By Matthew Agius

Defending V8 Supercar Champion, Rick Kelly, has taken the pole position in the fi💖nal qualifying of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Dunlop Grand Finale, Phillip Island.

Kelly claim🌌ed pole at the circuit where he raised his 2006 championship trophy, after completing twentyဣ laps of the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit.

He led Mark Skaife in the lead Holden Racing T♒eam Commodore, by almost two tenths of a second.

Championship leader, Jamie Whincup, was third in the Team Vodafone BF Falcon, putting in a solid qualifying after plac🔜ing down the order in Frid♋ay practice.

Todd Kelly was fourth in qualifying after a strong showing during pra൩ctice - again delivering the Holden Racing Team two cars in the top five during a session this weekend.

Jason Ric꧑hards placed fifth for Tasman Motorsport - well ahead of team mate Greg Murphy who qualified midꦺ pack in fifteenth position.

Whincup's team mate, triple champion Craig Lo🦄wndes, was sixth in the #888 Vodafone Falcon🦂.

Despite being twenty-one points adrift♛ of his team mate in the championship race, Lowndes has qualified ahead of second-placed Garth Tander, and will be looking at making the championship a one-two finish for Team Vodafone.

Tander will st🐬art on the fourth row, after a disappointing effoꦗrt in qualifying saw his championship rivals outshine and place higher than him.

It has been shown throughout 2007 that Team Vodafone gen🐽erally produces better 'race-cars' and Tander will be looking to show deadly speed in this afternoon's opening race and reel in his title rivals.

Mark Winterbottom was eighth for Ford Performance Racing after an off-track excursion saw him unable to collect a fifth pole for 2007.
Russell Ingall was ninth in his final qualifying session for Stone Brothers Racing, and will look to sco൩re his final championship points in a Ford.

Will Davison rounded out the top ten for Jim Beam🦩 Racing.

Both Tander and Winterbottom were evenly locked at five poles apiece heading i🎀nto this weekend's final round.

Despite neither🐟 driver claiming the front slot of the grid, Tander was announced as winner of the ArmorAll pole position award on count-back.

The Toll HSV Dealer Team driver will hope to add a championship title to that aꦕward this weܫekend.

This afternoo🀅n's opening race ✨will begin at 3.45pm local time.