Whincup takes pole for second race

Whincup topped the times early in the session before Mark Winterbottom bumped him down to second. But Whincup went back out and set a 1:23.1687 to take pole position by nearly quarter of a second.

Winterbottom also went out again and improved his time, which enabled him to hold on to second just ahead of Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander, the three drivers split by less than 0.02 of a second.

Paul Dumbrell made up somewhat for a disappointing end to qualifying yesterday by setting the sixth-fastest time just ahead of Fabian Coulthard, with Lee Holdsworth, Rick Kelly and Will Davison completing the top ten, Davison's result much better than his 22nd in qualifying yesterday.

Just behind him in 11th is another driver feeling the same way, Shane van Gisbergen, who started down in 27th for Saturday's race. But other drivers went the other way, Michael Caruso 13th instead of sixth, Steven Richards 14th instead of second and Todd Kelly 17th instead of ninth.

Russell Ingall was another driver to suffer, starting 21st after qualifying 14th in Saturday's session for the first race.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:23.1687 
 2.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:23.4086  + 0.2399
 3.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:23.4127  + 0.2440
 4.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:23.4277  + 0.2590
 5.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:23.7023  + 0.5336
 6.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:23.7118  + 0.5431
 7.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:23.8328  + 0.6641
 8.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:23.8455  + 0.6768
 9.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:23.8694  + 0.7007
10.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:23.9809  + 0.8122
11.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:23.9873  + 0.8186
12.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:23.9916  + 0.8229
13.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:24.0331  + 0.8644
14.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:24.0730  + 0.9043
15.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:24.0970  + 0.9283
16.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:24.1145  + 0.9458
17.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:24.1479  + 0.9792
18.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:24.1565  + 0.9878
19.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:24.1752  + 1.0065
20.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:24.2131  + 1.0444
21.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:24.2708  + 1.1021
22.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon BF        1:24.2764  + 1.1077
23.  Marcus Marshall       Ford Falcon BF        1:24.3286  + 1.1599
24.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:24.4635  + 1.2948
25.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:24.5052  + 1.3365
26.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:24.5448  + 1.3761
27.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:24.5607  + 1.3920
28.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:24.6516  + 1.4829
29.  Dale Wood             Holden Commodore VE   1:24.8786  + 1.7099
30.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:25.1948  + 2.0261