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Will Davison takes maiden pole

Holden Racing Team's Will Davison has taken his maiden V8 Supercar pole position in qualifying for today's first race of the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge at Sandown Raceway

Davison was fifth-fastest going into the shootout but put in a stunning lap to dominate the shootout, nearly four-tenths faster than his closest challenger and nearly six-tenths faster than third-fastest.

Starting alongside him will be Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup, who was fastest heading into the shootout and was quick early on his shootout lap before fading towards the end of it.

The second row sees the Jim Beam Racing duo alongside each other, Steven Johnson just edging out James Courtney, with Fabian Coulthard in fifth just ahead of Craig Lowndes in sixth, less than 0.02 seconds behind Johnson.

Shane van Gisbergen, Michael Caruso, Russell Ingall and Todd Kelly complete the top ten, Kelly's chances of a quick time disappearing after locking up heavily into turn one on his shootout lap.

Just outside the top ten in 11th and 12th were Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom and Rick Kelly's brother Todd, the second FPR car of Steven Richards just behind them in 13th.

A couple of surprises to miss not only the shootout but the second leg of qualifying as well were Lee Holdsworth and Garth Tander. Holdsworth will start 21st after going off into the gravel at the end of the back straight and not finding enough pace afterwards.

Tander had an even worse session, going off at turn four before setting a particularly fast lap, and managing to find the small gravel trap which he was unable to exit from, bringing out the red flag, preventing him from taking any further part in qualifying.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:09.7185 
 2.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1085  + 0.3900
 3.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:10.2992  + 0.5807
 4.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:10.3040  + 0.5855
 5.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:10.3138  + 0.5953
 6.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:10.3181  + 0.5996
 7.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:10.3325  + 0.6140
 8.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.4352  + 0.7167
 9.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7648  + 1.0463
10.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7682  + 1.0497
11.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:10.0382  + 0.3197
12.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:10.0448  + 0.3263
13.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:10.0499  + 0.3314
14.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1485  + 0.4300
15.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon FG        1:10.1519  + 0.4334
16.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:10.1745  + 0.4560
17.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.2239  + 0.5054
18.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3011  + 0.5826
19.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.3061  + 0.5876
20.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:10.4295  + 0.7110
21.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.5633  + 0.8448
22.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:10.6105  + 0.8920
23.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:10.6444  + 0.9259
24.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:10.7662  + 1.0477
25.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7835  + 1.0650
26.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.8458  + 1.1273
27.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:11.0816  + 1.3631
28.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:11.1542  + 1.4357
29.  Mark McNally          Holden Commodore VE   1:11.5872  + 1.8687

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