Will Davison has signalled his intentions to take his maiden victory for Ford Performance Racing this weekend by comfortably topping the first all-in session of the weekend.
Davison set a 1:28.27s lap at the 12 minute mark of the half-hour session to remove Practice 2 pace-setter Michael Caruso from the top spot, before lowering the benchmark by a further 0.23s on his final attempt.
Caruso hung on for second ahead of his team-mate Lee Holdsworth, with Craig Lowndes, Mark Winterbottom, Jason Bright, Jonathon Webb, Todd Kelly, Paul Dumbrell and Shane van Gisbergen rounding out the top 10.
Karl Reindler brought out an early red flag in Practice 3, burying the right-front corner of his Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Commodore into the Turn 8 exit tyre barrier after just eight minutes.
Dean Fiore also caused a red flag interruption – the Triple F Falcon sliding through the tyre bundles at the Turn 6/7 chicane after the West Australian lost control in the braking area.
Tony D’Alberto too struck dramas, with a loose oil line leaving him with just six laps completed for the session.
See below for the Practice 3 result
| 1 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.0382 | |
| 2 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.2640 | 0:00.2258 |
| 3 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.2804 | 0:00.2422 |
| 4 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.3798 | 0:00.3416 |
| 5 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.3989 | 0:00.3607 |
| 6 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.4889 | 0:00.4507 |
| 7 | Mother Energy Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.6227 | 0:00.5845 |
| 8 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.6788 | 0:00.6406 |
| 9 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.6988 | 0:00.6606 |
| 10 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.7293 | 0:00.6911 |
| 11 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.7564 | 0:00.7182 |
| 12 | Wilson Security Team McGrath | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.8002 | 0:00.7620 |
| 13 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.8653 | 0:00.8271 |
| 14 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.9889 | 0:00.9507 |
| 15 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.0419 | 0:01.0037 |
| 16 | Jana Living Racing | Jason Bargwanna | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.1613 | 0:01.1231 |
| 17 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.1839 | 0:01.1457 |
| 18 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.2342 | 0:01.1960 |
| 19 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.2448 | 0:01.2066 |
| 20 | Toll Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.2874 | 0:01.2492 |
| 21 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.3532 | 0:01.3150 |
| 22 | Triple F Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.5086 | 0:01.4704 |
| 23 | Irwin Racing | Alex Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.5169 | 0:01.4787 |
| 24 | Bundaberg Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.5904 | 0:01.5522 |
| 25 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.7239 | 0:01.6857 |
| 26 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.9343 | 0:01.8961 |
| 27 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Warren Luff | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.6261 | 0:02.5879 |
| 28 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:31.3266 | 0:03.2884 |
