Steven Johnson has led a trio of Dick Johnson Racing Falcons at the top of the order in Practice 2 for the V8 Supercars at the Sucrogen Townsville 400.
The second session to be run for the endurance co-drivers and bottom 50 percent of the championship saw Johnson lap in a best of 1:14.19s.
Johnson traded fastest times with Owen in the middle of the session, with the VIP Petfood Falcon driver’s quickest effort proving just 0.03s slower.
James Moffat, Paul Dumbrell and Cameron McConville rounded out the top five.
A single red flag for debris proved the only stoppage during the 30 minutes.
Jacques Villeneuve was again slowest of the 28 cars, but managed to chip almost a full second from his morning best to end up just 2.64s from the pace.
Nick Percat was just one place further up the order in Garth Tander’s Holden Racing Team Commodore having completed just four laps. The Dunlop Series regular flat-spotted his set of pre-marked soft tyres with a lock-up at Turn 2 during the early minutes of the session.
All 28 regular championship drivers will take part in Practice 3, set to kick-off at 1255 local time.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
| 1 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.1940 | |
| 2 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.2279 | 0:00.0339 |
| 3 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.3205 | 0:00.1265 |
| 4 | TeamVodafone | Paul Dumbrell | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:14.6384 | 0:00.4444 |
| 5 | Holden Racing Team | Cameron McConville | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:14.6417 | 0:00.4477 |
| 6 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.7481 | 0:00.5541 |
| 7 | TeamVodafone | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:14.7608 | 0:00.5668 |
| 8 | Irwin Racing | Craig Baird | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.9629 | 0:00.7689 |
| 9 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Steven Richards | Ford Falcon FG | 1:14.9865 | 0:00.7925 |
| 10 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:14.9974 | 0:00.8034 |
| 11 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.0672 | 0:00.8732 |
| 12 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.0946 | 0:00.9006 |
| 13 | Trading Post FPR Ford | John McIntyre | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.1449 | 0:00.9509 |
| 14 | Supercheap Auto Racing | R.Ingall/C.Klien | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.2831 | 0:01.0891 |
| 15 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.3180 | 0:01.1240 |
| 16 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Tim Blanchard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.3242 | 0:01.1302 |
| 17 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Dean Canto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.4957 | 0:01.3017 |
| 18 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.5013 | 0:01.3073 |
| 19 | Lockwood Racing | David Besnard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.5412 | 0:01.3472 |
| 20 | Lucky 7 Racing | Andrew Thompson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.6584 | 0:01.4644 |
| 21 | Team iSelect | T.Douglas/S.Pye | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.6614 | 0:01.4674 |
| 22 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | K.Reindler/D.Gaunt | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.7026 | 0:01.5086 |
| 23 | SP Tools Racing | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.7122 | 0:01.5182 |
| 24 | Team Hiflex | Dale Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 1:15.8805 | 0:01.6865 |
| 25 | Team BOC | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.9098 | 0:01.7158 |
| 26 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Greg Ritter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:15.9391 | 0:01.7451 |
| 27 | Holden Racing Team | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:16.6855 | 0:02.4915 |
| 28 | Pepsi Max Crew | Jaques Villeneuve | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:16.8314 | 0:02.6374 |
See below for Speedcafe.com’s Sucrogen Townsville 400 Race Guide
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