A victory for Jamie Whincup in the second qualifying race has secured pole for himself and co-driver Paul Dumbrell ahead of Sunday’s Wilson Security Sandown 500.
Whincup repeated Dumbrell’s effort from the opening qualifying heat, leading all 20 laps from pole.
Unlike Dumbrell’s seven second victory, the five-time champion had to work hard for his win, fending off a spirited challenge from Shane van Gisbergen.
The Kiwi started second courtesy of Jonathon Webb’s charge in the co-driver race and appeared to have the faster car in the early laps.
Unable to find a way by, the margin between the duo hovered between 0.5 and 1.5 seconds until the chequered flag.
“It’s actually quite refreshing to have a race without points,” said Whincup after a perfect day for the #1 Holden.
“You just go hard and rag it and see what happens. I really enjoyed it.”
Mark Winterbottom finished third, seven seconds in arrears of Whincup, after fending off Scott McLaughlin’s Volvo in what proved a processional race among the front-runners.
Garth Tander, James Courtney, Craig Lowndes, David Reynolds, Tim Slade and Fabian Coulthard completed the top 10.
The most spirited dice broke out late in the going for 14th and was won by Rick Kelly.
The Jack Daniel’s Nissan picked its way through Jason Bright and Nick Percat, while Chaz Mostert, Will Davison and Scott Pye also joined in on the action.
Russell Ingall had earlier been turned around on the opening corner of the race, leaving the veteran to finish 24th.
The V8 Supercars will return to the track for a 20 minute warm-up session on Sunday morning before the afternoon’s 500.
Result: V8 Supercars Qualifying Race 2, Sandown
1 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Jamie Whincup |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:19.02 |
2 |
Team Tekno VIP Petfoods |
Shane Van Gisbergen |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:20.53 |
3 |
Ford Pepsi Max Crew |
Mark Winterbottom |
Ford Falcon FG |
20 |
23:26.25 |
4 |
Valvoline Racing GRM |
Scott McLaughlin |
Volvo S60 |
20 |
23:26.98 |
5 |
Holden Racing Team |
Garth Tander |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:27.79 |
6 |
Holden Racing Team |
James Courtney |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:28.23 |
7 |
Red Bull Racing Australia |
Craig Lowndes |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:28.88 |
8 |
The Bottle-O Racing Team |
David Reynolds |
Ford Falcon FG |
20 |
23:30.26 |
9 |
Supercheap Auto Racing |
Tim Slade |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:33.12 |
10 |
Lockwood Racing |
Fabian Coulthard |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:34.15 |
11 |
Jack Daniel's Racing |
Todd Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
20 |
23:34.60 |
12 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Lee Holdsworth |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
20 |
23:36.89 |
13 |
Norton Hornets |
Michael Caruso |
Nissan Altima |
20 |
23:37.46 |
14 |
Jack Daniel's Racing |
Rick Kelly |
Nissan Altima |
20 |
23:39.52 |
15 |
Team BOC |
Jason Bright |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:40.57 |
16 |
Walkinshaw Racing |
Nick Percat |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:41.30 |
17 |
Ford Pepsi Max Crew |
Chaz Mostert |
Ford Falcon FG |
20 |
23:41.62 |
18 |
Erebus Motorsport V8 |
Will Davison |
Mercedes E63 AMG |
20 |
23:43.13 |
19 |
Wilson Security Racing |
Scott Pye |
Ford Falcon FG |
20 |
23:43.53 |
20 |
Team JELD-WEN |
Jack Perkins |
Ford Falcon FG |
20 |
23:45.43 |
21 |
Valvoline Racing GRM |
Robert Dahlgren |
Volvo S60 |
20 |
23:47.15 |
22 |
Norton Hornets |
James Moffat |
Nissan Altima |
20 |
23:47.52 |
23 |
Wilson Security Racing |
David Wall |
Ford Falcon FG |
20 |
23:47.93 |
24 |
Repair Management Aust Racing |
Russell Ingall |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:51.67 |
25 |
Team Advam/GB |
Dale Wood |
Holden Commodore VF |
20 |
23:52.33 |
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