Paul Dumbrell has continued his strong practice form at the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge by topping the time sheets in Practice 3.
The Bottle-O Racing Falcon driver’s best effort of 1:10.41s is the fastest time set across the 90 minute of practice held so far.
James Courtney was second fastest in the first all-in session, 0.22s adrift of Dumbrell.
Tony D’Alberto and Michael Caruso were third and fourth respectively, while Garth Tander was the first of the drivers from the top half of the points standings in fifth.
The entire field were covered by just 1.68s.
The fourth and final V8 Supercars Championship practice session of the day will take place at 1420 local time.
CLICK HERE for the Practice 1 report.
CLICK HERE for the Practice 2 report.
See below for the full practice result
| 1 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.4085 | |
| 2 | Toll Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:10.6278 | 0:00.2193 |
| 3 | Wilson Security Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:10.9696 | 0:00.5611 |
| 4 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.0096 | 0:00.6011 |
| 5 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.1244 | 0:00.7159 |
| 6 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.1297 | 0:00.7212 |
| 7 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.1438 | 0:00.7353 |
| 8 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.1869 | 0:00.7784 |
| 9 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.2373 | 0:00.8288 |
| 10 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.2431 | 0:00.8346 |
| 11 | Bundaberg Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.2610 | 0:00.8525 |
| 12 | Mother Energy Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.2737 | 0:00.8652 |
| 13 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.3582 | 0:00.9497 |
| 14 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.3593 | 0:00.9508 |
| 15 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.3944 | 0:00.9859 |
| 16 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.4374 | 0:01.0289 |
| 17 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.4428 | 0:01.0343 |
| 18 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.4569 | 0:01.0484 |
| 19 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.4586 | 0:01.0501 |
| 20 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.4839 | 0:01.0754 |
| 21 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.5762 | 0:01.1677 |
| 22 | Irwin Racing | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.5993 | 0:01.1908 |
| 23 | Team BOC | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.6256 | 0:01.2171 |
| 24 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.6565 | 0:01.2480 |
| 25 | Triple F Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:11.6758 | 0:01.2673 |
| 26 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:11.6872 | 0:01.2787 |
| 27 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.0111 | 0:01.6026 |
| 28 | Jana Living Racing | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.0930 | 0:01.6845 |
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