Jamie Whincup has taken his second Armor All Pole Award in the space of 40 minutes at the Trading Post Perth Challenge.
Whincup pipped team-mate Craig Lowndes to the Race 9 pole by completing one final lap following a late red flag period.
The three-time and reigning V8 Supercars champion’s 55.29s bested Lowndes’ earlier effort by 0.13s.
Ford Performance Racing duo Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom will share the second row, while David Reynolds, Fabian Coulthard, Shane van Gisbergen, James Courtney, Michael Patrizi and Tim Slade rounded out the top 10.
Russell Ingall had set the fifth fastest time of the session but was subsequently excluded for failing to obey parc ferme regulations.
A final 90s scramble was set-up by a mistake from Taz Douglas that saw the iSelect Commodore stranded in the Turn 6 sand trap.
Twenty-two of the 28 drivers headed out for the remaining seconds of the session, but not all made it around in time to start a flying lap.
Whincup had earlier set the pace with 55.53s on his first run, which remained the benchmark until Lowndes recorded his best time with less than three minutes remaining.
In Barbagallo’s unique qualifying format, the Race 8 and Race 9 qualifying sessions were split by just a 10 minute break.
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See below for the full Race 9 qualifying result
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.2889 | |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.4225 | 0:00.1336 |
| 3 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.5764 | 0:00.2875 |
| 4 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.5911 | 0:00.3022 |
| 5 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.7314 | 0:00.4425 |
| 6 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.7458 | 0:00.4569 |
| 7 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.7750 | 0:00.4861 |
| 8 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.8491 | 0:00.5602 |
| 9 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.8730 | 0:00.5841 |
| 10 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.8795 | 0:00.5906 |
| 11 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.8865 | 0:00.5976 |
| 12 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.8866 | 0:00.5977 |
| 13 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.9003 | 0:00.6114 |
| 14 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.9185 | 0:00.6296 |
| 15 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.9224 | 0:00.6335 |
| 16 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.9483 | 0:00.6594 |
| 17 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.9698 | 0:00.6809 |
| 18 | Tony D’Alberto Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 0:55.9908 | 0:00.7019 |
| 19 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.0311 | 0:00.7422 |
| 20 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.0509 | 0:00.7620 |
| 21 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.1936 | 0:00.9047 |
| 22 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.2162 | 0:00.9273 |
| 23 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.2208 | 0:00.9319 |
| 24 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.3692 | 0:01.0803 |
| 25 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.3700 | 0:01.0811 |
| 26 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.4722 | 0:01.1833 |
| 27 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:56.5223 | 0:01.2334 |
| EXC | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:55.2889 |
