Red flag ends V8 Practice 2 early
Slade ended Practice 2 on top
A red flag has seen an early end to the second V8 Supercars practice session of the day at Winton Motor Raceway.
Tim Slade’s benchmark time of 1:23.40s was rendered unbeatable when Jonathan Webb (Mother Energy Racing) became stranded in the Turn 3 sand trap in the final minutes.
Steven Richards was the fastest of the co-drivers, setting the second fastest time aboard Mark Winterbottom’s #5 Orrcon Steel Ford Performance Racing Falcon.
Paul Dumbrell (The Bottle-O Racing), Michael Caruso (Fujitsu Racing), Greg Murphy Pepsi Max Racing), James Moffat (Jim Beam Racing), Todd Kelly(Jack Daniel’s Racing), Dean Fiore (Triple F Racing), Nick Percat (Toll Holden Racing Team) and David Reynolds (Stratco Racing) rounded out the top 10.
See below for the full session result
| 1 | Lucky 7 Racing | T.Slade/D.Gaunt | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.3995 | |
| 2 | Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon | Steven Richards | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.5245 | 0:00.1250 |
| 3 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Paul Dumbrell | Ford Falcon FG | 1:23.5584 | 0:00.1589 |
| 4 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.8590 | 0:00.4595 |
| 5 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:23.9617 | 0:00.5622 |
| 6 | Jim Beam Racing | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.1186 | 0:00.7191 |
| 7 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.1748 | 0:00.7753 |
| 8 | Triple F Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.2360 | 0:00.8365 |
| 9 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.3042 | 0:00.9047 |
| 10 | Stratco Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.4903 | 0:01.0908 |
| 11 | Supercheap Auto Racing | R.Ingall/J.Perkins | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.5424 | 0:01.1429 |
| 12 | Team BOC | Jason Richards | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.5596 | 0:01.1601 |
| 13 | TeamVodafone | Mark Skaife | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.6284 | 0:01.2289 |
| 14 | VIP Petfoods | S.Owen/P.Morris | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.8192 | 0:01.4197 |
| 15 | Toll Holden Racing Team | Cameron McConville | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.0458 | 0:01.6463 |
| 16 | Jana Living Racing | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.1163 | 0:01.7168 |
| 17 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Marcus Marshall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.1446 | 0:01.7451 |
| 18 | SP Tools Racing | John McIntyre | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.3227 | 0:01.9232 |
| 19 | Mother Energy Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.4894 | 0:02.0899 |
| 20 | Bundaberg Racing | Craig Baird | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.9483 | 0:02.5488 |
| 21 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.9895 | 0:02.5900 |
| 22 | Trading Post FPR Falcon | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon FG | 1:26.0738 | 0:02.6743 |
| 23 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Owen Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:26.1286 | 0:02.7291 |
| 24 | Wilson Security Racing | Dale Wood | Ford Falcon FG | 1:26.1474 | 0:02.7479 |
| 25 | Gulf Western Oil Racing | Nathan Pretty | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:27.0883 | 0:03.6888 |
| 26 | TeamVodafone | Andrew Thompson | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.0678 | 0:04.6683 |
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