Todd Kelly takes pole at Winton

Kelly just edged out Garth Tander by 0.05 of a second, despite two late attempts by the Toll HSV Dealer Team driver on a cold track.

Tasman Motorsport's Jason Richards was third fastest, with Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom next. Winterbottom's Ford is the only Ford in the top nine places on the grid.

Next up was one of the surprises of qualifying, Jack Daniel's Racing's rookie Shane Price. The team had a superb qualifying, rookie teammate Jack Perkins qualifying tenth, his previous best being 25th.

Both Garry Rogers' cars made the top ten, Lee Holdsworth in sixth and Dean Canto in ninth. Championship leader Rick Kelly qualified seventh.

With these drivers having done so well, other drivers were unable to make the top ten. Craig Lowndes in 11th, Mark Skaife in 16th, Steven Richards in 17th, Adelaide pole man James Courtney in 18th and best-placed Ford in the championship Jamie Whincup in 20th were among those usually at the front not to make the top ten.

Worst news of all was for Russell Ingall, 24th fastest before being sent to the rear of the grid for missing the scales during qualifying.

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