Four-time winner Jamie Whincup has claimed provisional pole for Sundays Bathurst 1000.Holdens Whincup failed to break his own Supercars lap record on Friday but still topped qualifying at Mount Panorama, clocking two minutes, 05.04 seconds.He held out a fast-finishing Scott McLaughlin of Volvo, while Holdens Tim Slade was third fastest ahead of Saturdays top-10 shootout.Whincup had been tipped to shatter his own lap record, set last year, after dominating practice at Mount Panorama but finished 0.14 of a second shy.The number doesnt mean anything - its the position, Whincup said. I now have to do a job at the shootout.The top-10 shootout will finalise the front of the grid.On the day Ford Australia closed its factory doors for the last time, Chaz Mostert tried to give Blue Oval fans something to cheer about in his Falcon.Returning to the mountain after his 2015 Bathurst campaign ended with a horrific qualifying crash, Fords Mostert topped the timesheets for most of the 40-minute session before being relegated to fourth fastest.Defending series champion Mark Winterbottom of Ford was seventh quickest and series leader Shane van Gisbergen of Holden was sixth.In a major shock, defending Bathurst champion Craig Lowndes finished 21st fastest - his worst Bathurst qualifying effort.I have struggled with the car all week, six-time Bathurst champion Lowndes said. But I started outside the top 10 last year - you never know.Red flags came out during qualifying when Holdens Shae Davies and later female driver Simona de Silvestro (Nissan) speared off The Chase and into the sand.That relegated them to the back of the grid for Sundays Great Race.The session began 10 minutes late due to a crash in the second-tier Dunlop Series qualifying.Matthew Palmer remarkably emerged unscathed after his Ford hit the wall at McPhillamy Park and caught fire. Anthony Martial Jersey . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. France Soccer Jerseys .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. http://www.nationalfrancesoccer.com/mamadou-sakho-france-jersey/ .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. Olivier Giroud France Jersey . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. Laurent Koscielny Jersey .Y. -- Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers had no intention of changing his hard-hitting style before taking part in a disciplinary hearing for his illegal check to New Jersey forward Dainius Zubrus head. Key Breeders Cup contendersCalifornia Chrome, by Lucky PulpitLast 3 Beyers: 112-113-111* He used his sharp speed to flee the rail in his last two starts. He is drawn in post 4 this time, with Melatonin and Arrogate both drawn farther out, setting up an interesting positional chess match in the opening furlongs.Arrogate, by Unbridleds SongLast 3 Beyers: 122-99-103*He is unbeaten in four starts around two turns, and his Travers performance left his jockey, Mike Smith, in awe of what he did.It was an incredible race that he ran, Smith said. A mile and a quarter, first time in a stake against those kind of horses. When I reached back and hit him one time, he took off.Said trainer Bob Baffert: He likes a mile and a quarter. He needs distance.Frosted, by TapitLast 3 Beyers: 105-107-123*If he runs back to his Met Mile, hes right there. The question is whether he can produce that kind of effort at this distance and while racing on a surface over which hes never competed.HHoppertunity, by Any Given SaturdayLast 3 Beyers: 104-101-105*He has trained very well coming out of the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and the likelihood of a lively pace could find him making an impact late.dddddddddddd*He has finished in the money in nine of 11 starts at Santa Anita.Melatonin, by Kodiak KowboyLast 3 Beyers: 109-104-107*Giant-killing trainer David Hofmans has sent out 16 Breeders Cup runners and won three times. A $2 win wager on his runners, totaling $32, has returned $200.10. Beware.Shaman Ghost, by GhostzapperLast 3 Beyers: 106-94-99*Hes trying to follow in the footsteps of his sire and grandsire (Awesome Again), both winners of the Classic.*He had a two-month layoff going into his career-best performance last time out in the Woodward, hence the reason for another two-month layoff into this race, said trainer Jimmy Jerkens. ' ' '