news: Dumbrell sets track record in opening Super2 practice

Paul Dumbrell has ended the opening Dunlop Super2 practice session fastest ahead of this weekend’s round at the Rabble.Club Sandown 500.

Dumbrell was one of three drivers to complete a lap under the previous Super2 practice record, his 1:09.3238s set with five minutes left in the opening 40 minute session.

His effort bumped Eggleston Motorsport team-mate Dom Storey from top spot as a flurry of late efforts saw the timesheets change rapidly in the closing minutes.

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The session began with Dumbrell and Garry Jacobson split by just 0.0003s before the first of two red flags came out just shy of the halfway point.

Jake Kostecki found the gravel at Dandenong Road before being freed and driving back to the pits.

After the restart, Dumbrell went fastest as Macauley Jones moved up the order to second, just over half a tenth down on the series leader’s best to that point.

Nathan Morcom demonstrated solid pace, sitting inside the top 10 throughout the session and ending the hit out eighth.

In the final 10 minutes the majority of teams began bolting on a set of soft compound tyres.

Afforded six of the faster tyres for Friday’s practice, Brenton Grove had a spell at the top of the timesheets courtesy of a 1:09.7668s after being among the first to make the switch.

Morcom also improved before Storey and Dumbrell both went fastest as the session began to wind down.

A late lap from Shae Davies saw the Paul Morris Motorsport driver leap into second, 0.1910s off Dumbrell, shortly before a second red flag was shown.

It ended the session, with Matt Chahda stuck at Dandenong Road, leaving Dumbrell, Davies and Story as the only three to lap under the previous Super2 track record.

Will Brown was next best to make for three Eggleston cars in the top four, with Thomas Randle fifth from Macauley Jones in sixth.

Grove, Morcom, Jordan Boys and Brodie Kostecki completed the top 10.

Super2 returns with a second 40 minute practice session at 1315 local time/AEST.

Results: Practice 1

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	88	Eggleston Motorsport	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.2328
2	67	Paul Morris Motorsport	Shae Davies	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:09.4238	0:00.1910
3	63	Eggleston Motorsport	Dominic Storey	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.4266	0:00.1938
4	38	Eggleston Motorsport	William Brown	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.5370	0:00.3042
5	5	Skye Sands	Thomas Randle	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:09.6606	0:00.4278
6	14	Payce	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.7295	0:00.4967
7	51	Grove Hire	Brenton Grove	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.7668	0:00.5340
8	54	Eggleston Motorsport	Nathan Morcom	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.8389	0:00.6061
9	49	Dynamic Supplies	Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore VF	1:09.9923	0:00.7595
10	57	Arcoplate Racing	Brodie Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.3078	0:01.0750
11	55	Arcoplate Racing	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.3144	0:01.0816
12	26	MEGA Fuels / MWM	Garry Jacobson	Nissan Altima	1:10.3484	0:01.1156
13	21	SCT Logistics	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.4384	0:01.2056
14	23	MW Motorsport	Dean Fiore	Nissan Altima	1:10.4682	0:01.2354
15	62	Land Surveys / MWM	Alex Rullo	Nissan Altima	1:10.5152	0:01.2824
16	99	Wilson Security PAYCE GRM	Mason Barbera	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.6206	0:01.3878
17	15	Auto One Racing	Adam Marjoram	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.7640	0:01.5312
18	56	Arcoplate Racing	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.9093	0:01.6765
19	18	Auto One Albury	Matthew Chahda	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.4591	0:02.2263
20	8	BGD Architects	Zane Goddard	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.5790	0:02.3462
21	16	Middy’s Electrical	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.6714	0:02.4386
22	50	Kail Motorsport	Ricky Capo	Holden Commodore VF	1:12.0011	0:02.7683
23	44	Wilson Security PAYCE GRM	Chris Pither	Holden Commodore VF	1:16.0612	0:06.8284