Whincup secures Race 6 pole

Jamie Whincup has spoiled a perfect qualifying day for Fabian Coulthard by snatching pole for Race 6 at Pukekohe Park.

Whincup was the last car out in the top 10 Shootout and managed to eclipse the time Coulthard had estimated a few minutes earlier with a 1:02.7600s flyer.

The Brad Jones Racing Holden driver Coulthard had posted a 1:02.8832s lap easily registering the fastest time of the previous eight cars in the single lap session.

Mark Winterbottom will start Race 6 from third after posting a 1:03.0138s lap.

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Coulthard’s team-mate Jason Bright will start on the second row after finishing the Shootout with the fourth fastest time in 1:03.0468s ahead of Scott McLaughlin with the GRM racer doing a fabulous job to clock 1:03.2060s.

Craig Lowndes’ hot lap went awry when he outbraked himself into the new chicane and will start from 10th.

However he will be promoted one spot with Garth Tander who finished the shootout eighth quickest relegated to 10th after his practice breach yesterday.

Coulthard had earlier claimed the pole position for Race 7.

V8 SUPERCARS: Top-10 Shootout – Pukekohe 

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1	Jamie Whincup	Red Bull Racing Australia	1:02.7600
2	Fabian Coulthard	Lockwood Racing	+0.1232
3	Mark Winterbottom	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	+0.2538
4	Jason Bright	Team BOC	+0.2868
5	Scott McLaughlin	Fujitsu Racing GRM	+0.4460
6	Shane van Gisbergen	TEKNO Team VIP	+0.5583
7	Alexandre Premat	Fujitsu Racing GRM	+0.5838
8	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	+0.6323
9	David Reynolds	The Bottle-O FPR Ford	+0.9441
10	Craig Lowndes	Red Bull Racing Australia	+1.8449