Sydney V8 Supercars: Garth Tander takes pole for season finale
Garth Tander gave Holden Racing Team its first V8 Supercars pole position since Barbagallo in May as he topped qualifying for the season finale in Sydney
In what was by far HRT's strongest qualifying performance of 2012, Tander beat Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison to pole, while the resurgent James Courtney put the second factory Holden third.
Champion Jamie Whincup will start back in 24th, having lost his best qualifying time when he caused one of the session's three red flags by spinning into Turn 7 and knocking the tyre stack into the road.
Mechnical problems for Russell Ingall and Karl Reindler prompted the other stoppages.
Jonathon Webb qualified fourth in the Tekno Holden, ahead of Saturday race-winner Craig Lowndes and his rival for the championship runner-up spot Mark Winterbottom.
Race one polesitter Tim Slade was eighth this time.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Garth Tander HRT Holden 1m27.6295s 2. Will Davison FPR Ford 1m27.7492s + 0.1197s 3. James Courtney HRT Holden 1m27.8295s + 0.2000s 4. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden 1m27.9696s + 0.3401s 5. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 1m27.9961s + 0.3666s 6. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 1m28.1161s + 0.4866s 7. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 1m28.1283s + 0.4988s 8. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 1m28.1795s + 0.5500s 9. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden 1m28.3015s + 0.6720s 10. Steve Owen Paul Morris/DJR Ford 1m28.3094s + 0.6799s 11. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 1m28.3161s + 0.6866s 12. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 1m28.3311s + 0.7016s 13. Michael Patrizi Tekno Holden 1m28.3541s + 0.7246s 14. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 1m28.3662s + 0.7367s 15. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford 1m28.4078s + 0.7783s 16. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 1m28.4625s + 0.8330s 17. Lee Holdsworth Stone Brothers Ford 1m28.4688s + 0.8393s 18. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden 1m28.5133s + 0.8838s 19. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 1m28.6034s + 0.9739s 20. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 1m28.7938s + 1.1643s 21. Taz Douglas Dumbrell Holden 1m28.9878s + 1.3583s 22. Dean Fiore Triple F/DJR Ford 1m28.9963s + 1.3668s 23. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden 1m29.1493s + 1.5198s 24. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 1m29.4244s + 1.7949s 25. Tim Blanchard Kelly Holden 1m29.4580s + 1.8285s 26. Karl Reindler Kelly Holden 1m29.5622s + 1.9327s 27. Russell Ingall Walkinshaw/HRT Holden 28. Scott McLaughlin Garry Rogers Holden
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