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Brown tops final practice by 0.3s, Golding 19th

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Will Brown’s shootout simulation saw him finish up three tenths clear of the field in final practice at Hidden Valley. Image: InSyde Media

The session finished with a Red Bull Ampol Racing one-two, Brown on a 1:06.2120s which he set before two offs at Turn 1 and on a 1:06.5122s.

‘s Cam Waters was another tenth off the pace around Hidden Valley Raceway in third place, with 0.8617s away from top spot in the #31 entry.

The 30-minute, Saturday morning session was open to dual objectives for the drivers who have made today’s Top 10 Shootout.

Fastest initially were some of those who qualified for the one-lap dash, with Andre Heimgartner wheeling the #8 R&J Batteries Camaro to a 1:06.8586s on his first flyer.

Once the first runs were done, Waters (#6 Monster Energy ) held sway on a 1:06.6301s from fellow shootout starter Anton De Pasquale (#11 Shell V-Power ) on a 1:06.6331s and Heimgartner on a 1:06.6899s.

Championship leader Brown (#87 Camaro) pushed the benchmark to a 1:06.2120s with a shootout simulation on his second run, moving him 0.4181s clear of the field.

Feeney (#88 Camaro) was then sent for his shootout sim and jumped to second on a 1:06.5122s, still 0.3002s away from #87.

Meanwhile, Brown was off twice at Turn 1, either side of Waters also having an excursion at the end of the kilometre-long pit straight.

There was then a scare for Waters in the lane when he was dropped with a wheel man still screwing the right-front onto the #6 Mustang, although they were able to avoid a major incident.

Brown and Feeney were dispatched on used tyres, after opposing set-up changes, for the final run, with a number of others on new tyres.

Waters and De Pasquale remained third and fourth respectively while Brad Jones Racing’s Bryce Fullwood (#14 Middy’s Camaro), who is not in today’s shootout, climbed to fifth with a 1:06.6406s just before the chequered flag.

Fullwood’s team-mate Heimgartner ended up sixth, from Thomas Randle (#55 Castrol Mustang), Nick Percat (#10 Bendix Camaro), Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Mustang), and David Reynolds (#20 Tradie Beer Camaro).

Brodie Kostecki (#1 Camaro) finished 16th, Matt Payne (#19 Penrite Mustang) 17th, and Supercheap Auto wildcard Cooper Murray (#888 Camaro) 18th in the third Triple Eight Race Engineering entry.

(#31 Nulon Camaro) went as quick as a 1:07.0737s and Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert finished up 20th on a 1:07.0746s in the #25 Mobil 1 Optus Mustang.

The next session is the Top 10 Shootout for Race 11, from 11:35 local time/12:05 AEST.

Results: Practice 2

Pos Num Team/Sponsor Driver Car Fastest lap Split
1 87 Red Bull Ampol Racing William Brown Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.2120  
2 88 Red Bull Ampol Racing Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.5122 0:00.3002
3 6 Monster Castrol Racing Cameron Waters Ford Mustang 1:06.6301 0:00.4181
4 11 Shell V-Power Racing Team Anton De Pasquale Ford Mustang GT 1:06.6331 0:00.4211
5 14 Middy’s Racing Bryce Fullwood Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.6406 0:00.4286
6 8 R&J Batteries Racing Andre Heimgartner Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.6899 0:00.4779
7 55 Monster Castrol Racing Thomas Randle Ford Mustang GT 1:06.7157 0:00.5037
8 10 Bendix Racing Nick Percat Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.8408 0:00.6288
9 17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Will Davison Ford Mustang GT 1:06.8529 0:00.6409
10 20 TRADIE Beer Racing David Reynolds Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.8634 0:00.6514
11 18 Dewalt Racing Mark Winterbottom Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.8719 0:00.6599
12 23 PremiAir Nulon Racing Tim Slade Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.9221 0:00.7101
13 9 Jack Le Brocq Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.9301 0:00.7181
14 7 Snowy River Racing James Courtney Ford Mustang GT 1:06.9560 0:00.7440
15 26 Penrite Racing Richie Stanaway Ford Mustang GT 1:06.9668 0:00.7548
16 1 Erebus Motorsport Brodie Kostecki Chev Camaro ZL1 1:06.9866 0:00.7746
17 19 Penrite Racing Matthew Payne Ford Mustang GT 1:07.0088 0:00.7968
18 888 Supercheap Auto Racing Cooper Murray Chev Camaro ZL1 1:07.0465 0:00.8345
19 31 PremiAir Nulon Racing James Golding Chev Camaro ZL1 1:07.0737 0:00.8617
20 25 Mobil 1 Optus Racing Chaz Mostert Ford Mustang GT 1:07.0746 0:00.8626
21 4 Dabble Racing Cameron Hill Chev Camaro ZL1 1:07.0823 0:00.8703
22 96 Pizza Hut Racing Macauley Jones Chev Camaro ZL1 1:07.1034 0:00.8914
23 2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing Ryan Wood Ford Mustang GT 1:07.1251 0:00.9131
24 12 SCT Motorsport Jaxon Evans Chev Camaro ZL1 1:07.1388 0:00.9268
25 3 CoolDrive Racing Aaron Love Ford Mustang GT 1:07.3178 0:01.1058

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