Tander on Pukekohe pole
Toll HSV Dealer Team's Garth Tander has taken pole position for this weekend's PlaceMakers V8 International at Pukekohe Park Raceway, New Zealand
Tander was sixth fastest in qualifying but set the best time in the top ten shootout to take pole position for the first of the weekend's three races, as reverse grids make a return to the series in race two.
Alongside Tander will be Holden Racing Team's Mark Skaife, who was second fastest in both sessions as his strong 2006 form continues.
Behind these two Holdens come a string of Fords, with Clipsal 500 race one winner Craig Lowndes leading 2005 series champion Russell Ingall, Ford Performance Racing (FPR) teammates Jason Bright and Mark Winterbottom and Clipsal 500 race two and round winner Jamie Whincup.
FPR must be hoping that this is a sign that they finally can fight at the front, while for Stone Brothers Racing's Russell Ingall it is a welcome return to form after struggling a little so far in 2006.
'King of Pukekohe' Greg Murphy had a somewhat disappointing qualifying and will start ninth. Albert Park V8 overall victor Steven Richards will start eleventh, while Todd Kelly and rookie James Courtney will start fourteenth and fifteenth, while their teammates start second and fourth respectively.
Pos Driver Car 1. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 2. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 3. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 4. Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA 5. Jason Bright Ford Falcon BA 6. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA 7. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BA 8. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 9. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 10. Max Wilson Ford Falcon BA 11. Steven Richards Holden Commodore VZ 12. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 13. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VZ 14. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VZ 15. James Courtney Ford Falcon BA 16. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BA 17. John Bowe Ford Falcon BA 18. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 19. Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA 20. Will Davison Ford Falcon BA 21. Dean Canto Holden Commodore VZ 22. Paul Radisich Holden Commodore VZ 23. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 24. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VZ 25. Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VZ 26. Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 27. Warren Luff Ford Falcon BA 28. Brad Jones Ford Falcon BA 29. Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 30. Mark Porter Holden Commodore VZ 31. Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon BA
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