Gold Coast 600: Van Gisbergen pips Whincup for pole in Shootout

Shane van Gisbergen was the last driver on the track and he did not disappoint, edging teammate Jamie Whincup for pole by a mere 0.0660, putting up a lap of 1:10.8384.

"It's tough around here. You take a little too much and you end up 10th. Cars really good though, so I'm happy," said Whincup.

Starting third will be the most experienced Triple Eight driver -- Craig Lowndes. James Courtney, who narrowly avoided disaster in the fast chicane, will take up the outside of the second row. Chaz Mostert rounded out the top five.

Two drivers that weren't as lucky were Prodrive's Mark Winterbottom and Cam Waters. Winterbottom ran purple in the first sector before clouting the fence out of the fast chicane, settling for eighth. Waters did the same on his lap, albeit a bit gentler, but still only good enough for seventh.

"Just got it wrong. Will tune it up again, just didn't do a good job then, trying too hard," admitted Winterbottom."

Two drivers -- Lee Holdsworth and Michael Caruso -- were handed kerb strikes and had their times disallowed.

Bathurst 1000 winner David Reynolds clocked in sixth after a brake lock-up in Turn 4 spoiled his run. "Really disappointed with that otherwise, would have been a pretty good lap," he said afterwards.

a	#	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen   Matt Campbell	Holden Commodore VF	1	1'10.8384			150.426
2	88	Jamie Whincup   Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VF	1	1'10.9044	0.0660	0.0660	150.286
3	888	Steven Richards   Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	1	1'11.0954	0.2570	0.1910	149.883
4	22	James Courtney   Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	1	1'11.2026	0.3642	0.1072	149.657
5	55	Steven Owen   Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG-X	1	1'11.2054	0.3670	0.0028	149.651
6	9	David Reynolds   Luke Youlden	Holden Commodore VF	1	1'11.3416	0.5032	0.1362	149.365
7	6	Richie Stanaway   Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG-X	1	1'11.5039	0.6655	0.1623	149.026
8	5	Mark Winterbottom   Dean Canto	Ford Falcon FG-X	1	1'11.9327	1.0943	0.4288	148.138
9	23	Michael Caruso   Dean Fiore	Nissan Altima	1
10	18	Lee Holdsworth   Karl Reindler	Holden Commodore VF	1