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Todd Kelly on pole at Oran Park

Holden Racing Team's Todd Kelly took his third V8 Supercar pole position of 2007 as he went fastest in qualifying for the first race of the Jim Beam 400 at Oran Park in Sydney

Kelly, who will become the youngest driver to 100 starts when he starts in race one, celebrated the milestone by putting his car on pole position ahead of championship leader, Toll HSV's Garth Tander.

Tander set the second fastest time despite a moment late in the final session when Kelly's teammate, Mark Skaife, looked set to steal pole before a spin coming off the bridge, Tander just able to avoid the spinning Holden Racing Team driver, who went on to set the third best time.

Lee Holdsworth drove superbly to put his Valvoline Cummins Commodore in fourth, just ahead of Tander's teammate Rick Kelly, Holdens filling the top five grid positions in a season which has seen them take 17 wins in 20 races so far.

The Ford Performance Racing duo of Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards were the best of the Fords in sixth and eighth, split by Tasman Motorsport's Jason Richards, with Jamie Whincup and Jason Bright completing the top ten.

Will Davison, Paul Morris and Dean Canto were unlucky to miss the top ten runoff, as just over one hundredth of a second split eighth and 13th fastest in the second session.

A couple of fancied runners didn't even make it as far as the second session, with Jeld-Wen Motorsport's James Courtney and Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes, currently fourth in the championship, starting race one from 22nd and 23rd respectively.

There was some good news down the order however, with Team Kiwi Racing returning to the series with a new alliance with Stone Brothers Racing. Rookie Shane van Gisbergen did well to set 29th fastest time in his first ever V8 Supercar qualifying session.

Pos  Driver                Car
 1.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE
 2.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE
 3.  Mark Skaife           Holden Commodore VE
 4.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE
 5.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE
 6.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon BF
 7.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE
 8.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon BF
 9.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon BF
10.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon BF
11.  Will Davison          Ford Falcon BF
12.  Paul Morris           Holden Commodore VE
13.  Dean Canto            Holden Commodore VE
14.  Russell Ingall        Ford Falcon BF
15.  Steve Owen            Holden Commodore VZ
16.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE
17.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon BF
18.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE
19.  Max Wilson            Ford Falcon BF
20.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE
21.  Jason Bargwanna       Ford Falcon BF
22.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon BF
23.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon BF
24.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE
25.  Shane Price           Holden Commodore VE
26.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VZ
27.  Simon Wills           Ford Falcon BF
28.  Andrew Jones          Ford Falcon BF
29.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon BF
30.  John Bowe             Ford Falcon BF
31.  Alan Gurr             Ford Falcon BF

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