Shane van Gisbergen beat team-mate Jamie Whincup by half a second as they finished first and second in practice on the opening day of the OTR SuperSprint at The Bend.
The Red Bull Holden Racing Team duo and Practice 1 fast man Tim Slade were the only three drivers to drop under 1:50s bracket during their green tyre runs in the second 45-minute session of the day.
Van Gisbergen spent almost the entirety of Practice 2 in the lead having reeled out a 1:50.1652s on his first flyer.
That time stood up as the benchmark until the #14 Freightliner ZB Commodore took on new tyres and Slade clocked a 1:49.7093s.
Van Gisbergen was on his hot lap at the same time, however, and went nearly a second faster again with a 1:48.7499 in the #97 ZB Commodore.
Whincup then split them with a 1:49.3231s, 0.5732s slower than his team-mate.
Chaz Mostert was another half-second off Slade’s pace as he ended up the fastest Ford driver for the second session in a row in the #55 Supercheap Auto FGX Falcon.
“There’s still a fair bit left and obviously there is; there is no way we’re genuinely a second faster,” said van Gisbergen.
“The track’s tough, there’s probably people making mistakes. There’s probably half a second in driving and a fair bit left in car.
“We’ll see the evolution of that over the weekend.”
Nick Percat (#8 Mobil ZB Commodore) finished fifth but was the only driver in the top 15 to not improve in his final run.
Three Nissans followed in the form of Rick Kelly (#15 Castrol Altima), Simona de Silvestro (#78 Harvey Norman Altima), and Andre Heimgartner (#7 Plus Fitness Altima).
Mark Winterbottom (#5 The Bottle-O FGX Falcon) and Scott Pye (#2 Boost Mobile ZB Commodore) rounded out the top 10.
Scott McLaughlin (#17 Shell V-Power FGX Falcon) ended up only 12th after sliding off the dirt exiting Turn 13 during his green tyre run.
Craig Lowndes was seen sliding or running off-road several times in the #888 Autobarn ZB Commodore on his way to 27th, nearly 3.7s off the pace.
There will be a third 45-minute practice session for the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship field tomorrow at 1035 local time/1105 AEST.
Results: Supercars Practice 2
| 1 | 97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team | Shane Van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:48.7499RS | |
| 2 | 1 Red Bull Holden Racing Team | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:49.3231rS | 00.5732 |
| 3 | 14 Freightliner Racing | Tim Slade | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:49.7093rS | 00.9594 |
| 4 | 55 Supercheap Auto Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:50.2403 S | 01.4904 |
| 5 | 8 X-Convenience – Mobil Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:50.3341 S | 01.5842 |
| 6 | 15 Castrol Racing | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima | 1:50.4181 S | 01.6682 |
| 7 | 78 Team Harvey Norman | Simona De Silvestro | Nissan Altima | 1:50.4997 S | 01.7498 |
| 8 | 7 Plus Fitness Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Altima | 1:50.5492 S | 01.7993 |
| 9 | 5 The Bottle-O Racing Team | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:50.5599 S | 01.8100 |
| 10 | 2 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:50.5884 S | 01.8385 |
| 11 | 21 Team CoolDrive | Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:50.7163 S | 01.9664 |
| 12 | 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:50.8917 S | 02.1418 |
| 13 | 230 Milwaukee Racing | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:50.9424 S | 02.1925 |
| 14 | 18 Preston Hire Racing | L.Holdsworth/J.Bright | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:50.9834 S | 02.2335 |
| 15 | 9 Erebus Penrite Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:51.0158 S | 02.2659 |
| 16 | 23 Drive Racing | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima | 1:51.0391 S | 02.2892 |
| 17 | 56 RABBLE.club Racing | Richie Stanaway | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:51.0515 S | 02.3016 |
| 18 | 4 DrillPro Racing | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:51.0994 S | 02.3495 |
| 19 | 35 Bigmate Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Holden Commodore VF | 1:51.1867 S | 02.4368 |
| 20 | 25 Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing | James Courtney | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:51.1909 S | 02.4410 |
| 21 | 6 Monster Energy Racing | Cameron Waters | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:51.2037 S | 02.4538 |
| 22 | 99 Erebus Motorsport | Anton de Pasquale | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:51.2070 S | 02.4571 |
| 23 | 19 Tekno Autosport | Jack Le Brocq | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:51.8586 S | 03.1087 |
| 24 | 33 Wilson Security Racing GRM | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:51.9310 S | 03.1811 |
| 25 | 12 Shell V-Power Racing Team | Fabian Coulthard | Ford Falcon FG/X | 1:52.0252 S | 03.2753 |
| 26 | 42 Arcoplate Racing | Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore VF | 1:52.2995 S | 03.5496 |
| 27 | 888 Autobarn Lowndes Racing | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:52.4465 S | 03.6966 |
| 28 | 34 Wilson Security Racing GRM | James Golding | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:54.1096 S | 05.3597 |
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