news: Crick tops SuperUtes practice at The Bend

Cameron Crick has gone fastest in practice for Round 1 of the Haltech V8 SuperUte Series at The Bend.

The Sieders Racing Team driver set a 2:14.4817s which the chequered flag out in the second of two 20-minute sessions, almost half a second quicker than his personal best in Practice 1.

Crick was the only driver to better Ryal Harris’ opening session benchmark, a 2:14.7854s, after a red flag period interrupted Practice 2 due to Christopher Formosa stopping in the first sector with a small fire in the #49 Allgate Racing entry.

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Harris was third-fastest in the latter hit-out with a 2:15.1739s in his Peters Motorsport entry, just behind Western Sydney Motorsport’s Ben Walsh.

The latter clocked a personal best 2:15.0962s in Practice 2, and was third-quickest in Practice 1 with a 2:15.8377s.

Rounding out the top 10, in the second session and on the combined timesheet, are George Gutierrez (George Gutierrez Racing), Aaron Borg (SRT), Craig Woods (WSM), Craig Dontas (SRT), Jaiden Maggs (SRT), Christopher Formosa, and Gerard Maggs (SRT).

In what is the first day at a race event for the V8-powered SuperUtes, the pace started out in the 2:19s in the morning before Crick and then Harris got into the 2:14s.

Christopher Formosa’s fire was quickly put out and is said to have caused only superficial damage, meaning he is set to return to the track when Qualifying starts tomorrow at 09:40 local time/10:10 AEST.

Results: Practice 1

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Vehicle	Fastest lap	Split
1	58	Peters Motorsport	Ryal Harris	Mazda BT-50	2:14.7854
2	7	Team Triton /SRT	Cameron Crick	Mitsubishi Triton	2:14.9487	0:00.1633
3	8	Western Sydney Motorsport	Ben Walsh	Toyota Hilux	2:15.8377	0:01.0523
4	64	Western Sydney Motorsport	Craig Woods	Toyota Hilux	2:16.9102	0:02.1248
5	45	Ryco / Team Triton	Craig Dontas	Mitsubishi Triton	2:19.8426	0:05.0572
6	96	SRT	Jaiden Maggs	Mitsubishi Triton	2:20.6117	0:05.8263
7	68	SRT	Gerard Maggs	Mitsubishi Triton	2:22.2714	0:07.4860
8	19	George Gutierrez Racing	George Gutierrez	Holden Colorado	2:30.4171	0:15.6317
9	50	Craig Jenna Racing	Craig Jenner	Mazda BT-50	2:35.4968	0:20.7114
10	94	Allgate Racing	Michael Formosa	Ford Ranger	2:43.7356	0:28.9502
11	49	Allgate Racing	Chris Formosa	Ford Ranger	3:10.6677	0:55.8823
12	88	SRT	Wayne Williams	Toyota Hilux	4:11.7610	1:56.9756
	4	SRT	Aaron Borg	Toyota Hilux

Results: Practice 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Vehicle	Fastest lap	Split
1	7	Team Triton /SRT	Cameron Crick	Mitsubishi Triton	2:14.4817
2	8	Western Sydney Motorsport	Ben Walsh	Toyota Hilux	2:15.0962	0:00.6145
3	58	Peters Motorsport	Ryal Harris	Mazda BT-50	2:15.1739	0:00.6922
4	19	George Gutierrez Racing	George Gutierrez	Holden Colorado	2:15.6540	0:01.1723
5	4	SRT	Aaron Borg	Toyota Hilux	2:16.1272	0:01.6455
6	64	Western Sydney Motorsport	Craig Woods	Toyota Hilux	2:16.2372	0:01.7555
7	45	Ryco / Team Triton	Craig Dontas	Mitsubishi Triton	2:18.8538	0:04.3721
8	96	SRT	Jaiden Maggs	Mitsubishi Triton	2:19.3379	0:04.8562
9	49	Allgate Racing	Chris Formosa	Ford Ranger	2:19.4425	0:04.9608
10	68	SRT	Gerard Maggs	Mitsubishi Triton	2:20.4131	0:05.9314
11	88	SRT	Wayne Williams	Toyota Hilux	2:21.9832	0:07.5015
12	94	Allgate Racing	Michael Formosa	Ford Ranger	2:43.6767	0:29.1950
13	50	Craig Jenna Racing	Craig Jenner	Mazda BT-50	2:44.0577	0:29.5760