Waters on top in Dunlop Series practice

Ford Performance Racing’s Cameron Waters topped both Dunlop Series practice sessions for Round 2 of the series at Winton.

The Enzed Ford ended the second session 0.19s clear of points leader Paul Dumbrell (Eggleston Holden).

The morning hit-out was, like the early V8 Supercars running, dominated by difficult track conditions as sealant in cracks on the circuit’s surface broke away.

That left Waters’ best of 1:27.1s barely within four seconds of the previous practice lap record.

The pace improved to 1:24.6s in the afternoon session, which ended with a brief rain shower.

“To top both practice sessions is a perfect start and I am feeling very confident about the rest of the weekend,” said Waters, who crashed out of the second race at Adelaide’s season-opener in a clash with rival Ash Walsh.

“We made very few changes to the car and although we didn’t do a huge amount of laps we got through our program as we needed to.

“I’m looking forward to getting out there again tomorrow and making amends for the last race in Adelaide.”

Andrew Jones emerged third fastest in his Brad Jones Racing Holden ahead of an impressive Morgan Haber (MW Motorsport Ford) and Chris Pither in the second BJR entry.

Steve Owen was eighth in his return outing with MWM, one place behind team-mate Andre Heimgartner.

Shane Price was 19th in his return to the class for THR Developments, while Tim Macrow 21st out of the 30 car field on his debut.

The Dunlop Series cars will return to the circuit for qualifying on Saturday from 0930 local time.

See below for the full Practice 2 result

See below for the full Practice 1 result