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