Provisional pole for Lowndes as leaders struggle
Craig Lowndes at Symmons Plains
Craig Lowndes has taken provisional pole for Race 21 of the V8 Supercars Championship Series at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania today.
After topping yesterday’s practice session, the TeamVodafone driver topped the provisional session, while his two title rivals will start outside the top 10.
Jamie Whincup (TeamVodafone) and James Courtney (Jim Beam Racing) will start Race 21 from 11th and 12th respectively.
Mark Winterbottom (Orrcon Steel FPR) finished the session second ahead of Garth Tander (Toll HRT), Lee Holdsworth (Fujitsu/GRM) and Paul Dumbrell (The Bottle-O Racing).
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The other cars to compete in the top 10 shootout will be Jason Bright (Trading Post Racing), Steve Richards (Dunlop Super Dealers), Russell Ingall (Supercheap Auto Racing), Michael Caruso (Fujitsu/GRM) and Greg Murphy (Castrol EDGE Racing).
The top 10 shootout will be held at 12.20pm.
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE | 0:51.8501* |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 0:51.8531 |
| 3 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE | 0:51.9025 |
| 4 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE | 0:51.9179 |
| 5 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 0:51.9319 |
| 6 | 14 | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE | 0:51.9541 |
| 7 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.0259 |
| 8 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.0508 |
| 9 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.0610 |
| 10 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.0728 |
| 11 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.0744 |
| 12 | 18 | James Courtney | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.0892 |
| 13 | 24 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.1014 |
| 14 | 9 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.1117 |
| 15 | 12 | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.1213 |
| 16 | 8 | Jason Richards | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.1493 |
| 17 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.1626 |
| 18 | 22 | Will Davison | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.1660 |
| 19 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.1677 |
| 20 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.2258 |
| 21 | 19 | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.2395 |
| 22 | 21 | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.2509 |
| 23 | 3 | Tony D’Alberto | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.2718 |
| 24 | 11 | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.2990 |
| 25 | 4 | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.3194 |
| 26 | 47 | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 0:52.3763 |
| 27 | 30 | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.4583 |
| 28 | 10 | Andrew Thompson | Holden Commodore VE | 0:52.5111 |
| 29 | 16 | Tony Ricciardello | Holden Commodore VE | 0:53.0008 |