Jamie Whincup on top in Barbagallo V8 Supercars race two qualifying
Jamie Whincup beat race one winner Mark Winterbottom to pole position for race two of V8 Supercars' Barbagallo triple-header on Sunday morning
Ford Performance Racing team-mates Winterbottom and Will Davison held the provisional front row slots approaching the end of the 15-minute session, for which hard tyres were mandatory.
But a 56.3260-second lap from Triple Eight Holden driver Whincup with two minutes to go thrust the reigning champion to the top by 0.0029s over Winterbottom, the man who beat him to victory on Saturday.
Davison will start third as he bids to reclaim the points lead he lost to Whincup on Saturday thanks to his first-lap incident.
Lee Holdsworth was fourth quickest for Stone Brothers, followed by Brad Jones Racing's Jason Bright, the early race leader on Saturday.
Whincup's team-mate Craig Lowndes was back in 14th, albeit only half a second off the pace, while Saturday polesitter Garth Tander languished in 20th, three places behind his Holden Racing Team team-mate James Courtney.
Qualifying for race three follows after a short break. Drivers must use soft tyres as the grid is set for the third of the weekend's races.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 56.3260s 2. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 56.3289s + 0.0029s 3. Will Davison FPR Ford 56.3439s + 0.0179s 4. Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 56.4634s + 0.1374s 5. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 56.5183s + 0.1923s 6. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford 56.6063s + 0.2803s 7. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 56.6743s + 0.3483s 8. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 56.7161s + 0.3901s 9. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden 56.7275s + 0.4015s 10. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden 56.7346s + 0.4086s 11. Dean Fiore Triple F Ford 56.7347s + 0.4087s 12. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 56.7357s + 0.4097s 13. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 56.7758s + 0.4498s 14. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 56.8616s + 0.5356s 15. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 56.8654s + 0.5394s 16. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 56.8814s + 0.5554s 17. James Courtney HRT Holden 56.8818s + 0.5558s 18. Alexandre Premat Garry Rogers Holden 56.9318s + 0.6058s 19. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw Holden 56.9352s + 0.6092s 20. Garth Tander HRT Holden 56.9726s + 0.6466s 21. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden 56.9905s + 0.6645s 22. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 57.0760s + 0.7500s 23. Steve Owen Dick Johnson Ford 57.0957s + 0.7697s 24. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 57.1467s + 0.8207s 25. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden 57.1881s + 0.8621s 26. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden 57.2381s + 0.9121s 27. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden 57.3306s + 1.0046s 28. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden 57.4754s + 1.1494s
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