Jamie Whincup secured pole position with a clean run in the top ten shootout, three-tenths faster than Mark Winterbottom and half a second ahead of Garth Tander.

Jason Bright highlighted a resurgence for Brad Jones Racing to qualify fourth fastest.

Cameron McConville on his return to the V8 Supercar series, replacing Daniel Gaunt in the Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Commodore, qualified twentieth while Jonathon Webb, debuting his new sponsor Mother Energy Drinks, qualified next-to last with Tony Ricciardello half a second behind the field.

Winterbottom won the start to lead early with Craig Lowndes clouting the wall at the kink before turn 1, breaking his Watts linkage.

Jason Bargwanna acquired a 'meatball' flag, calling him into the pits to get a dislodged and dragging rear bar removed from the car.

The race settled down and once pit stop cycles were completed Whincup went on for a nine-second victory over Tander with Winterbottom ten seconds away in third.

Shane van Gisbergen, Steven Richards and Paul Dumbrell completed the top ten.

Not long after Lowndes fighting for second with Tander brushed a wall, bending a front suspension arm, damaging the cars steering.

Fourth for Paul Dumbrell and fifth for Steven Richards saw all three Ford Performance Racing prepared Falcons make the top five.

Sixteenth for Cameron McConville on his V8 Supercar return was the best result for the year for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.