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Winterbottom claims race two pole

David Wright

August 22 2009

Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom followed up his podium finish in race one with pole position for race two of the QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 at Queensland Raceway.

Winterbottom took pole with two minutes remaining in the 20-minute session, just edging out Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright who took his first front row starting position in nearly three years.

Finishing one-two in race one, Jamie Whincup and James Courtney will start race two from the second row, just ahead of Will Davison and Craig Lowndes who both failed to finish race one. Fabian Coulthard, Russell Ingall, Garth Tander and Steven Richards complete the top ten on the grid.

After finishing fourth in race one, Steven Johnson will have a bit more work to do in race two, starting from 12th position just ahead of Shane van Gisbergen.

Both Garry Rogers cars struggled in the session, Michael Caruso 15th and Lee Holdsworth 17th, as did the Kelly brothers in 18th for Rick and 21st for Todd despite both putting in strong performances in race one.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Time
 1.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG        1:10.5290 
 2.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon FG        1:10.5443  + 0.0153
 3.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG        1:10.6263  + 0.0973
 4.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG        1:10.6583  + 0.1293
 5.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE   1:10.6746  + 0.1456
 6.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG        1:10.7040  + 0.1750
 7.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG        1:10.7131  + 0.1841
 8.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7201  + 0.1911
 9.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE   1:10.7442  + 0.2152
10.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG        1:10.7902  + 0.2612
11.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE   1:10.8886  + 0.3596
12.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG        1:10.9036  + 0.3746
13.  Shane van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG        1:10.9168  + 0.3878
14.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE   1:10.9336  + 0.4046
15.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.9902  + 0.4612
16.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE   1:10.9914  + 0.4624
17.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE   1:11.0155  + 0.4865
18.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:11.0368  + 0.5078
19.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG        1:11.0516  + 0.5226
20.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE   1:11.0697  + 0.5407
21.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE   1:11.1382  + 0.6092
22.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE   1:11.1618  + 0.6328
23.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE   1:11.3698  + 0.8408
24.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE   1:11.4389  + 0.9099
25.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE   1:11.4585  + 0.9295
26.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF        1:11.5516  + 1.0226
27.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE   1:11.6149  + 1.0859
28.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE   1:11.6684  + 1.1394
29.  Mark McNally          Holden Commodore VE   1:12.0206  + 1.4916