Whincup grabs tight race two pole
Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup won a close battle to secure pole for race two of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island
Whincup took pole in the closing minutes of the session, bumping Jeld-Wen's James Courtney off the top spot, who had just taken the position from HRT's Garth Tander who set an early time and looked like taking a comfortable pole until Whincup and Courtney's late efforts.
Still less than a tenth behind Whincup was Will Davison in the Jim Beam Racing Falcon, with Russell Ingall completing the top five in his Supercheap Commodore.
Jason Richards, Steven Richards (in the car sitting on the race one pole), Paul Radisich, Shane van Gisbergen and Luke Youlden complete the top ten which was more representative of regular season order than the first session.
However the second HRT car was down the order again, Glenn Seton 18th fastest, while the overseas visitors also had a hard time, with Fabrizio Giovanardi 23rd in the sister car to the pole car, and Boris Said making it a pair of 28th starting positions for the second Supercheap car.
With teams choosing which of today's two races to make a compulsory pit stop in and the regular season runners spread across both races, there is potential for a large shuffling of the order in both races.
After today's two races are completed, the points each car has earned over the two races will be combined to determine the starting order for Sunday's 500 km race.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Jamie Whincup Ford 1:33.3175 2. James Courtney Ford 1:33.3345 + 0.0170 3. Garth Tander Holden 1:33.3444 + 0.0269 4. Will Davison Ford 1:33.3855 + 0.0680 5. Russell Ingall Holden 1:33.7452 + 0.4277 6. Jason Richards Holden 1:33.9237 + 0.6062 7. Steven Richards Ford 1:33.9593 + 0.6418 8. Paul Radisich Holden 1:33.9705 + 0.6530 9. Shane Van Gisbergen Ford 1:33.9773 + 0.6598 10. Luke Youlden Ford 1:34.0108 + 0.6933 11. John McIntyre Ford 1:34.1632 + 0.8457 12. Warren Luff Ford 1:34.2776 + 0.9601 13. Michael Caruso Holden 1:34.3295 + 1.0120 14. Adam Macrow Ford 1:34.3751 + 1.0576 15. David Reynolds Holden 1:34.4218 + 1.1043 16. Marcus Marshall Ford 1:34.4308 + 1.1133 17. Andrew Jones Holden 1:34.4762 + 1.1587 18. Glenn Seton Holden 1:34.5695 + 1.2520 19. Shane Price Holden 1:34.6744 + 1.3569 20. Steve Ellery Holden 1:34.7141 + 1.3966 21. Tony D'Alberto Holden 1:34.8822 + 1.5647 22. Paul Weel Holden 1:34.8873 + 1.5698 23. Fabrizio Giovanardi Ford 1:35.0100 + 1.6925 24. Grant Denyer Ford 1:35.2565 + 1.9390 25. Brad Jones Holden 1:35.2951 + 1.9776 26. Mark Noske Holden 1:35.3129 + 1.9954 27. Jack Perkins Holden 1:35.3472 + 2.0297 28. Boris Said Holden 1:35.8140 + 2.4965
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