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Rick Kelly takes V8 Supercars pole at wet Sandown

Rick Kelly made the best of wet conditions at Sandown to secure pole position for race one of the penultimate event of the V8 Supercars season

A lap of 1m19.8997s gave the Kelly Racing Holden pole by nearly three tenths of a second.

Championship leader Jamie Whincup held provisional pole in his Triple Eight Holden until Kelly outpaced him by just under three tenths of a second. But the big news for Whincup was that his team-mate and title rival Craig Lowndes struggled on the wet track and qualified only 27th.

Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison was third quickest, while his team-mate Mark Winterbottom - who had been fastest in Friday's final practice - fell to 17th in the rain.

Shane van Gisbergen (Stone Brothers Ford), Tim Slade (Rosenberg/SBR Ford) and David Reynolds (Kelly).

Pos  Driver               Team/Car             Time        Gap
 1.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden         1m19.8997s
 2.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden      1m20.1049s  + 0.2052s
 3.  Will Davison         FPR Ford             1m20.5047s  + 0.6050s
 4.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford  1m20.8218s  + 0.9221s
 5.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/FPR Ford   1m20.8371s  + 0.9374s
 6.  David Reynolds       Kelly Holden         1m20.8709s  + 0.9712s
 7.  Paul Dumbrell        Rod Nash/FPR Ford    1m20.8715s  + 0.9718s
 8.  James Courtney       HRT Holden           1m20.8825s  + 0.9828s
 9.  Steve Owen           Paul Morris Holden   1m21.0096s  + 1.1099s
10.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden           1m21.0517s  + 1.1520s
11.  Warren Luff          Dumbrell Holden      1m21.0545s  + 1.1548s
12.  Lee Holdsworth       Garry Rogers Holden  1m21.2068s  + 1.3071s
13.  Russell Ingall       Paul Morris Holden   1m21.2391s  + 1.3394s
14.  Todd Kelly           Kelly Holden         1m21.2557s  + 1.3560s
15.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Ford           1m21.4529s  + 1.5532s
16.  Greg Murphy          Kelly Holden         1m21.4619s  + 1.5622s
17.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford             1m21.4697s  + 1.5700s
18.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford    1m21.4767s  + 1.5770s
19.  Fabian Coulthard     Walkinshaw Holden    1m21.4839s  + 1.5842s
20.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford    1m21.5109s  + 1.6112s
21.  Dean Fiore           Triple F Ford        1m21.7235s  + 1.8238s
22.  Andrew Jones         Brad Jones Holden    1m21.7452s  + 1.8455s
23.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden  1m21.8672s  + 1.9675s
24.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford       1m22.1046s  + 2.2049s
25.  Karl Reindler        Britek Holden        1m22.2367s  + 2.3370s
26.  Jason Bargwanna      Brad Jones Holden    1m22.3825s  + 2.4828s
27.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden      1m22.3905s  + 2.4908s
28.  Alex Davison         Stone Brothers Ford  1m23.2293s  + 3.3296s

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