Courtney takes Winton race one pole

Courtney was second-fastest going into the shootout but put a stunning lap together to secure pole position, knocking Tander off top spot. Tander had been lucky to make the shootout in the first place, going off with less than two minutes remaining in the qualifying session before putting together a time which got him into the shootout.

Two Ford Performance Racing cars line up on the second row, Mark Winterbottom ahead of Steven Richards, with a pair of Team Vodafone cars on the third row, Craig Lowndes ahead of Jamie Whincup, who had been fastest before dropping five places in the shootout.

The second HRT car of Will Davison lines up seventh, with Steven Johnson, Todd Kelly and Michael Caruso completing the top ten.

After strong race results at the previous round, Shane van Gisbergen was only able to qualify in 15th place, two places behind Rick Kelly. However, they had a better day than Greg Murphy and Russell Ingall, who will start from 24th and 25th places on the grid.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1m21.8739s
 2.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1m22.0056s  +0.1317s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1m22.1313s  +0.2574s
 4.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1m22.2085s  +0.3346s
 5.  Craig Lowndes         Holden Commodore VE   1m22.4243s  +0.5504s
 6.  Jamie Whincup         Holden Commodore VE   1m22.4805s  +0.6066s
 7.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1m22.5360s  +0.6621s
 8.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1m22.5403s  +0.6664s
 9.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1m22.5506s  +0.6767s
10.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1m22.6283s  +0.7544s
11.  Paul Dumbrell         Ford Falcon FG        1m22.4454s  +0.5715s
12.  Jason Bright          Holden Commodore VE   1m22.4681s  +0.5942s
13.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1m22.4710s  +0.5971s
14.  Tim Slade             Ford Falcon FG        1m22.5006s  +0.6267s
15.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1m22.5584s  +0.6845s
16.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1m22.5988s  +0.7249s
17.  Jonathon Webb         Ford Falcon FG        1m22.6058s  +0.7319s
18.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VE   1m22.6458s  +0.7719s
19.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1m22.6954s  +0.8215s
20.  Dean Fiore            Ford Falcon FG        1m22.7025s  +0.8286s
21.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1m22.7211s  +0.8472s
22.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1m22.7227s  +0.8488s
23.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1m22.7870s  +0.9131s
24.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1m22.8792s  +1.0053s
25.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1m22.9838s  +1.1099s
26.  Andrew Thompson       Holden Commodore VE   1m23.0310s  +1.1571s
27.  Daniel Gaunt          Holden Commodore VE   1m23.2390s  +1.3651s
28.  Karl Reindler         Holden Commodore VE   1m23.3511s  +1.4772s
29.  Tony Ricciardello     Holden Commodore VE   1m24.0254s  +2.1515s