Dale Wood ended the opening day of practice for Round 2 of the Dunlop Series at Barbagallo as the fastest man after a late red flag brought a premature halt to proceedings.
Wood had displaced new MW Motorsport team-mate Steve Owen from the top of the time sheets with 13 of the 40 minutes remaining.
Wood’s 57.67s lap proved 0.19s quicker than a subsequent effort by Eggleston Motorsport Holden driver Daniel Gaunt before the red flags flew with little over two minutes remaining.
The stoppage had been required to retrieve the Fords of Michael Hector and Nick McBride, with the former stuck in the sand at Turn 1, and the latter pulling off with a broken drive shaft.
Owen ended up third fastest ahead of Geoff Emery, Cameron Waters, George Miedecke, Paul Morris, Jack Perkins, Garry Jacobson and Rodney Jane.
Casey Stoner was an even second away from the pace in 15th after a session that included a late trip through the Turn 1 gravel.
The Dunlop Series field will return to the circuit for qualifying at 0830 local time tomorrow.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
| 1 | GB Galvanizing/Wilson Security | Dale Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 0:57.6661 | |
| 2 | Global Security Management | Daniel Gaunt | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:57.8580 | 0:00.1919 |
| 3 | Sherrin Rentals MWM | Steve Owen | Ford Falson FG | 0:57.9905 | 0:00.3244 |
| 4 | R&J Batteries/NDD | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:57.9915 | 0:00.3254 |
| 5 | Linde Material Handling | Cameron Waters | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.0115 | 0:00.3454 |
| 6 | I Seek | George Miedecke | Ford Falcon FG | 0:58.1283 | 0:00.4622 |
| 7 | Sargent Security Racing | Paul Morris | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.1508 | 0:00.4847 |
| 8 | Eggleston Motorsport | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore VE | 0:58.1619 | 0:00.4958 |
| 9 | Rodney Jane Racing | Gary Jacobson | Ford Falcon FG | 0:58.2430 | 0:00.5769 |
| 10 | Rodney Jane Racing | Rodney Jane | Ford Falcon FG | 0:58.3670 | 0:00.7009 |
| 11 | Arvo – Image Racing | Taz Douglas | Ford Falcon FG | 0:58.3801 | 0:00.7140 |
| 12 | Advam Racing | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.4530 | 0:00.7869 |
| 13 | Tony D’Alberto Racing | Nick McBride | Ford Falcon FG | 0:58.4737 | 0:00.8076 |
| 14 | Brad Jones Racing | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.6107 | 0:00.9446 |
| 15 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Casey Stoner | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.7089 | 0:01.0428 |
| 16 | Blackchrome Sports & Workwear | Sam Walter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 0:58.7105 | 0:01.0444 |
| 17 | Ozstaff Racing | Kristian Lindbom | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.0613 | 0:01.3952 |
| 18 | Infants Friend | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.0735 | 0:01.4074 |
| 19 | Go Karts Go | Drew Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.0786 | 0:01.4125 |
| 20 | Action Racing | Marcus Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 0:59.1514 | 0:01.4853 |
| 21 | Finance Ezi Racing | Josh Hunter | Ford Falocon FG | 0:59.2262 | 0:01.5601 |
| 22 | Miraflores Estate Harbour Exca | Morgan Haber | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.3666 | 0:01.7005 |
| 23 | Gulf Western Oil | Michael Hector | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.6054 | 0:01.9393 |
| 24 | CEG Rentals | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.7999 | 0:02.1338 |
| 25 | Finance Ezi Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Ford Falcon FG | 0:59.9228 | 0:02.2567 |
| 26 | Pacific Hoists & Hitachi | Nandi Kiss | Holden Commodore VE | 1:00.1302 | 0:02.4641 |
| 27 | Poll Performance | Jim Pollicina | Holden Commodore VE | 1:00.5782 | 0:02.9121 |
| 28 | Freightliner | Aaron Tebb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:00.6321 | 0:02.9660 |
| Resi | Aaron McGill | Holden Commodore VE2 |
