Craig Lowndes has continued the strong form of the #888 TeamVodafone Commodore, setting the fastest time in Practice #3 of the SKYCITY Triple Crown at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway.
Warren Luff drove the Holden in the day’s opening two sessions, which were reserved for cars outside the top 50% in the championship and endurance co-drivers. He set the fastest time in the day’s opening session.
Second fastest was Will Davison in the Trading Post Ford Performance Racing Falcon, a car which was not involved in the earlier sessions.
After watching his car in the hands of Scott Pye in the opening two sessions, Jamie Whincup put the #1 TeamVodafone Commodore into third place on the time sheets. Jonathon Webb was fourth, followed by Todd Kelly who took over from endurance co-driver Tim Blanchard in the Jack Daniel’s Racing Commodore. Team-mate, and brother Rick Kelly, completed just one lap with an engine related issue. He is expected to join all the cars in the final session which gets underway at 3.15pm local time.
RESULTS: Practice #3
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.0098 |
| 2 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 0:00.0573 |
| 3 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.1136 |
| 4 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.1308 |
| 5 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.2223 |
| 6 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.2223 |
| 7 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.3325 |
| 8 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.4671 |
| 9 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.5114 |
| 10 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 0:00.5269 |
| 11 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 0:00.5293 |
| 12 | Pepsi Max Crew | David Russell | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.6509 |
| 13 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.8188 |
| 14 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:00.8712 |
| 15 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 0:00.8972 |
| 16 | SP Tools Racing | Shane van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 0:00.9883 |
| 17 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 0:01.1714 |
| 18 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 0:01.1951 |
| 19 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:01.2227 |
| 20 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 0:01.2405 |
| 21 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 0:01.2431 |
| 22 | Team Hiflex | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 0:01.5776 |
| 23 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:01.6922 |
| 24 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:01.9104 |
| 25 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:02.1470 |
| 26 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:02.1793 |
| 27 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 0:02.4190 |
| 28 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | No Time |
