Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander put in a smooth but fast lap in the top-ten shootout to secure pole position for the first race of the BRC Impco V8 Supercars GP Challenge at Albert Park.

Tander bumped James Courtney off the top spot, with the Jack Daniel's Racing duo of Todd and Rick Kelly filling the second row, after being fifth and seventh fastest in yesterday's qualifying session.

Shane van Gisbergen was another driver to move up in the shootout, jumping from tenth to fifth. But when there are winners there have to be losers, and the fastest man in yesterday's session, Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup, dropped six places to seventh just behind team-mate Craig Lowndes.

Greg Murphy also was a big loser in the shootout, with a trip across the grass at turn one ruining his lap, dropping from third to tenth.

Surprisingly, Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom failed to make the shootout, qualifying 13th fastest, just ahead of Lee Holdsworth and the polesitter's team-mate Will Davison.

Russell Ingall wasn't close to his team-mate either, qualifying 18th, two places ahead of Michael Caruso, while Steven Richards qualifying struggles continued, starting from second-last on the grid.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1m20.9560s
 1.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1m57.1666s  
 2.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1m57.3429s  +0.1763s
 3.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1m57.4077s  +0.2411s
 4.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1m57.6746s  +0.5080s
 5.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1m57.8137s  +0.6471s
 6.  Craig Lowndes         Holden Commodore VE   1m57.8903s  +0.7237s
 7.  Jamie Whincup         Holden Commodore VE   1m57.9443s  +0.7777s
 8.  Paul Dumbrell         Ford Falcon FG        1m58.5977s  +1.4311s
 9.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1m58.8892s  +1.7226s
10.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   2m00.8092s  +3.6426s
11.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1m58.6292s  +0.6984s
12.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VE   1m58.6548s  +0.7240s
13.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1m58.6661s  +0.7353s
14.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1m58.6938s  +0.7630s
15.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1m58.7316s  +0.8008s
16.  Jason Bright          Holden Commodore VE   1m58.8223s  +0.8915s
17.  Tim Slade             Ford Falcon FG        1m58.8287s  +0.8979s
18.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1m58.9748s  +1.0440s
19.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1m59.0783s  +1.1475s
20.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1m59.0893s  +1.1585s
21.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1m59.2246s  +1.2938s
22.  Jonathon Webb         Ford Falcon FG        1m59.3975s  +1.4667s
23.  Daniel Gaunt          Holden Commodore VE   1m59.8058s  +1.8750s
24.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1m59.8223s  +1.8915s
25.  Dean Fiore            Ford Falcon FG        1m59.8907s  +1.9599s
26.  Andrew Thompson       Holden Commodore VE   2m00.1503s  +2.2195s
27.  Tony Ricciardello     Holden Commodore VE   2m00.9122s  +2.9814s
28.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        2m00.9476s  +3.0168s
29.  Karl Reindler         Holden Commodore VE   2m02.6235s  +4.6927s