Lowndes claims Queensland pole
Date published : 20 Aug 2011 - 04:09:04
Craig Lowndes took pole position for the first part of this weekend's V8 Supercars event at Queensland Raceway.The Triple Eight Holden driver had been fastest in practice on Friday, and carried that form through to the grid-setting session to secure the top spot with a lap of 1m11.0506s.That put Lowndes 0.0253 seconds ahead of Tim Slade, as the James Rosenberg/Stone Brothers racer secured his first front row position.Lowndes' championship-leading team-mate Jamie Whincup was fourth, sharing row two with the Kelly Holden of Rick Kelly.Karl Reindler claimed an impressive fifth in the Britek Holden, ahead of Lee Holdsworth, Jason Bright, Steve Owen, Paul Dumbrell and David Reynolds.Ford Performance Racing and Holden Racing Team both struggled, with Mark Winterbottom the best of the factory quartet in 12th for FPR.Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden 1m09.8034s 2. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford 1m09.8287s + 0.0253s 3. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden 1m10.0666s + 0.2632s 4. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 1m10.1144s + 0.3110s 5. Karl Reindler Britek Holden 1m10.1268s + 0.3234s 6. Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Holden 1m10.1489s + 0.3455s 7. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden 1m10.1559s + 0.3525s 8. Steve Owen Paul Morris Holden 1m10.1610s + 0.3576s 9. Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash/FPR Ford 1m10.1611s + 0.3577s10. David Reynolds Kelly Holden 1m10.1749s + 0.3715s11. Jonathon Webb Tekno Ford 1m10.2623s + 0.4589s12. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford 1m10.2660s + 0.4626s13. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford 1m10.2696s + 0.4662s14. Will Davison FPR Ford 1m10.2767s + 0.4733s15. Russell Ingall Paul Morris Holden 1m10.2817s + 0.4783s16. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford 1m10.2856s + 0.4822s17. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden 1m10.2999s + 0.4965s18. Alex Davison Stone Brothers Ford 1m10.3092s + 0.5058s19. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden 1m10.4007s + 0.5973s20. Garth Tander HRT Holden 1m10.4082s + 0.6048s21. James Courtney HRT Holden 1m10.4263s + 0.6229s22. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford 1m10.4534s + 0.6500s23. Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Holden 1m10.4672s + 0.6638s24. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden 1m10.5207s + 0.7173s25. Dean Fiore Triple F Ford 1m10.6151s + 0.8117s26. Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Holden 1m10.7114s + 0.9080s27. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford 1m10.7840s + 0.9806s28. Warren Luff Dumbrell Holden 1m11.0052s + 1.2018s
