Mark Winterbottom leads all-Ford Performance Racing front row for Symmons Plain V8 Supercars race one
Mark Winterbottom led team-mate Will Davison as Ford Performance Racing filled the front row of the grid for race one of V8 Supercars' Symmons Plains weekend
Winterbottom's 51.4020-second lap in the closing moments of the session saw him edge his team-mate by just 0.090s.
Shane van Gisbergen was also a pole threat in the Stone Brothers Ford, but had to settle for third as FPR took control.
Reigning champion Jamie Whincup had a messy first lap and never quite managed to get into the pole battle, though his final lap brought the Triple Eight Holden driver up to fourth, ahead of his team-mate Craig Lowndes and Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 51.4020s 2. Will Davison FPR Ford 51.5019s + 0.0999s 3. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 51.5082s + 0.1062s 4. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 51.5114s + 0.1094s 5. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 51.5288s + 0.1268s 6. Garth Tander HRT Holden 51.5895s + 0.1875s 7. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford 51.6536s + 0.2516s 8. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden 51.6721s + 0.2701s 9. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden 51.7266s + 0.3246s 10. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 51.7754s + 0.3734s 11. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 51.7926s + 0.3906s 12. Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 51.7971s + 0.3951s 13. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 51.8171s + 0.4151s 14. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 51.8288s + 0.4268s 15. James Courtney HRT Holden 51.8468s + 0.4448s 16. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden 51.8708s + 0.4688s 17. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 51.9544s + 0.5524s 18. Steve Owen Dick Johnson Ford 51.9671s + 0.5651s 19. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw Holden 51.9775s + 0.5755s 20. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 51.9869s + 0.5849s 21. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 52.0348s + 0.6328s 22. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 52.0763s + 0.6743s 23. Alexandre Premat Garry Rogers Holden 52.1112s + 0.7092s 24. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden 52.1114s + 0.7094s 25. David Russell Kelly Holden 52.2682s + 0.8662s 26. Dean Fiore Triple F Ford 52.2776s + 0.8756s 27. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden 52.4070s + 1.0050s 28. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden 52.6473s + 1.2453s
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