Kurt Kostecki was comfortably quickest in Practice 1 for Round 4 of the Dunlop Super2 Series at Queensland Raceway.
Kostecki placed his #55 Triple Eight VF Commodore at the head of the order after the first timed laps and remained there for the duration of the 40-minute session which was run in overcast conditions.
He finished almost half a second faster than second placed Ash Walsh, although the top 12 as a whole were within a second of each other.
Kurt Kostecki started off with a 1:11.6323s and was down to a 1:10.7531s by the conclusion of his first run.
He improved twice during his second run to a 1:10.3399s with just under 15 minutes remaining, which stood up the benchmark.
Walsh was slow initially, in terms of lap speed and accumulation of laps, before clocking a 1:10.8204s in his third run in the #35 Matt Stone Racing VF Commodore.
Will Brown was ultimately less than four hundredths of a second slower in the #38 Eggleston Motorsport VF Commodore, while Jack Smith was one of few to find time in the final runs as he consolidated fourth with a 1:10.8731s in the #21 Brad Jones Racing VF Commodore.
Series leader Bryce Fullwood (#16 Altima) was fifth in the first of the MW Motorsport entries, one spot ahead of rookie team-mate Tyler Everingham (#27 Altima).
Dylan O’Keeffe gained two positions with the chequered flag out to take seventh in the #44 Garry Rogers Motorsport VF Commodore, from Thomas Randle (#5 Tickford Racing FGX Falcon), Brenton Grove (#10 Triple Eight VF Commodore), and Jake Kostecki (#56 Kostecki Brothers Racing VF Commodore).
Zane Goddard, currently second in the series standings, was one spot outside the top 10 in the #28 MW Motorsport Altima.
Jack Perkins (#54 VF Commodore) finished 14th fastest in the third of the Melbourne-based Eggleston entries in what is the first Super2 round at Queensland Raceway since 2015.
The session ran interrupted, with the main incident a somewhat spectacular but fairly innocuous lock-up and off for Grove at Turn 3.
Practice 2, another 40-minute session, starts at 1400 local time/AEST at the Century Batteries Ipswich SuperSprint.
Results: Practice 1
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Split |
| 1 | 55 | Arcoweld Racing | Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore VF | 1:10.3399 | |
| 2 | 35 | Matt Stone Racing | Ashley Walsh | Holden Commodore VF | 1:10.8204 | 0:00.4805 |
| 3 | 38 | Eggleston Motorsport | William Brown | Holden Commodore VF | 1:10.8573 | 0:00.5174 |
| 4 | 21 | SCT Logistics | Jack Smith | Holden Commodore VF | 1:10.8731 | 0:00.5332 |
| 5 | 16 | Middy’s Electrical / MWM | Bryce Fullwood | Nissan Altima | 1:10.9080 | 0:00.5681 |
| 6 | 27 | Lowes Petoleum / MWM | Tyler Everingham | Nissan Altima | 1:11.0348 | 0:00.6949 |
| 7 | 44 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Dylan O’Keeffe | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.0848 | 0:00.7449 |
| 8 | 5 | Skye Sands | Thomas Randle | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:11.0937 | 0:00.7538 |
| 9 | 10 | Grove Hire Racing | Brenton Grove | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.1177 | 0:00.7778 |
| 10 | 56 | Team Arcoweld Racing | Jake Kostecki | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.2114 | 0:00.8715 |
| 11 | 28 | BGD Architects / MWM | Zane Goddard | Nissan Altima | 1:11.2420 | 0:00.9021 |
| 12 | 99 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Mason Barbera | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.3355 | 0:00.9956 |
| 13 | 88 | Eggleston Motorsport | Justin Ruggier | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.3431 | 0:01.0032 |
| 14 | 54 | Eggleston Motorsport | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.3648 | 0:01.0249 |
| 15 | 49 | Image Racing | Jordan Boys | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.3963 | 0:01.0564 |
| 16 | 15 | Image Racing | Adam Marjoram | Holden Commodore VF | 1:11.4984 | 0:01.1585 |
| 17 | 18 | Cavaliar Homes Australia | Matthew Chahda | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:11.9283 | 0:01.5884 |
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