Garth Tander scorches to pole position

Garth Tander has taken pole position for Race 9 of the V8 Supercars Championship Series at Queensland Raceway today.

Tander scorched around the Ipswich circuit in 1:09.8526, less than a tenth of a second ahead of provisional pole sitter James Courtney.

Tander’s great lap leaped him from provisional eighth to the top spot.

Shane van Gisbergen (SP Tools) will start from third on the grid ahead of fellow Ford drivers Mark Winterbottom (Orrcon FPR) and Steven Johnson (Jim Beam Racing).

Lee Holdsworth (Fujitsu Racing) qualified sixth ahead of Craig Lowndes (TeamVodafone), Jason Bright (Trading Post) and Dean Fiore (Sitech).

Fiore, carrying new support this weekend from Sitech on the bonnet of his Ford Falcon FG, was competing in his maiden top 10 shootout appearance.

The ninth race of the V8 Series is scheduled to start at 4.05pm.

Race 9 qualifying results

Pos	#	Driver	Time
1	2	Garth Tander	1:09.8526*
2	18	James Courtney	1:09.9499
3	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	1:09.9803
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	1:10.0275
5	17	Steven Johnson	1:10.0409
6	33	Lee Holdsworth	1:10.2304
7	22	Will Davison	1:10.2772
8	888	Craig Lowndes	1:10.3083
9	14	Jason Bright	1:10.6301
10	12	Dean Fiore	1:10.8342
11	15	Rick Kelly	1:10.2813
12	1	Jamie Whincup	1:10.2921
13	19	Jonathon Webb	1:10.3097
14	4	Alex Davison	1:10.3355
15	6	Steven Richards	1:10.3460
16	51	Greg Murphy	1:10.3744
17	7	Todd Kelly	1:10.3944
18	3	Tony D’Alberto	1:10.3964
19	34	Michael Caruso	1:10.3990
20	24	Fabian Coulthard	1:10.4219
21	30	Daniel Gaunt	1:10.4275
22	55	Paul Dumbrell	1:10.4419
23	8	Jason Richards	1:10.4580
24	39	Russell Ingall	1:10.4671
25	47	Tim Slade	1:10.5276
26	21	Karl Reindler	1:10.5645
27	10	Andrew Thompson	1:10.5797
28	11	Jason Bargwanna	1:10.7323
29	16	Tony Ricciardello	1:11.3629