Alex Davison fastest in mixed second practice

Alex Davison has recorded the fastest time in a second Townsville practice session that featured a mix of tyre compounds and driving talents.

With primary drivers in the bottom 50 percent of the championship invited to join the co-drivers for the second practice hit-out, a total of 24 cars took to the track.

Davison and IRWIN Racing’s Lee Holdsworth recorded fast early times on pre-marked soft compound tyres to sit atop the order for the majority of the 30 minutes.

Tim Slade, another to enjoy healthy pre-marked softs after being involved in the opening lap melee last time out at Hidden Valley, set the third fastest time.

Scott Pye impressed with fourth on hard compound tyres while Will Davison’s co-driver Steve Owen was fifth.

Scott McLaughlin, Jamie Whincup’s co-driver Paul Dumbrell, Alexandre Premat, Karl Reindler and Chaz Mostert completed the top 10.

Fast-man in opening practice, Steven Richards, was just 14th fastest after undertaking a single 19 lap run in the #5 Pepsi Max Ford.

By contrast, Ingall completed just seven laps after being garage bound for much of the 30 minutes undergoing major set-up adjustments.

See below for the full Practice 1 results

1	Jeld-wen FPR Ford	Alex Davison	Ford Falcon FG	1:14.0305*
2	Irwin Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:14.0667	0:00.0362
3	Heavy Haulage Australia Racing	Tim Slade	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:14.8810	0:00.8505
4	ekol Racing	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.0923	0:01.0618
5	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	Steve Owen	Ford Falcon FG	1:15.0960	0:01.0655
6	Fujitsu Racing GRM	Scott McLaughlin	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.2016	0:01.1711
7	Red Bull Racing Australia	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.2131	0:01.1826
8	Fujitsu Racing GRM	Alexandre Premat	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.2383	0:01.2078
9	Jack Daniel’s Racing	Karl Reindler	Nissan Altima	1:15.3534	0:01.3229
10	Wilson Security Racing	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG	1:15.3638	0:01.3333
11	Red Bull Racing Australia	Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.3856	0:01.3551
12	Dodo Insurance Racing	Dean Fiore	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.4116	0:01.3811
13	Norton 360 Racing	Taz Douglas	Nissan Altima	1:15.4151	0:01.3846
14	Pepsi Max Crew FPR Ford	Steven Richards	Ford Falcon FG	1:15.5077	0:01.4772
15	Norton 360 Racing	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	1:15.5095	0:01.4790
16	Wilson Security Racing	David Wall	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.5412	0:01.5107
17	Team BOC	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.5647	0:01.5342
18	Holden Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.6653	0:01.6348
19	Supercheap Auto Racing	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.6849	0:01.6544
20	Lockwood Racing	Luke Youlden	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.7453	0:01.7148
21	Jack Daniel’s Racing	T.Kelly/D.Russell	Nissan Altima	1:15.7879	0:01.7574
22	Team HIFLEX	Tony D’Alberto	Holden Commodore VF	1:15.8095	0:01.7790
23	Wilson Security Racing	Tim Blanchard	Ford Falcon FG	1:15.8809	0:01.8504
24	SP Tools Racing	Maro Engel	Mercedes E63 AMG	1:15.9416	0:01.9111