Bright on Winton pole
Ford Performance Racing's Jason Bright has taken pole position for this weekend's V8 Supercar action at Winton Motor Raceway
Bright was fastest in qualifying and backed it up in the shootout. However, it was an extremely close fight, with less than two hundredths of a second separating Bright from third on the grid, with Paul Dumbrell and Jason Richards taking second and third in the shootout.
Even the gap back to fourth-placed Craig Lowndes was small, at just over five hundredths of a second. From there the gaps began to grow, with Dumbrell's teammate Steven Richards completing the top five.
Next up are the Holden Racing Team duo of Todd Kelly and Mark Skaife, Lowndes' teammate Jamie Whincup, Rick Kelly and the second Ford Performance Racing car of Mark Winterbottom rounds out the top ten.
Failing to follow the instructions of an official saw Garth Tander lose his early times, and he will start eleventh. However, he is four places better off than points leader and reigning series champion Russell Ingall.
As bad as Tander may feel, Cameron McConville must feel worse. He missed the weigh scales, losing all times up to that point in the session. A mechanical problem meant he was unable to set a time in the remainder of the session, and will start last.
Pos Driver Car 1. Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 2. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VZ 3. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 4. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 5. Steven Richards Holden Commodore VZ 6. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 7. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 8. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BA 9. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 10. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 11. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 12. Dean Canto Holden Commodore VZ 13. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 14. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 15. Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 16. Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 17. Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 18. Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 19. James Courtney Ford Falcon BA 20. Will Davison Ford Falcon BA 21. Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 22. Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 23. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 24. Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 25. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 26. Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 27. John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 28. Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 29. Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon BA 30. Jose Fernandez Ford Falcon BA 31. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ
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