Craig Lowndes will start from pole position for the season-opening round the V8 Supercar Series season in Adelaide. The Triple Eight Holden driver edged out Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander by 0.02sec in the top 10 shootout at the former Australian Grand Prix venue.
Will Davison (Ford Performance Racing) was top Ford driver in third, sharing row two with Jonathon Webb, who achieved a career-best starting position in his Tekno Holden. Reigning champion Jamie Whincup completed the top five in Triple Eight's other car.
After going quickest in the first qualifying session, FPR's Mark Winterbottom could only manage seventh in the pole decider, behind Tim Slade.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap
1. Craig Lowndes Holden 1m21.2738s
2. Garth Tander Holden 1m21.2908s + 0.0170s
3. Will Davison Ford 1m21.4194s + 0.1456s
4. Jonathon Webb Holden 1m21.5164s + 0.2426s
5. Jamie Whincup Holden 1m21.5468s + 0.2730s
6. Tim Slade Ford 1m21.6288s + 0.3550s
7. Mark Winterbottom Ford 1m21.7093s + 0.4355s
8. David Reynolds Ford 1m21.8078s + 0.5340s
9. Fabian Coulthard Holden 1m22.0289s + 0.7551s
10. Shane van Gisbergen Ford 1m22.3105s + 1.0367s
11. Todd Kelly Holden 1m21.2386s Qual one
12. Tony D'Alberto Ford 1m21.3746s Qual one
13. James Courtney Holden 1m21.4035s Qual one
14. Rick Kelly Holden 1m21.4148s Qual one
15. Lee Holdsworth Ford 1m21.4880s Qual one
16. Michael Caruso Holden 1m21.4966s Qual one
17. Steve Owen Ford 1m21.5431s Qual one
18. Steven Johnson Ford 1m21.5915s Qual one
19. James Moffat Ford 1m21.5928s Qual one
20. Michael Patrizi Holden 1m21.6802s Qual one
21. Russell Ingall Holden 1m21.7532s Qual one
22. Greg Murphy Holden 1m21.7964s Qual one
23. Dean Fiore Ford 1m21.9426s Qual one
24. Taz Douglas Holden 1m22.1907s Qual one
25. Alexandre Premat Holden 1m22.1991s Qual one
26. David Wall Holden 1m22.4358s Qual one
27. Jason Bright Holden 1m29.3326s Qual one
28. Karl Reindler Holden Qual one