Craig Lowndes has trumped team-mate Jamie Whincup to take pole position for Race 19 of the V8 Supercars Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park.
The TeamVodafone pair will start at the front of the field for this afternoon’s 220km race, continuing the team’s scintillating form.
Whincup set the benchmark on his final fast lap, only for Lowndes to beat him by 0.13s.
Team BOC’s Jason Bright will start a solid third, ahead of the Ford Performance Racing pair of title leader Mark Winterbottom and Will Davison.
The top five were all under Whincup’s record-breaking pole time from yesterday.
Rounding out the top 10 Fujitsu Racing’s Michael Caruso, Garth Tander, Russell Ingall, David Reynolds and Fabian Coulthard.
Frenchman Alex Premat enjoyed one of his best qualifying performances, securing 15th place.
Jacques Villenueve will start from the tail of the field again, despite improving his qualifying time from yesterday by over 0.5s.
Race 19 of the V8 Supercars Championship will start at 1535 AEST.
Qualifying, Race 19, V8 Supercars
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.2493R | + |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.3821r | 0:00.1328 |
| 3 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.4061r | 0:00.1568 |
| 4 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.5834r | 0:00.3341 |
| 5 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.6040r | 0:00.3547 |
| 6 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.6987 | 0:00.4494 |
| 7 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.7848 | 0:00.5355 |
| 8 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.7995 | 0:00.5502 |
| 9 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.8378 | 0:00.5885 |
| 10 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.8419 | 0:00.5926 |
| 11 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.8512 | 0:00.6019 |
| 12 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.9795 | 0:00.7302 |
| 13 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.9820 | 0:00.7327 |
| 14 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.0252 | 0:00.7759 |
| 15 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.0326 | 0:00.7833 |
| 16 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.1131 | 0:00.8638 |
| 17 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.1150 | 0:00.8657 |
| 18 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.1224 | 0:00.8731 |
| 19 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.1258 | 0:00.8765 |
| 20 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.2237 | 0:00.9744 |
| 21 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.2831 | 0:01.0338 |
| 22 | Team Hiflex | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.3336 | 0:01.0843 |
| 23 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.4024 | 0:01.1531 |
| 24 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.5840 | 0:01.3347 |
| 25 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.5938 | 0:01.3445 |
| 26 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.6440 | 0:01.3947 |
| 27 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.7516 | 0:01.5023 |
| 28 | Pepsi Max Crew | Jaques Villeneuve | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:31.6080 | 0:02.3587 |
See below for Speedcafe.com’s Sydney Motorsport Park 360 Race Guide.
