Waters sets benchmark in Dunlop Series practice

Cameron Waters has made a strong start to his bid for the 2015 Dunlop Series crown, topping both practice sessions at the Clipsal 500 Adelaide.

The Prodrive Ford ended the second session over a second clear of the field, setting a best of 1:22.10s on his flying final lap.

MW Motorsport’s Chris Pither was second fastest in Practice 2 from Taz Douglas, who has stepped aboard one of THR Developments’ ex-Kelly Racing Holdens this weekend.

Reigning series winner Paul Dumbrell was demoted to fourth in the closing stages ahead of Jack Le Brocq, Josh Kean, Paul Morris, Andrew Jones, Todd Hazelwood and Brett Hobson.

Hobson had been the cause of the session’s only red flag, spinning in an incident with Aaron McGill at Turn 4 with 10 of the 30 minutes remaining.

McGill’s Holden suffered rear-end damage in the incident, which left Hobson’s entry stranded on the circuit.

The red flags had to be called early in the opening session when debutant Jamie Sharp crashed heavily in the Senna Chicane.

The Dunlop Series field will return to the circuit for a two-part qualifying session later this afternoon.

VIDEO: Dunlop Series Practice 1 highlights


VIDEO: Dunlop Series Practice 2 highlights

Result: Dunlop Series Practice 1

Position	Team	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	TEAM ENZED PDR	Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG	1:23.3447
2	Eggleston Motorsport	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.4611	0:00.1164
3	Team Advam	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.8410	0:00.4963
4	Eggleston Motorsport	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.9157	0:00.5710
5	United Racing	Paul Morris	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.5130	0:01.1683
6	Eggleston Motorsport	Ant Pedersen	Holden Commodore VE2	1:24.5936	0:01.2489
7	Icebreak Racing	Chris Pither	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.7981	0:01.4534
8	Matt Stone Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.8873	0:01.5426
9	THR Developments	Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VE2	1:24.9219	0:01.5772
10	Plus Fitness / Go Karts Go	Aaren Russell	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.9541	0:01.6094
11	MW Motorsport	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.9624	0:01.6177
12	Wynns Racing	Josh Kean	Holden Commodore VE2	1:25.2800	0:01.9353
13	Gippsland Body Builders GRM	James Golding	Holden Commodore VE2	1:25.4603	0:02.1156
14	Brad Jones Racing	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VE2	1:25.7563	0:02.4116
15	Dav Bridge	Shae Davies	Ford Falcon FG	1:25.8607	0:02.5160
16	Street Fighter Performance Upg	Dan Day	Holden Commodore VE2	1:25.9331	0:02.5884
17	Challenger / Schweppes Aust	Brett Hobson	Holden Commodore VE2	1:26.1953	0:02.8506
18	Hayman Reese	Jesse Dixon	Ford Falcon FG	1:26.5338	0:03.1891
19	Super Black Racing	Simon Evans	Ford Falcon FG	1:26.5578	0:03.2131
20	Warrin Mining Volvo CE	Adam Wallis	Holden Commodore VE2	1:26.5819	0:03.2372
21	Matt Hansen Racing	Matt Hansen	Holden Commodore VE2	1:26.6644	0:03.3197
22	Rsport Race Engineering	Matt Chada	Holden Commodore VE2	1:27.6622	0:04.3175
23	Fujitsu Racing	Renee Gracie	Ford Falcon FG	1:27.9747	0:04.6300
24	Bryce Fullwood Racing	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore VE	1:28.5568	0:05.2121
25	Battery World Racing	Aaron McGill	Holden Commodore VE2	1:28.7671	0:05.4224
26	Arcoplate / Penrite	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore VE2	1:28.8097	0:05.4650
27	THR Developments	Chelsea Angelo	Holden Commodore VE2	1:28.8789	0:05.5342
28	Jamie Sharp Racing	Jamie Sharp	Holden Commodore VE2	1:30.3202	0:06.9755

Result: Dunlop Series Practice 2

Position	Team	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	TEAM ENZED PDR	Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG	1:22.0984
2	Icebreak Racing	Chris Pither	Ford Falcon FG	1:23.1088	0:01.0104
3	THR Developments	Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.3859	0:01.2875
4	Eggleston Motorsport	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.4701	0:01.3717
5	MW Motorsport	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Falcon FG	1:23.4742	0:01.3758
6	Wynns Racing	Josh Kean	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.5592	0:01.4608
7	United Racing	Paul Morris	Ford Falcon FG	1:23.6674	0:01.5690
8	Team Advam	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.6771	0:01.5787
9	Matt Stone Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Ford Falcon FG	1:23.7854	0:01.6870
10	Challenger / Schweppes Aust	Brett Hobson	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.8451	0:01.7467
11	Eggleston Motorsport	Ant Pedersen	Holden Commodore VE2	1:23.9892	0:01.8908
12	Plus Fitness / Go Karts Go	Aaren Russell	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.0710	0:01.9726
13	Dav Bridge	Shae Davies	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.2471	0:02.1487
14	Gippsland Body Builders GRM	James Golding	Holden Commodore VE2	1:24.3943	0:02.2959
15	Hayman Reese	Jesse Dixon	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.4382	0:02.3398
16	Street Fighter Performance	Dan Day	Holden Commodore VE2	1:24.5196	0:02.4212
17	Super Black Racing	Simon Evans	Ford Falcon FG	1:24.5389	0:02.4405
18	Brad Jones Racing	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VE2	1:24.7958	0:02.6974
19	Fujitsu Racing	Renee Gracie	Ford Falcon FG	1:25.4587	0:03.3603
20	Warrin Mining Volvo CE	Adam Wallis	Holden Commodore VE2	1:25.4982	0:03.3998
21	Matt Hansen Racing	Matt Hansen	Holden Commodore VE2	1:25.5552	0:03.4568
22	Battery World Racing	Aaron McGill	Holden Commodore VE2	1:26.3174	0:04.2190
23	Arcoplate / Penrite	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore VE2	1:26.4166	0:04.3182
24	THR Developments	Chelsea Angelo	Holden Commodore VE2	1:26.7690	0:04.6706
25	Rsport Race Engineering	Matt Chada	Holden Commodore VE2	1:27.1304	0:05.0320
26	Bryce Fullwood Racing	Bryce Fullwood	Holden Commodore VE	1:27.2004	0:05.1020
27	Eggleston Motorsport	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore VE2

Result