Will Davison secures Bathurst pole
FORD'S Will Davison has secured pole position by the narrowest of margins for the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars endurance race.
FORD'S Will Davison has secured pole position by the narrowest of margins for the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars endurance race.
Davison clocked a 2min 08.0693secs lap around the Mount Panorama circuit to just edge Holden's Jamie Whincup for his first Bathurst pole position.
Whincup, who was a mere two 10/1000ths of a second ahead of Davison's time after two thirds of his lap, clocked a 2:08.1008 and will start second on the grid for the 1000km race.
Young New Zealander Shane Van Gisbergen will start third with Mark Winterbottom in fourth position for an all-Ford second row.
Defending champion Garth Tander has qualified sixth fastest while race favourite Craig Lowndes could only manage a disappointing 2:09.0997 and will start from ninth.
The ace gets underway at 10.35am (AEDT) on Sunday.
Top 10 Shootout
1. Will Davison (Ford) 2mins8.0693sec
2. Jamie Whincup (Holden) 2:08.1008
3. Shane Van Gisbergen (Ford) 2:08.1791
4. Mark Winterbottom (Ford) 2:08.1963
5. Fabian Coulthard (Holden) 2:08.3385
6. Garth Tander (Holden) 2:08.4755
7. Tim Slade (Ford) 2:08.5995
8. David Reynolds (Ford) 2:08.8866
9. Craig Lowndes (Holden) 2:09.0997
10. Steve Owen (Holden) 2:10.0723
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