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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