Warren Luff has backed up his recent Sandown 500 victory alongside Craig Lowndes by emerging fastest from the co-driver only Practice 2 at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
Luff recorded his best lap of 2:09.18s as the chequered flag fell on the session, eclipsing an equally late effort from Andrew Jones by 0.23s.
Steven Richards and Paul Dumbrell ended the running third and fourth respectively, having both spent time at the top of the sheets.
Jack Perkins, Cameron McConville, Matthew Halliday, David Russell, Luke Youlden and Scott McLaughlin rounded out the top 10.
Chris Pither was an early casualty, running the #21 Wilson Security Holden into the tyre wall at Griffins Bend. The incident brought a red flag period that lasted 13 minutes.
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Dumbrell quickly moved to the top of the order on the restart, holding his position as the only man in the 2:09s until the final 10 minutes.
At the other end of the order, Shannons Supercar Showdown competition winner Jesse Dixon steadily improved throughout his 17 laps to end up 28th on 2:14.22s.
Reigning champion Nick Percat was just 22nd fastest in the #2 Holden Racing Team Holden, a full 1.3s adrift of team-mate James Courtney. The factory Holden team is one of several to have complained of tyre issues during the day so far as each squad tests the set-up limits of the rubber.
The third and final practice session of the day for the V8 Supercars will get underway at 1505 local time.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:09.1794 | |
| 2 | Team BOC | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:09.4138 | 0:00.2344 |
| 3 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Steven Richards | Ford Falcon FG | 2:09.5787 | 0:00.3993 |
| 4 | TeamVodafone | Paul Dumbrell | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:09.7199 | 0:00.5405 |
| 5 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:09.8196 | 0:00.6402 |
| 6 | Holden Racing Team | Cameron McConville | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:09.8821 | 0:00.7027 |
| 7 | Jim Beam Racing | Matthew Halliday | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.0451 | 0:00.8657 |
| 8 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | David Russell | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.1102 | 0:00.9308 |
| 9 | SP Tools Racing | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.2121 | 0:01.0327 |
| 10 | Tekno Autosports | Scott McLaughlin | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.3156 | 0:01.1362 |
| 11 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Greg Ritter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.3219 | 0:01.1425 |
| 12 | Trading Post FPR Ford | John McIntyre | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.4634 | 0:01.2840 |
| 13 | Team Hiflex | Dale Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.4703 | 0:01.2909 |
| 14 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Christian Klien | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.5347 | 0:01.3553 |
| 15 | Irwin Racing | Craig Baird | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.5930 | 0:01.4136 |
| 16 | Lockwood Racing | David Besnard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.7377 | 0:01.5583 |
| 17 | Pepsi Max Crew | Owen Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.7591 | 0:01.5797 |
| 18 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Dean Canto | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.8517 | 0:01.6723 |
| 19 | Lucky 7 Racing | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon FG | 2:10.9047 | 0:01.7253 |
| 20 | Team iSelect | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:10.9222 | 0:01.7428 |
| 21 | Jim Beam Racing | Allan Simonsen | Ford Falcon FG | 2:11.0749 | 0:01.8955 |
| 22 | Holden Racing Team | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:11.2210 | 0:02.0416 |
| 23 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Daniel Gaunt | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:11.2610 | 0:02.0816 |
| 24 | VIP Petfoods | Paul Morris | Ford Falcon FG | 2:11.6987 | 0:02.5193 |
| 25 | Tekno Autosports | Jonny Reid | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:11.7274 | 0:02.5480 |
| 26 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:11.7968 | 0:02.6174 |
| 27 | Team Norton DJR | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 2:11.9891 | 0:02.8097 |
| 28 | Shannons carsales.com.au | Jesse Dixon | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:14.2210 | 0:05.0416 |
| 29 | Wilson Security Racing | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore VE2 | 2:16.0711 | 0:06.8917 |
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