Kurt Kostecki leads way in Super2 Practice 1 at QR

Kurt Kostecki was comfortably quickest in Practice 1 for Round 4 of the Dunlop Super2 Series at Queensland Raceway.

Kostecki placed his #55 Triple Eight VF Commodore at the head of the order after the first timed laps and remained there for the duration of the 40-minute session which was run in overcast conditions.

He finished almost half a second faster than second placed Ash Walsh, although the top 12 as a whole were within a second of each other.

Kurt Kostecki started off with a 1:11.6323s and was down to a 1:10.7531s by the conclusion of his first run.

He improved twice during his second run to a 1:10.3399s with just under 15 minutes remaining, which stood up the benchmark.

Walsh was slow initially, in terms of lap speed and accumulation of laps, before clocking a 1:10.8204s in his third run in the #35 Matt Stone Racing VF Commodore.

Will Brown was ultimately less than four hundredths of a second slower in the #38 Eggleston Motorsport VF Commodore, while Jack Smith was one of few to find time in the final runs as he consolidated fourth with a 1:10.8731s in the #21 Brad Jones Racing VF Commodore.

Series leader Bryce Fullwood (#16 Altima) was fifth in the first of the MW Motorsport entries, one spot ahead of rookie team-mate Tyler Everingham (#27 Altima).

Dylan O’Keeffe gained two positions with the chequered flag out to take seventh in the #44 Garry Rogers Motorsport VF Commodore, from Thomas Randle (#5 Tickford Racing FGX Falcon), Brenton Grove (#10 Triple Eight VF Commodore), and Jake Kostecki (#56 Kostecki Brothers Racing VF Commodore).

Zane Goddard, currently second in the series standings, was one spot outside the top 10 in the #28 MW Motorsport Altima.

Jack Perkins (#54 VF Commodore) finished 14th fastest in the third of the Melbourne-based Eggleston entries in what is the first Super2 round at Queensland Raceway since 2015.

The session ran interrupted, with the main incident a somewhat spectacular but fairly innocuous lock-up and off for Grove at Turn 3.

Practice 2, another 40-minute session, starts at 1400 local time/AEST at the Century Batteries Ipswich SuperSprint.

Results: Practice 1

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	55	Arcoweld Racing	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.3399
2	35	Matt Stone Racing	Ashley Walsh	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.8204	0:00.4805
3	38	Eggleston Motorsport	William Brown	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.8573	0:00.5174
4	21	SCT Logistics	Jack Smith	Holden Commodore VF	1:10.8731	0:00.5332
5	16	Middy’s Electrical / MWM	Bryce Fullwood	Nissan Altima	1:10.9080	0:00.5681
6	27	Lowes Petoleum / MWM	Tyler Everingham	Nissan Altima	1:11.0348	0:00.6949
7	44	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Dylan O’Keeffe	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.0848	0:00.7449
8	5	Skye Sands	Thomas Randle	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.0937	0:00.7538
9	10	Grove Hire Racing	Brenton Grove	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.1177	0:00.7778
10	56	Team Arcoweld Racing	Jake Kostecki	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.2114	0:00.8715
11	28	BGD Architects / MWM	Zane Goddard	Nissan Altima	1:11.2420	0:00.9021
12	99	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Mason Barbera	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.3355	0:00.9956
13	88	Eggleston Motorsport	Justin Ruggier	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.3431	0:01.0032
14	54	Eggleston Motorsport	Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.3648	0:01.0249
15	49	Image Racing	Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.3963	0:01.0564
16	15	Image Racing	Adam Marjoram	Holden Commodore VF	1:11.4984	0:01.1585
17	18	Cavaliar Homes Australia	Matthew Chahda	Ford Falcon FG/X	1:11.9283	0:01.5884