Tander takes Barbagallo pole
Toll HSV Dealer Team's Garth Tander secured pole position for the Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway, his teammate Rick Kelly making it a Toll HSV front row
Tander set a time more than two-tenths faster than teammate Kelly for an all-Holden front row.
Just over three-tenths behind Tander are three cars, Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes just edging out the Holden Racing Team duo of Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly, Holdens filling four of the top five grid positions.
Despite brake problems sending him into the wall in practice, James Courtney qualified sixth and leads a group of Fords including Will Davison, Steven Johnson and Jamie Whincup.
Still, some of the big names missed the top ten. Tasman Motorsport's Greg Murphy just missed out and will start eleventh, while the Ford Performance Racing machine of Steven Richards will start thirteenth and teammate Mark Winterbottom in fifteenth.
Rookies Shane Price and Jack Perkins showed improvement, Price making the top twenty to qualify in eighteenth while Perkins' best put him 25th.
Jason Bright's weekend was over before qualifying began after an incident in Friday practice left his car too badly damaged to take any further part in the weekend's proceedings.
Pos Driver Car 1. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 2. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 3. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 4. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 5. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 6. James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 7. Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 8. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 9. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 10. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 11. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 12. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 13. Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 14. Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 15. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 16. Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 17. Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 18. Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 19. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 20. Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 21. Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BF 22. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 23. Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 24. Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 25. Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 26. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 27. John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 28. Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 29. Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 30. Brad Jones Ford Falcon BF
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