V8 Supercars Sandown 500: Whincup/Dumbrell win qualifying heats
Jamie Whincup secured Sandown 500 pole position for himself and Triple Eight Holden team-mate Paul Dumbrell after taking victory in Saturday's second qualifying race
A comfortable lights-to-flag win for Dumbrell in the first race, contested by each team's second driver, ensured Whincup would start from pole position for the main qualifying race featuring the V8 Supercars regulars.
The reigning champion led away from the Tekno Holden of Shane van Gisbergen, who joined Whincup on the front row thanks to Jonathon Webb hauling the car up from seventh on the grid to an impressive second place in the first race.
Whincup was unable to stretch the gap between himself and van Gisbergen to more than a second until the closing stages of the race, doing just enough to keep the New Zealander at bay and secure pole for Sunday's endurance classic.
Mark Winterbottom took a distant third place. His Ford Performance Racing team-mate Steve Owen had lost second place to Webb late on in the first race, but Winterbottom kept the Volvo of Scott McLaughlin frustrated for almost the entire 20-lap distance in part two.
Garth Tander, whose partner Warren Luff spent the first race going backwards from his front row grid slot, came home in fifth after passing Holden Racing Team team-mate James Courtney on the opening lap.
Craig Lowndes finished in seventh place, making up two positions at the start at the expense of David Reynolds and Tim Slade, while Fabian Coulthard rounded out the top 10 finishers in what was largely a processional encounter.
Qualifying race two - 20 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Holden 23m19.0225s 2. Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Holden +1.5124s 3. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford +7.2230s 4. Scott McLaughlin GRM Volvo +7.9597s 5. Garth Tander HRT Holden +8.7664s 6. James Courtney HRT Holden +9.2027s 7. Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Holden +9.8586s 8. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford +11.2413s 9. Tim Slade Rosenberg/HRT Holden +14.0996s 10. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden +15.1230s 11. Todd Kelly Nissan +15.5734s 12. Lee Holdsworth Erebus Mercedes +17.8655s 13. Michael Caruso Nissan +18.4355s 14. Rick Kelly Nissan +20.4926s 15. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden +21.5524s 16. Nick Percat Walkinshaw/HRT Holden +22.2813s 17. Chaz Mostert FPR Ford +22.5965s 18. Will Davison Erebus Mercedes +24.1030s 19. Scott Pye Dick Johnson Ford +24.5042s 20. Jack Perkins Schwerkolt/FPR Ford +26.4061s 21. Robert Dahlgren GRM Volvo +28.1273s 22. James Moffat Nissan +28.5017s 23. David Wall Dick Johnson Ford +28.9119s 24. Russell Ingall Dumbrell Holden +32.6455s 25. Dale Wood Britek/BJR Holden +33.3084s Qualifying race one - 20 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Holden 23m28.2079s 2. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden +6.8742s 3. Steve Owen FPR Ford +11.9411s 4. Alexandre Premat GRM Volvo +15.4498s 5. Greg Murphy HRT Holden +20.4365s 6. Warren Luff HRT Holden +24.4903s 7. Tony D'Alberto Rosenberg/HRT Holden +24.5720s 8. Dean Canto Rod Nash/FPR Ford +24.6984s 9. Steven Richards Triple Eight Holden +25.1024s 10. Alex Buncombe Nissan +25.6996s 11. Luke Youlden Brad Jones Holden +26.3217s 12. Dean Fiore Nissan +26.7415s 13. Andrew Jones Brad Jones Holden +27.1914s 14. Craig Baird Erebus Mercedes +27.4882s 15. Oliver Gavin Wakinshaw/HRT Holden +28.0770s 16. Alex Davison Erebus Mercedes +28.4264s 17. David Russell Nissan +28.9397s 18. Cameron Waters Schwerkolt/FPR Ford +29.7504s 19. Tim Blanchard Dumbrell Holden +30.0708s 20. Greg Ritter GRM Volvo +30.0809s 21. Paul Morris FPR Ford +30.7680s 22. Taz Douglas Nissan +35.9259s 23. Ashley Walsh Dick Johnson Ford +56.3204s 24. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford -1 lap Retirements: Chris Pither Britek/BJR Holden 5 laps
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