Ford Performance Racing's Cameron Waters topped both Dunlop Series practice sessions for Round 2 of the series at Winton.
The Enzed Ford ended the second session 0.19s clear of points leader Paul Dumbrell (Eggleston Holden).
The morning hit-out was, like the early V8 Supercars running, dominated by difficult track conditions as sealant in cracks on the circuit's surface broke away.
That left Waters' best of 1:27.1s barely within four seconds of the previous practice lap record.
The pace improved to 1:24.6s in the afternoon session, which ended with a brief rain shower.
“To top both practice sessions is a perfect start and I am feeling very confident about the rest of the weekend,” said Waters, who crashed out of the second race at Adelaide's season-opener in a clash with rival Ash Walsh.
“We made very few changes to the car and although we didn't do a huge amount of laps we got through our program as we needed to.
“I'm looking forward to getting out there again tomorrow and making amends for the last race in Adelaide.”
Andrew Jones emerged third fastest in his Brad Jones Racing Holden ahead of an impressive Morgan Haber (MW Motorsport Ford) and Chris Pither in the second BJR entry.
Steve Owen was eighth in his return outing with MWM, one place behind team-mate Andre Heimgartner.
Shane Price was 19th in his return to the class for THR Developments, while Tim Macrow 21st out of the 30 car field on his debut.
The Dunlop Series cars will return to the circuit for qualifying on Saturday from 0930 local time.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Difference |
1 | Cameron Waters | TEAM ENZED FPR | Ford Falcon FG | 1:24.7456* | |
2 | Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.9377 | 0:00.1921 |
3 | Andrew Jones | DGS/Fuchs | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:24.9594 | 0:00.2138 |
4 | Morgan Haber | Haber Excavations/Miraflores | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.1907 | 0:00.4451 |
5 | Chris Pither | Icebreak Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.2194 | 0:00.4738 |
6 | Geoff Emery | R&J Batteries | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.3197 | 0:00.5741 |
7 | Andre Heimgartner | Finance Ezi/MWM | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.3770 | 0:00.6314 |
8 | Steve Owen | East Coast Traffic Control | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.4876 | 0:00.7420 |
9 | Taz Douglas | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.5606 | 0:00.8150 |
10 | Aaren Russell | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.6954 | 0:00.9498 |
11 | Ashley Walsh | Infants Friend | Ford Falcon FG | 1:25.7357 | 0:00.9901 |
12 | Josh Kean | Vili's | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.7909 | 0:01.0453 |
13 | Ant Pedersen | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:25.9241 | 0:01.1785 |
14 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:26.1324 | 0:01.3868 |
15 | Paul Morris | Sargent Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:26.1376 | 0:01.3920 |
16 | Jack Le Brocq | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:26.1499 | 0:01.4043 |
17 | Marcus Zukanovic | Action Racing | Ford Falcon fg | 1:26.2524 | 0:01.5068 |
18 | Garry Jacobson | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:26.2771 | 0:01.5315 |
19 | Shane Price | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:26.5894 | 0:01.8438 |
20 | Garth Walden | CarTorque/Royal Purple | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:26.8304 | 0:02.0848 |
22 | Tim Macrow | Worldwide Gaming | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:27.7020 | 0:02.9564 |
22 | Dan Day | Street Fighter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.1158 | 0:03.3702 |
23 | Fredrik Lestrup | Pacific Hoists/Race Pilot | Ford Falocon FG | 1:28.1220 | 0:03.3764 |
24 | Aaron McGill | McGill Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.1526 | 0:03.4070 |
25 | Michael Hector | Gulf Western Oil | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.5872 | 0:03.8416 |
26 | Aaron Tebb | Voight Contracting | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.0936 | 0:04.3480 |
27 | Jordan Ormsby | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.2371 | 0:04.4915 |
28 | Brett Stewart | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.2702 | 0:04.5246 |
29 | Matt Hansen | Forpark/Aust Custom Moulders | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.8283 | 0:05.0827 |
30 | Jim Pollicina | Mocomm Communications | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.6280 | 0:05.8824 |
See below for the full Practice 1 result
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Difference |
1 | Cameron Waters | TEAM ENZED FPR | Ford Falcon FG | 1:27.1334* | |
2 | Steve Owen | East Coast Traffic Control | Ford Falcon FG | 1:27.3721 | 0:00.2387 |
3 | Andre Heimgartner | Finance Ezi/MWM | Ford Falcon FG | 1:27.5271 | 0:00.3937 |
4 | Andrew Jones | DGS/Fuchs | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:27.7471 | 0:00.6137 |
5 | Morgan Haber | Haber Excavations/Miraflores | Ford Falcon FG | 1:27.8019 | 0:00.6685 |
6 | Taz Douglas | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:27.8042 | 0:00.6708 |
7 | Garry Jacobson | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.1688 | 0:01.0354 |
8 | Ant Pedersen | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.3053 | 0:01.1719 |
9 | Paul Morris | Sargent Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.6006 | 0:01.4672 |
10 | Geoff Emery | R&J Batteries | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.6404 | 0:01.5070 |
11 | Chris Pither | Icebreak Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:28.7821 | 0:01.6487 |
12 | Jack Le Brocq | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:28.7982 | 0:01.6648 |
13 | Aaren Russell | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.0359 | 0:01.9025 |
14 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 1:29.0429 | 0:01.9095 |
15 | Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:29.0472 | 0:01.9138 |
16 | Marcus Zukanovic | Action Racing | Ford Falcon fg | 1:29.0629 | 0:01.9295 |
17 | Ashley Walsh | Infants Friend | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.1284 | 0:02.9950 |
18 | Shane Price | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.3237 | 0:03.1903 |
19 | Jordan Ormsby | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.3582 | 0:03.2248 |
20 | Matt Hansen | Forpark/Aust Custom Moulders | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.5384 | 0:03.4050 |
22 | Aaron McGill | McGill Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.6124 | 0:03.4790 |
22 | Jim Pollicina | Mocomm Communications | Ford Falcon FG | 1:30.7830 | 0:03.6496 |
23 | Josh Kean | Vili's | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:30.8184 | 0:03.6850 |
24 | Fredrik Lestrup | Pacific Hoists/Race Pilot | Ford Falocon FG | 1:31.1495 | 0:04.0161 |
25 | Garth Walden | CarTorque.com.au | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:31.1792 | 0:04.0458 |
26 | Tim Macrow | Worldwide Gaming | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:31.2922 | 0:04.1588 |
27 | Michael Hector | Gulf Western Oil | Ford Falcon FG | 1:32.5683 | 0:05.4349 |
28 | Dan Day | Street Fighter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:33.2648 | 0:06.1314 |
29 | Aaron Tebb | Voight Contracting | Holden Commodore VE2 | 1:34.9719 | 0:07.8385 |
30 | Brett Stewart | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | *:**.**** | *:**.**** |