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Garth Tander takes Hamilton V8 Supercars race one pole for Holden Racing Team

Garth Tander claimed Holden Racing Team's first pole position of the 2012 V8 Supercars season in qualifying for race one of the weekend on the streets of Hamilton in New Zealand

A time of 1m22.3968s in the top 10 shoot-out placed Tander a little under a tenth of a second faster than front row partner Shane van Gisbergen's Stone Brothers Ford.

David Reynolds was the quickest driver from the Ford Performance Racing stable as he equalled his career-best qualifying result in third place, ahead of champion Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Holden) and Steve Owen - one of three Dick Johnson Racing cars to make the top 10 in the Ford team's strongest showing of 2012 so far.

Points leader Will Davison (FPR) was quickest in both Friday practice and the first qualifying session, which set the top 10 shoot-out field and decided the order from 11th backwards, but could only manage sixth place in the battle for pole.

Dick Johnson driver James Moffat and FPR's Mark Winterbottom both had their times deleted for cutting the Turn 4 chicane, so will share row five, behind Steve Johnson (DJR) and Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight).

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time        Gap
 1.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden            1m22.3968s
 2.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford   1m22.4346s  + 0.0378s
 3.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford     1m22.5075s  + 0.1107s
 4.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden       1m22.6050s  + 0.2082s
 5.  Steve Owen           Dick Johnson Ford     1m22.8748s  + 0.4780s
 6.  Will Davison         FPR Ford              1m22.9017s  + 0.5049s
 7.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford     1m23.3308s  + 0.9340s
 8.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden       1m25.9050s  + 3.5082s
 9.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford
10.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford
11.  Lee Holdsworth       Stone Brothers Ford   1m22.3812s  1st qual
12.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford        1m22.4124s  1st qual
13.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Holden          1m22.4323s  1st qual
14.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden          1m22:5330s  1st qual
15.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden     1m22:6396s  1st qual
16.  Russell Ingall       Walkinshaw Holden     1m22:6574s  1st qual
17.  James Courtney       HRT Holden            1m22:8369s  1st qual
18.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden   1m22:8786s  1st qual
19.  Greg Murphy          Kelly Holden          1m22:9056s  1st qual
20.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/SBR Ford    1m22:9210s  1st qual
21.  Todd Kelly           Kelly Holden          1m22:9507s  1st qual
22.  Michael Patrizi      Tekno Holden          1m23:0538s  1st qual
23.  Alexandre Premat     Garry Rogers Holden   1m23:0662s  1st qual
24.  Dean Fiore           Triple F Ford         1m23:1030s  1st qual
25.  Karl Reindler        Kelly Holden          1m23:2122s  1st qual
26.  Taz Douglas          Dumbrell Holden       1m23:2146s  1st qual
27.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden     1m23:2378s  1st qual
28.  David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden     1m23:9033s  1st qual

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