Winton V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup takes narrow race two pole

Whincup had been the early pacesetter in his Triple 8 Holden, but it was Ford Performance Racing's Davison who was ahead going into the final two minutes.

Then Whincup came through with a 1m22.7970s lap to snatch the top spot away, and Davison's team-mate Mark Winterbottom recovered from a mistake on his previous lap to grab second.

Although Davison's response got him back in front of Winterbottom, pole belonged to Whincup by 0.0259 seconds.

Craig Lowndes put the second Triple 8 car fourth despite a scare when Shane van Gisbergen rejoined in his path after a trip off the road.

Van Gisbergen was held in the pits for a minute as a punishment, leaving him 11th on the grid, one place behind his Stone Brothers team-mate Lee Holdsworth, a podium finisher in race one.

Tekno driver Jonathon Webb came close to beating Lowndes to fourth, and just pushed Jason Bright's Brad Jones Holden out of a top-five spot.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car               Time        Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden        1m22.7970s
 2.  Will Davison         FPR Ford               1m22.8229s  + 0.0259s
 3.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford               1m22.8476s  + 0.0506s
 4.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden        1m23.0228s  + 0.2258s
 5.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Holden           1m23.0499s  + 0.2529s
 6.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden      1m23.0952s  + 0.2982s
 7.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford      1m23.1129s  + 0.3159s
 8.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden    1m23.1636s  + 0.3666s
 9.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden      1m23.1640s  + 0.3670s
10.  Lee Holdsworth       Stone Brothers Ford    1m23.1845s  + 0.3875s
11.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford    1m23.2159s  + 0.4189s
12.  David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden      1m23.2926s  + 0.4956s
13.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden             1m23.3028s  + 0.5058s
14.  Alexandre Premat     Garry Rogers Holden    1m23.3155s  + 0.5185s
15.  James Courtney       HRT Holden             1m23.3683s  + 0.5713s
16.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford      1m23.3778s  + 0.5808s
17.  Taz Douglas          Dumbrell Holden        1m23.4713s  + 0.6743s
18.  Dean Fiore           Triple F/DJR Ford      1m23.5124s  + 0.7154s
19.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/SBR Ford     1m23.5243s  + 0.7273s
20.  Steve Owen           Paul Morris/DJR        1m23.5484s  + 0.7514s
21.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden           1m23.5576s  + 0.7606s
22.  Michael Patrizi      Tekno Holden           1m23.5849s  + 0.7879s
23.  Russell Ingall       Walkinshaw/HRT Holden  1m23.6279s  + 0.8309s
24.  Tim Blanchard        Kelly Holden           1m23.6566s  + 0.8596s
25.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford      1m23.6599s  + 0.8629s
26.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford         1m23.6819s  + 0.8849s
27.  Karl Reindler        Kelly Holden           1m23.6854s  + 0.8884s
28.  Greg Murphy          Kelly Holden           1m23.8200s  + 1.0230s