Aussies take pole at the B12
In what could be seen as a bit of a smack in the eye for the Germans that have provided the firepower, the expertise and the dollars, the Australian trio of Craig Lowndes, Warren Luff and Mark Eddy have taken pole for the 2011 Bathurst 12 Hour.
With the qualifying being done as an aggregate of the three drivers times, as opposed to overall quickest, the trio combined to hold out the compatriots in the team and disappoint past two time pole winner Steve Owen. The gap between the Australian and Germans was a mere 0.3 of a second whilst the Owen and Koundouris brothers were exactly a second behind. The VIP Pet Foods entry of Tony and Klark Quinn, partnering with Craig Baird were fourth while Dean Fiore, David Reynolds and Marc Cini will go fifth on the grid.
