Holden Racing Team's Paul Dumbrell took a narrow pole position for race one of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island.
Driving for HRT this weekend, Dumbrell went to the top of the times early in the session and held on to the spot, Jack Daniel's Racing's Todd Kelly missing out by just over a hundredth of a second as he set the second-fastest time.
Will Davison made it two HRT cars in the top three in third, while the Jim Beam Racing cars of Steven Johnson and Warren Luff complete the top five.
Sixth was Ford Performance Racing's Steven Richards, while eighth was a little disappointing for Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes.
14th was a good result for series returnee Mark Skaife, just behind Shane van Gisbergen and Lee Holdsworth, and two places ahead of long-time rival Russell Ingall.
Ben Collins made a steady start on his V8 Supercar debut, qualifying 22nd fastest in the second Jack Daniel's car.
Pos Driver Car Time
1. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 1:33.3204
2. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 1:33.3314 + 0.0110
3. Will Davison Holden Commodore VE 1:33.4363 + 0.1159
4. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 1:33.5187 + 0.1983
5. Warren Luff Ford Falcon FG 1:33.5769 + 0.2565
6. Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG 1:33.7058 + 0.3854
7. David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 1:33.7286 + 0.4082
8. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon FG 1:33.7353 + 0.4149
9. Dean Canto Ford Falcon FG 1:33.7670 + 0.4466
10. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 1:33.8144 + 0.4940
11. Steve Owen Holden Commodore VE 1:33.8206 + 0.5002
12. Shane Van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 1:33.8242 + 0.5038
13. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 1:33.8565 + 0.5361
14. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 1:33.8650 + 0.5446
15. Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE 1:33.9030 + 0.5826
16. Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE 1:33.9917 + 0.6713
17. Allan Simonsen Ford Falcon FG 1:34.1150 + 0.7946
18. Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG 1:34.1603 + 0.8399
19. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 1:34.3819 + 1.0615
20. Karl Reindler Ford Falcon FG 1:34.3862 + 1.0658
21. Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG 1:34.5090 + 1.1886
22. Ben Collins Holden Commodore VE 1:34.5186 + 1.1982
23. Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE 1:34.5919 + 1.2715
24. Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 1:34.6106 + 1.2902
25. Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE 1:34.7007 + 1.3803
26. Mark Noske Holden Commodore VE 1:34.7842 + 1.4638
27. Brad Lowe Ford Falcon BF 1:35.0007 + 1.6803
28. Mark McNally Holden Commodore VE 1:35.0687 + 1.7483
29. Sam Walter Holden Commodore VE 1:35.1675 + 1.8471
30. Leanne Tander Ford Falcon BF 1:35.3223 + 2.0019
31. Andrew Fisher Ford Falcon BF 1:36.1104 + 2.7900
EXC Dean Fiore Holden Commodore VE