Tander on Hidden Valley race two pole

Tander went to the top of the times with five minutes remaining in the session after eclipsing Craig Lowndes' best effort, and was never headed from that point on, Lowndes' effort with six minutes to go good enough to remain on the front row.

Behind them Mark Winterbottom will start third alongside Todd Kelly, with the Garry Rogers duo of Lee Holdsworth and Michael Caruso, Tander's team-mate Will Davison, James Courtney and Todd's brother Rick all closely bunched.

Alex Davison followed up his move up the order in race one with a top-ten qualifying effort, while race one winner and championship leader Jamie Whincup will start down in 13th, one place ahead of race one polesitter Jason Richards, who discovered he had a broken shock absorber after race one.

A pair of Stevens will start well done the order, Steven Johnson and Steven Richards starting 22nd and 23rd in their Fords.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:09.7929
 2.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:09.9048  + 0.1119
 3.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:09.9654  + 0.1725
 4.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:10.0482  + 0.2553
 5.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1000  + 0.3071
 6.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1132  + 0.3203
 7.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1132  + 0.3203
 8.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1368  + 0.3439
 9.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1558  + 0.3629
10.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1975  + 0.4046
11.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2399  + 0.4470
12.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2527  + 0.4598
13.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:10.2892  + 0.4963
14.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3096  + 0.5167
15.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3348  + 0.5419
16.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon BF        1:10.3392  + 0.5463
17.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3745  + 0.5816
18.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3958  + 0.6029
19.  Marcus Marshall       Ford Falcon BF        1:10.4221  + 0.6292
20.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:10.5102  + 0.7173
21.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:10.5646  + 0.7717
22.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:10.5876  + 0.7947
23.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:10.6432  + 0.8503
24.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7197  + 0.9268
25.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7351  + 0.9422
26.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:10.8559  + 1.0630
27.  Dale Wood             Holden Commodore VE   1:10.8730  + 1.0801
28.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:11.0371  + 1.2442
29.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:11.1272  + 1.3343
30.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:11.2888  + 1.4959