Jamie Whincup will start today’s second race of the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship in Adelaide from pole position.
Whincup knocked Garth Tander from the top spot with just seconds of the session remaining, with the TeamVodafone driver’s 1:20.54s effort the fastest lap of the weekend so far.
Mark Winterbottom ended the 20 minutes in third place, ahead of Craig Lowndes, Rick Kelly, Will Davison, Lee Holdsworth, Tim Slade, Shane van Gisbergen and Michael Caruso.
The red flags were required twice during the session, with James Courtney’s repaired Holden Racing Team Commodore stopping due to a broken driveshaft just five minutes in.
Greg Murphy then made heavy nose-to-tail contact with the Tekno Autosports Commodore of Jonathon Webb after the session recommenced.
Webb had been almost stationary heading into the final corner while trying to create a gap for a hot lap when Murphy rounded Turn 14 at full speed.
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While both drivers emerged unscathed from the impact, their entries have been withdrawn.
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See below for the full qualifying result
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:20.5353 | |
| 2 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:20.6395 | 0:00.1042 |
| 3 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:20.6436 | 0:00.1083 |
| 4 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:20.8034 | 0:00.2681 |
| 5 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:20.8160 | 0:00.2807 |
| 6 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:20.9112 | 0:00.3759 |
| 7 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 1:20.9115 | 0:00.3762 |
| 8 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:20.9172 | 0:00.3819 |
| 9 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:20.9816 | 0:00.4463 |
| 10 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.0460 | 0:00.5107 |
| 11 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 1:21.1962 | 0:00.6609 |
| 12 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.3300 | 0:00.7947 |
| 13 | Tony D’Alberto Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:21.3329 | 0:00.7976 |
| 14 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.3336 | 0:00.7983 |
| 15 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.4095 | 0:00.8742 |
| 16 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:21.4408 | 0:00.9055 |
| 17 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.5278 | 0:00.9925 |
| 18 | V.I.P. Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:21.5429 | 0:01.0076 |
| 19 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:21.6351 | 0:01.0998 |
| 20 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:21.6741 | 0:01.1388 |
| 21 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.7115 | 0:01.1762 |
| 22 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:21.8156 | 0:01.2803 |
| 23 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.0638 | 0:01.5285 |
| 24 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.0928 | 0:01.5575 |
| 25 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.3120 | 0:01.7767 |
| 26 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:22.4150 | 0:01.8797 |
| 27 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 6:38.1826 | 5:17.6473 |
| 28 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 |
See below for Speedcafe.com’s Clipsal 500 Adelaide Race Guide
