Tander takes Bathurst pole
Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander has taken pole position for tomorrow's Supercheap Auto 1000 at Bathurst after today's shootout for the top ten grid positions
Tander was the sixth car to hit the track but took half a second off the best time set to that point by Paul Dumbrell, Tander's 2:07.2963 the only shootout lap that was faster than the lap the same car achieved in qualifying.
The three cars that followed of James Courtney, Jamie Whincup and Jason Richards went successively slower, struggling particularly in the final sector.
Last car out was provisional pole man Mark Winterbottom, and at the end of the second sector he was six hundredths of a second up on Tander. But he couldn't match Tander in the final sector and set a time of 2:07.4206, just over a tenth slower.
Courtney was third fastest, ahead of Paul Dumbrell, who will now be partnered by Rick Kelly after the car he was to share with Paul Radisich hit the wall heavily at McPhillamy in morning practice when the throttle stuck open, Radisich taken to hospital with a broken ankle, the car too badly damaged to continue.
An aggressive Jamie Whincup probably tried a little too hard and ended up fifth-fastest, alongside Jason Richards who set a time of 2:06.9076 in the morning's practice session to become the second-fastest driver ever around the circuit, behind his teammate Greg Murphy.
Will Davison, Russell Ingall, Fabian Coulthard and Max Wilson complete the top ten, Wilson taking part in the shootout after Rick Kelly and Paul Radisich's number 15 car was withdrawn.
Pos Drivers Make Time 1. Garth Tander/Mark Skaife Holden 2:07.2963 2. Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards Ford 2:07.4206 + 0.1243 3. James Courtney/David Besnard Ford 2:07.7025 + 0.4062 4. Paul Dumbrell/Rick Kelly Holden 2:07.8022 + 0.5059 5. Jamie Whincup/Craig Lowndes Ford 2:07.9513 + 0.6550 6. Jason Richards/Greg Murphy Holden 2:07.9876 + 0.6913 7. Will Davison/Steven Johnson Ford 2:08.2511 + 0.9548 8. Russell Ingall/Paul Morris Holden 2:08.7800 + 1.4837 9. Fabian Coulthard/Alex Davison Ford 2:08.8051 + 1.5088 10. Max Wilson/Brad Jones Holden 2:09.1940 + 1.8977 11. Jason Bright/Adam Macrow Ford 2:07.9395 + 0.6432 12. Shane Van Gisbergen/Jonathon Webb Ford 2:07.9627 + 0.6664 13. Lee Holdsworth/Michael Caruso Holden 2:07.9968 + 0.7005 14. Steve Owen/Warren Luff Ford 2:08.0369 + 0.7406 15. Cameron McConville/Andrew Jones Holden 2:08.1141 + 0.8178 16. Luke Youlden/Dean Canto Ford 2:08.1676 + 0.8713 17. Todd Kelly/Shane Price Holden 2:08.2226 + 0.9263 18. Jack Perkins/Nathan Pretty Holden 2:08.4667 + 1.1704 19. Craig Baird/Glenn Seton Holden 2:08.5766 + 1.2803 20. Michael Patrizi/Karl Reindler Ford 2:09.4965 + 2.2002 21. Marcus Marshall/Matt Halliday Ford 2:09.6397 + 2.3434 22. Greg Ritter/Steven Ellery Holden 2:09.7451 + 2.4488 23. Tony D'Alberto/Jason Bargwanna Holden 2:09.9264 + 2.6301 24. Fabrizio Giovanardi/Marc Hynes Ford 2:09.9779 + 2.6816 25. Mark Noske/Dale Wood Holden 2:10.2930 + 2.9967 26. Matt Neal/Boris Said Holden 2:11.3259 + 4.0296
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