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Bright takes pole for Island race one

Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright took a dominant pole position in the top-ten shootout for the first race of the The Island 300 at Phillip Island

Bright had been fastest in the qualifying session before the shootout, and went even faster on his shootout lap to take pole position by nearly four-tenths of a second.

Alongside him on the front row will be Holden Racing Team's Will Davison, who moved up from fifth in qualifying, one place ahead of championship rival Jamie Whincup who qualified third.

The two Kelly brothers were next, Todd ahead of Rick, moving up from ninth and eighth before the shootout, with Lee Holdsworth next in sixth.

The remaining drivers in the shootout all had struggles on their laps, Craig Lowndes in seventh along with Mark Winterbottom in tenth having a couple of moments on their laps that cost them a chance of starting further on the grid, Shane van Gisbergen and Fabian Coulthard starting between them in eighth and ninth.

Just missing the top ten was Garth Tander in 11th, followed by the Jim Beam Racing duo of Steven Johnson and James Courtney. Russell Ingall was even further down the order in 17th in his Supercheap Auto Commodore.

23rd was a disappointing result for Sprint Gas's Greg Murphy after some good results in recent rounds, while 26th was a disaster for Ford Performance Racing's Steven Richards.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon FG        1:33.6487 
 2.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:34.0346  + 0.3859
 3.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:34.1541  + 0.5054
 4.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:34.2253  + 0.5766
 5.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:34.4099  + 0.7612
 6.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:34.4810  + 0.8323
 7.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:34.4921  + 0.8434
 8.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:34.5078  + 0.8591
 9.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:34.7177  + 1.0690
10.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:35.1458  + 1.4971
11.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:34.5076  + 0.8589
12.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:34.5157  + 0.8670
13.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:34.5505  + 0.9018
14.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:34.6892  + 1.0405
15.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:34.7535  + 1.1048
16.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:34.8512  + 1.2025
17.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:34.8910  + 1.2423
18.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:34.9231  + 1.2744
19.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:34.9446  + 1.2959
20.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:35.0608  + 1.4121
21.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:35.1193  + 1.4706
22.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:35.1524  + 1.5037
23.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:35.1692  + 1.5205
24.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:35.3998  + 1.7511
25.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:35.4166  + 1.7679
26.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:35.4837  + 1.8350
27.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:35.6362  + 1.9875
28.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:36.0544  + 2.4057
29.  Mark McNally          Holden Commodore VE   1:36.8857  + 3.2370

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