Dumbrell takes the chequered flag

Paul Dumbrell has complemented Jamie Whincup's pole this morning, taking the chequered flag in the first qualifying race at the Wilson Security Sandown 500.

A 6.87sec gap separated the reigning Sandown 500 champion to Jonathon Webb in second place, while Steve Owen took the #5 Pepsi Max FPR Falcon to third.

While stewards suspected Dumbrell may have jumped the race start,the team did not seem worried about a penalty being handed down post-race.

"It was good fun out there," Dumbrell said of the first qualifying race of the Wilson Security Sandown 500.

"It's been a good consistent car, and Jamie's work this morning made my job a lot easier.

"But payday is Sunday, so there's still a lot of work to do."

The top three were followed by Frenchman Alexandre Premat (paired with Scott McLaughlin), Greg Murphy (James Courtney), Warren Luff (Garth Tander), Tony D'Alberto (Tim Slade), Dean Canto (David Reynolds), Steven Richards (Craig Lowndes) and Alex Buncombe (Todd Kelly) rounding out the top ten.

Luke Youlden (Fabian Coulthard) made an impressive charge through the pack, jumping seven spots from his grid position for the Lockwood Racing Commodore to cross the line in 11th place.

Craig Baird (Lee Holdsworth) finished the first qualifying race in 14th, while international driver Oliver Gavin followed him home in 15th.

A race incident on the opening lap saw Ash Walsh (Scott Pye) finish in 21st, while Chris Pither (Dale Wood) encountered mechanical problems with the ADVAM rig, finishing in 25th.

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The final stage of qualifying for the Wilson Security Sandown 500 is coming up with the last qualifying race kicking off at 4.40pm.