» V8s: Davidson wins Bathurst Top-10 Shootout

Will Davison has claimed his first Bathurst 1000 pole position ahead of tomorrow’s 50th anniversary endurance race. The championship contender delivered a perfect flying lap in tricky conditions to secure Saturday’s bragging rights in the V8 Supercars Championship’s most important race.

The Ford Performance Racing driver endured a nervous wait while the final four runners went out to post the single flying lap attempt to snatch pole position.

Championship leader Jamie Whincup came closest, clocking purple sector times in the first two sectors of the 6.2-kilometre lap, before falling just three-hundredths of a second short of Davidson’s effort. Whincup’s lap was all the more impressive given that it came when conditions were at their worst, with spots of rain having started to fall around the circuit.

Shane van Gisbergen and Mark Winterbottom ensured that three Fords would claim the top-four spots, lining up ahead of of the Holdens of Fabian Coulthard and Garth Tander.

Tim Slade and David Reynolds will start from the fourth row of their grid in their Ford Falcons, while Craig Lowndes and Steve Owen both struggled on their hot laps, posting the slowest times in the Top-10 Shootout.

2012 V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 – Final Qualifying Result:

	Driver	Entry / Team	Top-10 Result
1.	Will Davison / John McIntyre	Ford Performance Racing	2:08.0693
2.	Jamie Whincup / Paul Dumbrell	Triple 8 Racing	+ 0.0315
3.	Shane van Gisbergen / Luke Youlden	Stone Brothers Racing	+ 0.1098
4.	Mark Winterbottom / Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	+ 0.1270
5.	Fabian Coulthard / David Besnard	Brad Jones Racing	+ 0.2692
6.	Garth Tander / Nick Percat	Holden Racing Team	+ 0.4062
7.	Tim Slade / Andrew Thompson	Stone Brothers Racing	+ 0.5302
8.	David Reynolds / Dean Canto	Ford Performance Racing	+ 0.8173
9.	Craig Lowndes / Warren Luff	Triple 8 Racing	+ 1.0304
10.	Steve Owen / Paul Morris	Dick Johnson Racing	+ 2.0030
	Driver	Entry / Team	Q1 Result
11.	Jonathon Webb / Scott McLaughlin	Tekno Autosports	+ 0.5895
12.	Jason Bright / Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	+ 0.6426
13.	Rick Kelly / David Russell	Kelly Racing	+ 0.6780
14.	James Courtney / Cameron McConville	Holden Racing Team	+ 0.7547
15.	Lee Holdsworth / Craig Baird	Stone Brothers Racing	+ 0.8234
16.	Michael Caruso / Greg Ritter	Garry Rogers Motorsport	+ 0.8264
17.	James Moffat / Alex Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	+ 0.8704
18.	Steven Johnson / Allan Simonsen	Dick Johnson Racing	+ 0.8866
19.	Todd Kelly / Tim Blanchard	Kelly Racing	+ 1.1090
20.	Michael Patrizi / Jonny Reid	Tekno Autosports	+ 1.1095
21.	Dean Fiore / Matt Halliday	Dick Johnson Racing	+ 1.1108
22.	David Wall / Chris Pither	Brad Jones Racing	+ 1.1946
23.	Greg Murphy / Owen Kelly	Kelly Racing	+ 1.2182
24.	Tony D’Alberto / Dale Wood	Tony D’Alberto Racing	+ 1.2196
25.	Russell Ingall / Christian Klien	Walkinshaw Racing	+ 1.2677
26.	Alexandre Prémat / Jack Perkins	Garry Rogers Motorsport	+ 1.4580
27.	Taz Douglas / Scott Pye	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	+ 1.5231
28.	Karl Reindler / Daniel Gaunt	Kelly Racing	+ 1.6622
29.	Cameron Waters / Jesse Dixon	Kelly Racing	+ 2.7720