Live Blog: all the action from Saturday V8 Supercars qualifying and racing at the Gold Coast 600 Whincup's damaged car after his brush with the tyre wall. CRAIG Lowndes has earnt a crucial pole position for Saturday's race at the Armor All Gold Coast 600, while a penalty leaves Red Bull teammate Jamie Whincup near the rear of the field. Lowndes beat Holden Racing Team stars James Courtney and Garth Tander for his second pole position of 2013, while his fellow title contenders all missed the shootout. Bathurst winner Mark Winterbottom was bumped out of the Top 10 in the all-in qualifying session, set to start this afternoon's race from 14th, while teammate Will Davison finished the session down in 21st. Worse still was the fate that met Whincup, an incident at the first chicane bringing out the red flags, costing him his fastest lap and sidelining him for the rest of the session. He'll start from P25. Tony D'Alberto will start a sensational fourth in this afternoon's 102-lap race, after a shootout that saw several cars get their times deleted. Michael Caruso used too much kerb at the opening chicane and had his time deleted, while Shane van Gisbergen locked up heading into the same corner and missed it entirely, aborting his lap. Fabian Coulthard logged a time good enough for the third row of the grid, but was excluded from the session after missing the weighing scales at the end of his lap. Race 30 of the V8 Supercars Championship will blast off at 3:30pm EDT. GRID - Race 30, V8 Supercars Armor All Gold Coast 600 (30 min) Jason Bright Follow all the action with SPEED's Live Blog from Saturday at the Armor All Gold Coast 600! The big news revolved around Friday pacesetter Jamie Whincup, after a penalty relegated him to 25th place. Whincup swiped his Red Bull Commodore along the tyre barriers exiting the first chicane mid-way through the qualifying session, the contact leaving his car's rear door skin sitting on the track. Officials red-flagged the session to clear up the debris, costing Whincup his fastest lap and forcing him to sit out the rest of qualifying. He plummeted from P2 at the time to start today's race from the second-last row of the grid. The session wasn't the best for Bathurst winner Mark Winterbottom. He made contact with the same wall early in the session, his car only repaired with just half the session remaining. His final lap moved him inside the top 10, only to be bumped down to 14th as faster cars completed their times. Tander's sensational lap was one of the last to be registered, bumping Craig Lowndes down to P2 ahead of the Top 10 Shootout. But Lowndes has reason to worry, with stewards investigating a collision between he and fellow title-contender Will Davison that saw the FPR Falcon spin into the fence. Just 27 cars competed in the session, Jason Bright's Commodore still being repaired after a heavy crash in Friday's practice sessions. The car was straightened overnight at nearby chassis specialists Pace Innovations and returned to the circuit this morning for the remaining work to be completed, which should see the Team BOC car ready to take part in this afternoon's race. QUALIFYING - Race 30, V8 Supercars Armor All Gold Coast 600 (30 min)