Steve Johnson has taken provisional pole for Race 5 of the V8 Supercars Championship at the ITM400 Hamilton.
In a session disrupted by wet weather and accidents, the Jim Beam Racing driver took his second pole position at the Hamilton circuit, adding to his 2009 efforts.
The top 10 shootout will be held at 11.20am NZT.
Rounding out the top 10 is Rick Kelly (Jack Daniel’s Racing), Shane van Gisbergen (SP Tools Racing), the TeamVodafone pair of Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup, David Reynolds (Stratco Racing), Greg Murphy (Pepsi Max Crew), Tony D’Alberto (Wilson Security Racing), Dean Fiore (Sitech Racing) and Garth Tander (Toll Holden Racing Team).
James Courtney was the first to cause a red flag when he collected the turn three wall, bring out a red flag. He will start 16th.
Worst was to come for Paul Dumbrell. The Bottle-O Racing entry hit the turn three wall even harder, caving in the front of his Falcon FG. The Ford Performance Racing team will have a lot of work to do before the 3.05pm.
After the Courtney/Dumbrell red flags, less than two minutes of the session remained and no drivers were able to improve their times.
In the rush to get a better lap time, Jason Bright also tagged the turn three wall.
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1  17  Steven Johnson      Ford Falcon FG    1:35.8538*
2  15  Rick Kelly        Holden Commodore VE2 1:35.9807
3   9  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG    1:36.0896
4  888  Craig Lowndes      Holden Commodore VE2 1:36.3580
5  88  Jamie Whincup      Holden Commodore VE2 1:36.5077
6  16  David Reynolds      Holden Commodore VE2 1:36.7770
7  11  Greg Murphy       Holden Commodore VE2 1:36.8028
8   3  Tony D’Alberto      Ford Falcon FG    1:36.8435
9  12  Dean Fiore        Ford Falcon FG    1:36.8624
10  2  Garth Tander       Holden Commodore VE2 1:36.9763
11  5  Mark Winterbottom    Ford Falcon FG    1:37.0891
12  18  James Moffat       Ford Falcon FG    1:37.1194
13  6  Will Davison       Ford Falcon FG    1:37.2843
14  19  Jonathon Webb      Ford Falcon FG    1:37.4044
15  61  Fabian Coulthard     Holden Commodore VE2 1:37.6021
16  39  Russell Ingall      Holden Commodore VE2 1:37.7559
17  30  Warren Luff       Holden Commodore VE2 1:37.7904
18  55  Paul Dumbrell      Ford Falcon FG    1:37.8300
19  7  Todd Kelly        Holden Commodore VE2 1:37.8479
20  8  Jason Bright       Holden Commodore VE2 1:38.1719
21  49  Steve Owen        Holden Commodore VE2 1:38.2784
22  1  James Courtney      Holden Commodore VE2 1:38.9804
23  21  Karl Reindler      Holden Commodore VE2 1:39.0865
24  34  Michael Caruso      Holden Commodore VE2 1:39.3077
25  14  Jason Bargwanna     Holden Commodore VE2 1:39.6767
26  47  Tim Slade        Ford Falcon FG    1:40.1066
27  33  Lee Holdsworth      Holden Commodore VE2 1:40.2031
28  4  Alex Davison       Ford Falcon FG    1:42.9963
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