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Rick Kelly takes Hidden Valley pole

Toll HSV Dealer Team driver Rick Kelly has taken his first pole position of 2007 in qualifying for this weekend's SkyCity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley

He edged out older brother Todd by less than six hundredths of a second for an all-Kelly front row, with Todd's Holden Racing Team teammate Mark Skaife making it a Holden 1-2-3 at the front of the grid.

Behind the three Holdens came five Fords, Jim Beam Racing's Will Davison leading the way from Jamie Whincup, Ford Performance Racing teammates Steven Richards and Mark Winterbottom, and Craig Lowndes.

Britek's Jason Bright put in a strong effort to just miss the top ten runoff in a track he always does at, qualifying twelfth, one place behind James Courtney who had an interesting day on Friday during practice when a spin around the back of the circuit ended with his car on its roof, giving the team's crew a long night's work as they replaced virtually every panel on the car.

Larry Perkins' gamble on two young drivers still sees some struggles for the pair of rookies, Jack Perkins in 27th with Shane Price 29th out of a field of 30 starters.

Pos  Driver                Car
 1.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE
 2.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE
 3.  Mark Skaife           Holden Commodore VE
 4.  Will Davison          Ford Falcon BF
 5.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon BF
 6.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon BF
 7.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon BF
 8.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon BF
 9.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE
10.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE
11.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon BF
12.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon BF
13.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon BF
14.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE
15.  Russell Ingall        Ford Falcon BF
16.  Jason Bargwanna       Ford Falcon BF
17.  Dean Canto            Holden Commodore VE
18.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VZ
19.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VZ
20.  Max Wilson            Ford Falcon BF
21.  Steve Owen            Holden Commodore VZ
22.  Andrew Jones          Ford Falcon BF
23.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE
24.  Paul Morris           Holden Commodore VE
25.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VZ
26.  John Bowe             Ford Falcon BF
27.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE
28.  Simon Wills           Ford Falcon BF
29.  Shane Price           Holden Commodore VE
30.  Alan Gurr             Ford Falcon BF

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