1m22.8259s
28.  Tony Ricciardello     Holden Commodore VE   1m23.3578s