Craig Lowndes made it back-to-back pole positions at Barbagallo by topping qualifying for today’s 200km finale to the Perth 400.
The Red Bull Holden driver recorded the fastest time of 55.23s with little over 60 seconds remaining in the 20 minute session to capture the Armor All Pole Award.
Mark Winterbottom’s final lap fell just 0.02s short of his title rival, ensuring that the FPR Falcon will share the front-row with Lowndes.
Vovlo’s Scott McLaughlin sat atop the order before the final tyre set but could not improve, falling to third.
Chaz Mostert and James Courtney completed the top five, while Jamie Whincup will start sixth after striking traffic on his final set of tyres.
Whincup was held up by Dale Wood’s Holden at Turn 7 just prior to Lowndes setting the pole time.
Wood was penalised two grid spots for the incident, dropping him to 23rd.
Robert Dahlgren enjoyed a personal best qualifying result of eighth in the second Volvo, splitting Brad Jones Racing pair Fabian Coulthard and Jason Bright.
David Reynolds completed the top 10, edging out Erebus Mercedes duo Lee Holdsworth and Will Davison.
It was another difficult session for Nissan, with all four of its entries in the bottom half of the field.
The 200km Race 16 will get underway at 1355 local time.
See below for the full qualifying result for Race 16
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Red Bull Racing Australia | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.2266 | |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Pepsi Max Crew | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.2474 | 0:00.0208 |
| 3 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Valvoline Racing GRM | Volvo S60 | 0:55.3784 | 0:00.1518 |
| 4 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Pepsi Max Crew | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.3907 | 0:00.1641 |
| 5 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.4214 | 0:00.1948 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Red Bull Racing Australia | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.4303 | 0:00.2037 |
| 7 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Lockwood Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.4382 | 0:00.2116 |
| 8 | 34 | Robert Dahlgren | Valvoline Racing GRM | Volvo S60 | 0:55.4775 | 0:00.2509 |
| 9 | 8 | Jason Bright | Team BOC | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.5081 | 0:00.2815 |
| 10 | 55 | David Reynolds | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.5277 | 0:00.3011 |
| 11 | 4 | Lee Holdsworth | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:55.5325 | 0:00.3059 |
| 12 | 9 | Will Davison | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:55.5535 | 0:00.3269 |
| 13 | 17 | David Wall | Wilson Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.5683 | 0:00.3417 |
| 14 | 23 | Russell Ingall | Repair Management Aust Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.5780 | 0:00.3514 |
| 15 | 222 | Nick Percat | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.6146 | 0:00.3880 |
| 16 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Nissan Altima | 0:55.6740 | 0:00.4474 |
| 17 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.6793 | 0:00.4527 |
| 18 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Nissan Altima | 0:55.6933 | 0:00.4667 |
| 19 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Team Tekno VIP Petfoods | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.6959 | 0:00.4693 |
| 20 | 16 | Scott Pye | Wilson Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.7021 | 0:00.4755 |
| 21 | 21 | Dale Wood | Team Advam/GB | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.7468 | 0:00.5202 |
| 22 | 47 | Tim Slade | Supercheap Auto Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:55.7550 | 0:00.5284 |
| 23 | 36 | Michael Caruso | Norton Hornets | Nissan Altima | 0:55.7924 | 0:00.5658 |
| 24 | 360 | James Moffat | Norton Hornets | Nissan Altima | 0:55.8932 | 0:00.6666 |
| 25 | 18 | Jack Perkins | Team JELD-WEN | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.9244 | 0:00.6978 |
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