Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes have completed TeamVodafone’s domination of the opening day of running at the Armor All Gold Coast 600.
The Triple Eight Race Engineering Commodores also took the top two spots in the day’s two co-driver only sessions, thanks to the efforts of Sebastien Bourdais and Andy Priaulx.
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Whincup ended Practice 4 with the best official time of 1:12.05s to be just 0.01s clear of team-mate Lowndes.
Controversy reigned however as drivers throughout the field continued to have their times disallowed for kerb-hopping.
Trading Post FPR’s Will Davison was third fastest in the final session, ahead of Stone Brothers Racing pair Tim Slade and Shane van Gisbergen.
Slade ran down the Turn 11 escape road on both of his last two runs, having led the field when red flags appeared as the midway mark approached.
Rick Kelly’s Jack Daniel’s Racing Commodore was the cause of the stoppage, having ground to a halt on the inside of the Turn 6/7/8/9/10 chicane.
The main drivers completed the majority of the running in the final session, with just eight internationals venturing onto the circuit – most of whom doing so as part of their driver change practice programs.
See below for the official Practice 4 result
| 1 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.0546 | |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.0646 | 0:00.0100 |
| 3 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.1800 | 0:00.1254 |
| 4 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.1880 | 0:00.1334 |
| 5 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.3594 | 0:00.3048 |
| 6 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.3765 | 0:00.3219 |
| 7 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.3805 | 0:00.3259 |
| 8 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | M.Winterbottom/R.Lyons | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.4501 | 0:00.3955 |
| 9 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.5149 | 0:00.4603 |
| 10 | Irwin Racing | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.5291 | 0:00.4745 |
| 11 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | P.Dumbrell/C.Klien | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.5413 | 0:00.4867 |
| 12 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.6734 | 0:00.6188 |
| 13 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.7232 | 0:00.6686 |
| 14 | Toll Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.7335 | 0:00.6789 |
| 15 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.7789 | 0:00.7243 |
| 16 | Bundaberg Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.8144 | 0:00.7598 |
| 17 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | T.Kelly/R.Westbrook | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.8721 | 0:00.8175 |
| 18 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:12.9629 | 0:00.9083 |
| 19 | Jana Living Racing | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:12.9882 | 0:00.9336 |
| 20 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:13.0021 | 0:00.9475 |
| 21 | Wilson Security Racing | T.D’Alberto/V.Liuzzi | Ford Falcon FG | 1:13.0294 | 0:00.9748 |
| 22 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:13.1066 | 0:01.0520 |
| 23 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:13.2565 | 0:01.2019 |
| 24 | Mother Energy Racing Team | J.Webb/G.de Ferran | Ford Falcon FG | 1:13.3653 | 0:01.3107 |
| 25 | Team Boc | J.Bright/S.Sarrazin | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:13.5433 | 0:01.4887 |
| 26 | Westrac Racing | D.Fiore/G.Morbidelli | Ford Falcon FG | 1:13.6329 | 0:01.5783 |
| 27 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | W.Luff/M.Franchitti | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:13.8639 | 0:01.8093 |
| 28 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:14.0446 | 0:01.9900 |
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