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Craig Lowndes beats Ford Performance Racing duo to Symmons Plains V8 Supercars pole

Craig Lowndes put Holden back on top in qualifying for the second V8 Supercars race of the weekend at Symmons Plains

After setting a record pace in morning practice, the Triple Eight driver put in an unbeatable 51.0408-second lap halfway through the 20-minute qualifying session for Sunday afternoon's 200-kilometre race.

Ford Performance Racing had dominated Saturday's qualifying session and race, but had to settle for second and third with Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom in this session.

Shane van Gisbergen was fourth for Stone Brothers Ford, followed by reigning champion Jamie Whincup - who was within 0.0881s of Triple Eight team-mate Lowndes' pole time yet four places back on the very close grid.

Just outside the top 10, former GP2 and DTM driver Alexandre Premat showed his best V8 form yet to qualify his Garry Rogers Holden in 11th, just ahead of former champion James Courtney (Holden Racing Team).

Pos  Driver               Team/Car             Time      Gap
 1.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden      51.0408s
 2.  Will Davison         FPR Ford             51.0561s  + 0.0153s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford             51.0854s  + 0.0446s
 4.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford  51.1106s  + 0.0698s
 5.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden      51.1289s  + 0.0881s
 6.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford    51.1989s  + 0.1581s
 7.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden           51.2162s  + 0.1754s
 8.  Lee Holdsworth       Stone Brothers Ford  51.2224s  + 0.1816s
 9.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/SBR Ford   51.2277s  + 0.1869s
10.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Holden         51.2957s  + 0.2549s
11.  Alexandre Premat     Garry Rogers Holden  51.3563s  + 0.3155s
12.  James Courtney       HRT Holden           51.3825s  + 0.3417s
13.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford    51.4445s  + 0.4037s
14.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford       51.4461s  + 0.4053s
15.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden         51.4461s  + 0.4053s
16.  Taz Douglas          Dumbrell Holden      51.4769s  + 0.4361s
17.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden    51.4778s  + 0.4370s
18.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford    51.4926s  + 0.4518s
19.  Todd Kelly           Kelly Holden         51.5074s  + 0.4666s
20.  Steve Owen           Dick Johnson Ford    51.5138s  + 0.4730s
21.  Michael Patrizi      Tekno Holden         51.5180s  + 0.4772s
22.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden  51.5310s  + 0.4902s
23.  Dean Fiore           Triple F Ford        51.6710s  + 0.6302s
24.  Russell Ingall       Walkinshaw Holden    51.7106s  + 0.6698s
25.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden    51.7217s  + 0.6809s
26.  Karl Reindler        Kelly Holden         51.8370s  + 0.7962s
27.  David Russell        Kelly Holden         51.8909s  + 0.8501s
28.  David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden    52.1099s  + 1.0691s

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