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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