Tander on dominant Oran Park pole
Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander has taken a dominant pole position for this weekend's NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale at Oran Park
Tander put in a time of 1:09.4562, taking pole position by more than four tenths of a second. Alongside him on the front row will be Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes.
Sharing the second row will be the two title contenders, Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup and Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom, Whincup only shading Winterbottom by half a tenth of a second despite fresher tyres.
Supercheap's Russell Ingall will start from fifth, just ahead of Winterbottom's teammate Steven Richards, with James Courtney, Todd Kelly, Lee Holdsworth and Will Davison completing the top ten.
Qualifying just outside the top ten in eleventh is Rick Kelly in what could well be his last drive for the HSV Dealer Team. Two drivers who will not be full-time drivers in V8 Supercar after this weekend are Mark Skaife, who qualified 16th, and Paul Morris, who qualified 21st.
There were two red flags in the first leg of qualifying, brought out by Fabian Coulthard and Paul Dumbrell after offs at the exit of turn one. They will start in 24th and 29th position respectively.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Garth Tander Holden 1:09.4562 2. Craig Lowndes Ford 1:09.8709 + 0.4147 3. Jamie Whincup Ford 1:09.9161 + 0.4599 4. Mark Winterbottom Ford 1:09.9620 + 0.5058 5. Russell Ingall Holden 1:10.1421 + 0.6859 6. Steven Richards Ford 1:10.1594 + 0.7032 7. James Courtney Ford 1:10.2049 + 0.7487 8. Todd Kelly Holden 1:10.3222 + 0.8660 9. Lee Holdsworth Holden 1:10.4076 + 0.9514 10. Will Davison Ford 1:10.4959 + 1.0397 11. Rick Kelly Holden 1:10.3320 + 0.8758 12. Cameron McConville Holden 1:10.3983 + 0.9421 13. Jason Bright Ford 1:10.4329 + 0.9767 14. Jason Richards Holden 1:10.4703 + 1.0141 15. Shane Van Gisbergen Ford 1:10.5647 + 1.1085 16. Mark Skaife Holden 1:10.6061 + 1.1499 17. Steven Johnson Ford 1:10.6901 + 1.2339 18. Michael Caruso Holden 1:10.6941 + 1.2379 19. Andrew Thompson Holden 1:10.7593 + 1.3031 20. Tony D'Alberto Holden 1:10.8179 + 1.3617 21. Paul Morris Holden 1:11.3725 + 1.9163 22. Jack Perkins Holden 1:11.4414 + 1.9852 23. Greg Murphy Holden 1:11.4995 + 2.0433 24. Fabian Coulthard Ford 1:11.5220 + 2.0658 25. Michael Patrizi Ford 1:11.6063 + 2.1501 26. Marcus Marshall Ford 1:11.6299 + 2.1737 27. Andrew Jones Holden 1:11.7497 + 2.2935 28. Daniel Gaunt Ford 1:12.7317 + 3.2755 29. Paul Dumbrell Holden 1:12.8345 + 3.3783
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