Ambrose on Queensland Pole

Though never having really fallen off the pace, Ambrose has not been at the very top in recent rounds, but he secured pole at Queensland Raceway by just over a tenth of a second from fellow Ford frontrunner Craig Lowndes. Ambrose's teammate Russell Ingall rounded out an all-Ford top three.

However the Holdens weren't far away, with Todd Kelly, Steven Richards and Mark Skaife filling the next three places, over three tenths slower than Ambrose but just over three hundredths separating Kelly from Skaife.

Lowndes' teammate Steve Ellery, race three winner at Hidden Valley Garth Tander, Greg Murphy and Max Wilson rounded out the top ten places.

Rick Kelly had an improved run compared to recent efforts, qualifying eleventh, while Jason Bright was three places behind him. The two Dodo Racing Holdens, which have shown speed elsewhere this season, qualified down in 22nd and 24th places.

Qualifying Results, Queensland 300, Queensland Raceway:

Pos  Driver              Car
 1.  Marcos Ambrose      Ford Falcon BA
 2.  Craig Lowndes       Ford Falcon BA
 3.  Russell Ingall      Ford Falcon BA
 4.  Todd Kelly          Holden Commodore VZ
 5.  Steven Richards     Holden Commodore VY
 6.  Mark Skaife         Holden Commodore VZ
 7.  Steve Ellery        Ford Falcon BA
 8.  Garth Tander        Holden Commodore VZ
 9.  Greg Murphy         Holden Commodore VZ
10.  Max Wilson          Holden Commodore VZ
11.  Rick Kelly          Holden Commodore VZ
12.  Mark Winterbottom   Ford Falcon BA
13.  Steven Johnson      Ford Falcon BA
14.  Jason Bright        Ford Falcon BA
15.  Paul Radisich       Holden Commodore VZ
16.  Jason Bargwanna     Ford Falcon BA
17.  Paul Morris         Holden Commodore VZ
18.  David Besnard       Ford Falcon BA
19.  Glenn Seton         Ford Falcon BA
20.  Simon Wills         Holden Commodore VZ
21.  Greg Ritter         Ford Falcon BA
22.  Jason Richards      Holden Commodore VZ
23.  Paul Weel           Holden Commodore VZ
24.  Jamie Whincup       Holden Commodore VZ
25.  Paul Dumbrell       Holden Commodore VY
26.  Matthew White       Ford Falcon BA
27.  Craig Baird         Ford Falcon BA
28.  John Bowe           Ford Falcon BA
29.  Brad Jones          Ford Falcon BA
30.  Cameron McConville  Holden Commodore VZ
31.  Steve Owen          Ford Falcon BA
32.  Andrew Jones        Holden Commodore VZ
33.  Alex Davison        Holden Commodore VZ
34.  Anthony Tratt       Holden Commodore VY