Asian Motor Sports

Holden Racing Team’s Todd Kelly will start from pole position after setting the fastest time in the top ten shootout for the Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge at Surfers Paradise. Second fastest, half a second back, was Garth Tander, while third fastest was Mark Winterbottom for Ford Performance Racing.

The top five was completed by the Triple Eight duo of Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup, who did well to move up from eighth and seventh respectively.

Not everyone enjoyed the shootout. Russell Ingall locked his rear brakes and spun at the first chicane, while Jason Bright looked like he might challenge for pole before an error at the first chicane around the backside of the circuit cost him time.

Fastest in qualifying and second in the championship to Craig Lowndes, Rick Kelly looked set to top the times in the shootout. But a locked brake near the end of the lap saw him enter a left-hand corner too fast and he understeered into the wall on the exit.

He will start tenth, with some front suspension damage needing to be repaired before this afternoon’s first race.

Cross Posted @ Full Throttle