Reynolds blitzes Practice 3 as SVG crashes 

David Reynolds set a blistering pace to head the times while Shane van Gisbergen found the wall in Practice 3 for the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.

The Erebus Motorsport driver saved his best until the final minutes as he produced an impressive 2:05.09s effort to top an eventful 60 minute session at Mount Panorama.

“I gave a little bit away across the top and did a bad job somewhere, but that is what practice is about,” said Reynolds.

“My car has performed really well today, all the team has been fantastic, it is good to be ‘Thursday pole’.”

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Reynolds’ time surpassed Supercars championship leader Scott McLaughlin, who had topped the majority of the session.

McLaughlin’s time turned heads in the paddock as the Shell V-Power Racing driver occupied a margin of more than a second over the field for large periods.

While Reynolds and  McLaughlin impressed, race contender van Gisbergen brought out the red flags at the halfway point when he suffered a crash at The Dipper.

The Red Bull Holden driver ran wide at the corner before hitting the concrete wall, which left the Commodore with damage to the left front and rear.

The session was halted again with 12 minutes remaining when Simona de Silvestro’s Nissan ground to halt at the Conrod Straight with an electrical problem.

Once the action resumed, a flurry of fast times arrived.

Shell V-Power Racing’s Fabian Coulthard ended up in third ahead of Garry Rogers Motorsport’s Garth Tander.

Red Bull Holden’s Jamie Whincup was among those to improve in the dying minutes as he slotted into fifth, while Brad Jones Racing secured sixth through Nick Percat in the #8 entry.

The top 10 was completed by Mark Winterbottom (Prodrive), Jason Bright (Prodrive), Scott Pye (Mobil 1 HSV Racing) and last year’s winner Will Davison (Tekno Autosports).

Triple Eight’s Craig Lowndes finished in 11th spot.

Results: Virgin Australian Supercars Championship Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Practice 3

1	9	Erebus Penrite Racing	David Reynolds	Holden Commodore VF	2:05.0932
2	17	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon FG/X	2:05.1276	0.0344
3	12	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon FG/X	2:05.3279	0.2347
4	33	Wilson Security Racing GRM	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	2:05.4902	0.3970
5	88	Red Bull Holden Racing Aust	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	2:05.6187	0.5255
6	8	Brad Jones Racing	N.Percat/M.Jones	Holden Commodore VF	2:05.7945	0.7013
7	5	The Bottle-O Racing Team	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG/X	2:05.8420	0.7488
8	56	MEGA Racing	Jason Bright	Ford Falcon FG/X	2:05.8841	0.7909
9	02	Mobil 1 HSV Racing	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	2:05.9818	0.8886
10	19	TEKNO Woodstock Racing	W.Davison/J.Webb	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.0245	0.9313
11	888	TeamVortex	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.0549	0.9617
12	22	Mobil 1 HSV Racing	J.Courtney/J.Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.0654	0.9722
13	20	carsales Racing	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	2:06.1414	1.0482
14	99	Erebus GB Galvanizing Racing	Dale Wood	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.2260	1.1328
15	6	Monster Energy Racing	Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG/X	2:06.2355	1.1423
16	34	Wilson Security Racing GRM	J.Moffat/R.Muscat	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.2358	1.1426
17	23	Nissan Motorsport	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	2:06.3242	1.2310
18	18	Preston Hire Racing	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.3621	1.2689
19	15	Sengled Racing	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	2:06.4331	1.3399
20	97	Red Bull Holden Racing Aust	Shane Van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	2:06.4469	1.3537
21	55	Supercheap Auto Racing	C.Mostert/S.Owen	Ford Falcon FG/X	2:06.4972	1.4040
22	21	Team CoolDrive	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	2:07.0877	1.9945
23	78	Team Harvey Norman	Simona De Silvestro	Nissan Altima	2:07.5211	2.4279
24	3	Plus Fitness Racing	A.Russell/T.Douglas	Holden Commodore VF	2:08.5739	3.4807
25	62	Repair Management Aust Racing	Alex Davison	Holden Commodore VF	2:09.4152	4.3220