Holdsworth takes race two pole

Holdsworth went to the top with four minutes remaining in a twice-interrupted session, temporarily losing pole to Jamie Whincup before taking it back on his next lap. Whincup looked set to challenge on his final lap but a session which had seen him on the edge saw him push a little too hard and he had to settle for second.

Third was Mark Winterbottom, a driver ruing both red flags, both times on laps that were significantly faster than pole position at that time.

Jason Bright followed on from his race one result with fourth fastest, with Holden Racing Team's Will Davison in fifth closely followed by Michael Caruso. Todd Kelly was seventh fastest, Tander in the second HRT car eighth with Craig Lowndes and Tim Slade completing the top 10.

Championship leader James Courtney did not qualify as high as he would have hoped, a couple of moments for him seeing him 12th fastest. His team-mate and yesterday's winner Jonathon Webb will start 18th, just behind fellow team-mate Steven Johnson.

Paul Dumbrell's troubles this weekend continued today, 25th fastest after dragging the tyres onto the track at the Turn 6/7 chicane, which caused the first red flag.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE2  1m28.7999s
 2.  Jamie Whincup         Holden Commodore VE2  1m28.8741s  +0.0742s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1m28.9571s  +0.1572s
 4.  Jason Bright          Holden Commodore VE2  1m28.9634s  +0.1635s
 5.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.0895s  +0.2896s
 6.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.1014s  +0.3015s
 7.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.1865s  +0.3866s
 8.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.2146s  +0.4147s
 9.  Craig Lowndes         Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.2808s  +0.4809s
10.  Tim Slade             Ford Falcon FG        1m29.2921s  +0.4922s
11.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.4562s  +0.6563s
12.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1m29.4834s  +0.6835s
13.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.4835s  +0.6836s
14.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1m29.5053s  +0.7054s
15.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1m29.5060s  +0.7061s
16.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1m29.5512s  +0.7513s
17.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1m29.5657s  +0.7658s
18.  Jonathon Webb         Ford Falcon FG        1m29.6784s  +0.8785s
19.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.7918s  +0.9919s
20.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.8041s  +1.0042s
21.  Karl Reindler         Holden Commodore VE   1m29.8817s  +1.0818s
22.  Andrew Thompson       Holden Commodore VE2  1m29.9771s  +1.1772s
23.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VE   1m29.9926s  +1.1927s
24.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE2  1m30.1602s  +1.3603s
25.  Paul Dumbrell         Ford Falcon FG        1m30.3791s  +1.5792s
26.  Warren Luff           Holden Commodore VE2  1m30.5409s  +1.7410s
27.  Dean Fiore            Ford Falcon FG        1m30.5802s  +1.7803s
28.  Andrew Jones          Holden Commodore VE2  1m31.3673s  +2.5674s
29.  Tony Ricciardello     Holden Commodore VE2  1m31.7883s  +2.9884s