Ace Kiwi Fabian Coulthard has claimed pole position for Race 7 in the ITM 400 Auckland round at Pukekohe Park.
Coulthard (Lockwood Commodore) led a brace of drivers who dipped under the 1:03s barrier around the revised 2.9km South Auckland circuit.
Coulthard recorded a 1:02.6310s lap to edge out Craig Lowndes (Red Bull Racing Commodore) who clocked 1:02.6774s with his team-mate third in 1:02.7217s.
The fastest eight drivers all posted laps in the 1:02s range as clouds gathered over the circuit to make qualifying conditions ideal.
The full grid for Race 7 has been now been set with the top 10 shootout only determined the front five row order for Race 6.
Both races will be over 35 laps with no pit stops.
V8 SUPERCARS: Qualifying Race 7 – Pukekohe
| Position | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Fabian Coulthard | Lockwood Racing | 1:02.6310 |
| 2 | Craig Lowndes | Red Bull Racing Australia | +0.0464 |
| 3 | Jamie Whincup | Red Bull Racing Australia | +0.0907 |
| 4 | Will Davison | Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford | +0.2000 |
| 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford | +0.2587 |
| 6 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | +0.3164 |
| 7 | David Reynolds | The Bottle-O FPR Ford | +0.3380 |
| 8 | Jason Bright | Team BOC | +0.3628 |
| 9 | Scott McLaughlin | Fujitsu Racing GRM | +0.4041 |
| 10 | James Courtney | Holden Racing Team | +0.4704 |
| 11 | Shane van Gisbergen | TEKNO Team VIP | +0.5188 |
| 12 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | +0.5585 |
| 13 | Lee Holdsworth | IRWIN Racing | +0.5752 |
| 14 | Alexandre Premat | Fujitsu Racing GRM | +0.5777 |
| 15 | David Wall | Wilson Security Racing | +0.6048 |
| 16 | Michael Caruso | Norton 360 Racing | +0.6595 |
| 17 | James Moffat | Norton 360 Racing | +0.6652 |
| 18 | Jonathon Webb | Tekno Autosports | +0.7173 |
| 19 | Alex Davison | Jeld-wen FPR Ford | +0.7582 |
| 20 | Russell Ingall | Supercheap Auto Racing | +0.8105 |
| 21 | Dean Fiore | Dodo Insurance Racing | +0.8492 |
| 22 | Tim Blanchard | Wilson Security Racing | +1.0734 |
| 23 | Maro Engel | SP Tools Racing | +1.1884 |
| 24 | Tony D’Alberto | Team HIFLEX | +1.2185 |
| 25 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | +1.3278 |
| 26 | Jonny Reid | Wilson Security Racing | +1.4473 |
