By Matthew Agius

Defending V8 Supercar Champion, Rick Kelly, has taken the pole position in the final qualifying of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Seri⭕es at the Dunlop Grand Finale, Phillip Island.

Kelly claimed pole at the circuit w🅘here he raised his 2006 c🐎hampionship trophy, after completing twenty laps of the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit.

He led♚ Mark Skaife in the lead Holden Racing Team Commodore, by almost two tenths of a second.

Championshi﷽p leader, Jamie Whincup, was third in the Team Vodafone BF Falcon💫, putting in a solid qualifying after placing down the order in Friday practice.

Todd Kelly was fourth in qualifying after aꦜ strong showing during practice - again delivering the Holden Racin♏g Team two cars in the top five during a session this weekend.

Jason Richards place♐d fifth for Tasman Motorsport - well ahead of team mate Greg Mur🧸phy who qualified mid pack in fifteenth position.

Whincup's team mate, triple champion Craig Lowndes, was sixth in ꦏthe #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 staꦏrt on the fourth row, after🐼 a disappointing effort in qualifying saw his championship rivals outshine and place higher than him.

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

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

W🔥ill Davison rounded out the top ten for Jim 🗹Beam Racing.

Both Tander and Winterbottom were evenly ✃locked at fiv💝e poles apiece heading into this weekend's final round.

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

The Toll HSV Dဣealer Team driver will hope to add a championship title🐷 to that award this weekend.

This afternoon's opening race will begi♏n at 3.45pm local time.