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Last-start winner Jack Le Brocq has set the fastest lap across the two Repco Supercars Championship practice sessions at the NTI Townsville 500.
The Truck Assist Racing driver ended up a relatively sizeable 0.2470s clear of the field after setting a 1:13.4320s with the chequered flag out on Practice 2 at the Reid Park Street Circuit.
Brad Jones Racing’s Bryce Fullwood was next on the timesheet with a 1:13.6790s in the #14 Middy’s Camaro, while Tickford Racing’s Cameron Waters was first of the Ford contingent at another 0.0851s off the pace in the #6 Monster Energy Mustang.
With skies still overcast, it was Practice 1 fast man Will Brown (#9 Coca-Cola Camaro) who set the pace initially with a 1:14.2916s, from Matt Payne (#19 Penrite Mustang).
The latter reportedly started on almost new tyres and he was quickest next time through on a 1:14.1906s, before a lot more drivers switched to better rubber.
Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1 Optus Mustang) clocked a 1:14.0657s to go top before he was usurped by BJR drivers Andre Heimgartner (#8 R&J Batteries Camaro) on a 1:13.7691s and then Fullwood on the aforementioned 1:13.6790s.
The top five ahead of the final runs was Fullwood, Heimgartner, Le Brocq, Scott Pye (#20 Hino Camaro), and David Reynolds (#26 Penrite Mustang) in the first of the Fords.
The latter’s Grove Racing team-mate, Payne, then went fourth on a 1:13.8143s in the final three minutes, before Brown rebounded to third on a 1:13.7950s.
Brown’s championship-leading Erebus Motorsport team-mate Brodie Kostecki threatened to go to the top until he pinched the inside front and let his #99 Camaro run long at Turn 3.
Waters clocked a 1:13.7641s just before the chequered flag came out on the half-hour session, after which Matt Stone Racing’s Le Brocq usurped all.
Shane van Gisbergen, who complained of a handling anomaly in the #97 Red Bull Ampol Camaro in Practice 1, claimed fourth at just one ten-thousandth of a second slower than Waters, with Heimgartner ending up fifth.
Brown took sixth, from Pye, Payne, Broc Feeney (#88 Red Bull Ampol Camaro), and Tickford Racing’s James Courtney (#5 Snowy River Caravans Mustang), the latter of whom made for three Fords in the top 10.
Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Mustang) was 13th and Kostecki 14th.
Qualifying for Race 16 starts tomorrow at 10:15 local time/AEST, followed later in the day by a Top 10 Shootout.
Results: Practice 2
Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Split |
1 | 34 | Truck Assist Racing | Jack Le Brocq | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.4320 | |
2 | 14 | Middy’s Racing | Bryce Fullwood | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.6790 | 0:00.2470 |
3 | 6 | Monster Energy Racing | Cameron Waters | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.7641 | 0:00.3321 |
4 | 97 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Shane van Gisbergen | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.7642 | 0:00.3322 |
5 | 8 | R&J Batteries Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.7691 | 0:00.3371 |
6 | 9 | Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus | William Brown | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.7950 | 0:00.3630 |
7 | 20 | Hino Trucks | Scott Pye | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.8127 | 0:00.3807 |
8 | 19 | Penrite Racing | Matthew Payne | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.8143 | 0:00.3823 |
9 | 88 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Broc Feeney | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:13.8452 | 0:00.4132 |
10 | 5 | Snowy River Racing | James Courtney | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.9008 | 0:00.4688 |
11 | 26 | Penrite Racing | David Reynolds | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.9320 | 0:00.5000 |
12 | 55 | Castrol Racing | Thomas Randle | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.9483 | 0:00.5163 |
13 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Will Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.9669 | 0:00.5349 |
14 | 99 | Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus | Brodie Kostecki | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.0258 | 0:00.5938 |
15 | 25 | Mobil 1 Optus Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Mustang GT | 1:14.0657 | 0:00.6337 |
16 | 23 | Nulon Racing | Tim Slade | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.0969 | 0:00.6649 |
17 | 35 | Truck Assist Racing | Cameron Hill | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.1179 | 0:00.6859 |
18 | 18 | DEWALT Racing | Mark Winterbottom | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.1531 | 0:00.7211 |
19 | 2 | Mobil 1 NTI Racing | Nick Percat | Ford Mustang GT | 1:14.1767 | 0:00.7447 |
20 | 3 | CoolDrive Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Ford Mustang GT | 1:14.2110 | 0:00.7790 |
21 | 31 | Nulon Racing | James Golding | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.2524 | 0:00.8204 |
22 | 11 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Anton De Pasquale | Ford Mustang GT | 1:14.2581 | 0:00.8261 |
23 | 4 | SCT Motorsport | Jack Smith | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.3201 | 0:00.8881 |
24 | 777 | Tradie Racing | Declan Fraser | Ford Mustang GT | 1:14.4466 | 0:01.0146 |
25 | 96 | Pizza Hut Racing | Macauley Jones | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 1:14.7520 | 0:01.3200 |