Moffat tops Carrera Cup practice at The Bend

James Moffat ended the opening day’s running at The Bend Motorsport Park fastest ahead of this weekend’s round of Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia.

Continuing his strong form from recent races, Moffat topped both practice sessions, lowering his own benchmark by over seven tenths from the first session to the second.

The Wall Racing driver left his run late in Practice 2, sitting out much of the opening half before his first flying lap moved him half a second clear of team boss David Wall at the top of the session.

It was an effort that could have been even faster, Moffat losing half a second in the final sector of the lap as he caught slower traffic.

He ended the day four tenths faster than Michael Almond and Jordan Love, the Sonic pair split by just one hundredth of a second.

Jaxon Evans had been second fastest in opening practice but slipped to fourth best after he found just three tenths between sessions.

The leading five runners in Practice 2 managed times under that set by Moffat in the morning.

Adrian Flack proved the fastest of the Pro-Am runners, his 1:52.9755s lap in the second practice session ninth fastest overall.

Carrera Cup is next on track for qualifying at 1210 (local time) on Saturday ahead of a 20 lap race at 1450.

Results: Combined Practice

Pos	Car	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Class	Sess.	Fastest lap	Split
1	18	Payce/Wilson Security/JBL	James Moffat	P	P2	1:51.2942
2	77	Bob Jane T Marts/PSA	Michael Almond	P	P2	1:51.7413	0:00.4471
3	777	Bob Jane T Marts	Jordan Love	P	P2	1:51.7539	0:00.4597
4	7	Morris Finance	Jaxon Evans	P	P2	1:51.8851	0:00.5909
5	1	PAYCE/Wilson Security	David Wall	P	P2	1:51.9491	0:00.6549
6	88	APB Group	Dylan O’Keeffe	P	P2	1:52.5643	0:01.2701
7	888	Porsche Centre Brighton	Glenn Wood	P	P2	1:52.6457	0:01.3515
8	8	Porsche Centre Melbourne	Nick McBride	P	P2	1:52.9631	0:01.6689
9	20	Agas National	Adrian Flack	A	P2	1:52.9755	0:01.6813
10	100	Sonic/Polyflor	Dale Wood	P	P1	1:53.1547	0:01.8605
11	13	The Bend/htfu	Sam Shahin	A	P1	1:53.2044	0:01.9102
12	12	Garwood Motorsport	Adam Garwood	P	P2	1:53.5481	0:02.2539
13	23	JBS Australia	Roger Lago	A	P2	1:53.6505	0:02.3563
14	4	Grove Group	Stephen Grove	A	P2	1:53.7932	0:02.4990
15	111	Sthn Star Truck Center/SEEARS	Cameron Hill	P	P2	1:53.9293	0:02.6351
16	19	Hallmark Homes	Anthony Gilbertson	A	P2	1:54.0560	0:02.7618
17	6	Miles Advisory Partners/Garage	Tim Miles	A	P2	1:54.2224	0:02.9282
18	14	Sonic/Totally 4×4	Peter Major	P	P1	1:54.2339	0:02.9397
19	22	BMF/Pitman Racing	Dean Cook	A	P2	1:54.6903	0:03.3961
20	80	WM Waste Management	Max Twigg	A	P2	1:54.9235	0:03.6293
21	15	LORY Construction	Benjamin Stack	A	P2	1:55.3063	0:04.0121
22	9	Hallmarc	Marc Cini	A	P1	1:57.2831	0:05.9889
23	35	Hyundai Forklifts Australia	Indiran Padayachee	A	P2	1:57.5112	0:06.2170
24	131	Harcourts Williams	Graham Williams	A	P2	1:58.4258	0:07.1316