Chaz Mostert made it a clean sweep of Barbagallo Armor All Pole Awards for Prodrive, leading Mark Winterbottom to a front-row lockout for Race 9.
The two Pepsi Max Fords again proved the class of the field when it mattered, rocketing to the top of the order with two of the 20 minutes remaining.
Punctuated by two red flag periods, qualifying again came down to a single run on green tyres.
Garth Tander spent time at the top in the dying minutes before ending up third ahead of Jamie Whincup, David Reynolds and Craig Lowndes.
Will Davison, Tim Slade, Shane van Gisbergen and James Moffat completed the top 10.
Moffat had run his tyre set early, subsequently topping the sheets before the late flurry of quicker times.
The first of the red flags had been called after five minutes when Lee Holdsworth rolled at Turn 6.
The Walkinshaw Holden tripped onto its side after spinning into the soft sand.
Holdsworth climbed out of the car unscathed and will take part in the race later this afternoon.
“When you look at the car all that is broken is the mirror, the sand is so soft down there that once I went in it just dug in and eventually went into a slow roll,” said the driver afterward.
“I knew there would be no damage to the car but obviously be very frustrated to not be out there for qualifying and makes our day a lot harder.”
The second stoppage came with five minutes remaining thanks to a mistake from Fabian Coulthard at the same corner.
The Kiwi locked a right-front tyre, sending him sailings cross the sand trap and nudging the tyre wall.
Although Coulthard was able to extract himself from the barriers, the red flags were called almost immediately, ensuring he could take no further part in the session.
The 200km Race 9 is scheduled for 1420 local time.
V8 Supercars Race 9 Qualifying, Barbagallo
1 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.13 |
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2 |
Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.29 |
00:00.16 |
3 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.32 |
00:00.19 |
4 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.41 |
00:00.28 |
5 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.42 |
00:00.29 |
6 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.44 |
00:00.31 |
7 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
00:57.47 |
00:00.34 |
8 |
Supercheap Auto Racing |
Tim Slade |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.47 |
00:00.34 |
9 |
Team Darrell Lea STIX |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.53 |
00:00.40 |
10 |
Nissan Motorsport |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.55 |
00:00.41 |
11 |
Holden Racing Team |
James Courtney |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.65 |
00:00.51 |
12 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.65 |
00:00.52 |
13 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
00:57.65 |
00:00.52 |
14 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.69 |
00:00.56 |
15 |
Super Black Racing |
Andre Heimgartner |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.70 |
00:00.57 |
16 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Ashley Walsh |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
00:57.79 |
00:00.66 |
17 |
DJR Team Penske |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG/X |
00:57.85 |
00:00.71 |
18 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.91 |
00:00.78 |
19 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:57.92 |
00:00.79 |
20 |
Nissan Motorsport |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
00:57.94 |
00:00.81 |
21 |
Team Cooldrive |
Tim Blanchard |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:58.03 |
00:00.90 |
22 |
GB Galvanizing Racing |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
00:58.08 |
00:00.95 |
23 |
Wilson Security Racing GRM |
David Wall |
Volvo S60 |
00:58.33 |
00:01.20 |
24 |
Freightliner Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
01:00.96 |
00:03.83 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Lee Holdsworth |
Holden Commodore VF |
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