Cameron Waters
Cameron Waters has gone fastest in Practice 2 at the Robson Civil Projects Townsville SuperSprint by a margin of 0.0029s over Scott McLaughlin.
McLaughlin held sway for much of the half-hour session and drove the #17 Shell V-Power Mustang to a 1:12.3421s in the final minutes.
The championship leader was knocked off top spot after the chequered flag when Waters set his 1:12.3392s in Tickford Racing’s #6 Monster Energy Mustang, beating James Courtney’s Practice 1 benchmark by almost three tenths.
Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert finished third at 0.1216s off the pace, ahead of Courtney (#44 Boost Mobile Mustang) and the Red Bull Holden Racing Team’s Jamie Whincup.
The latter was quickest after the first runs with a 1:12.5045s in the #88 ZB Commodore before McLaughlin, on new tyres, clocked a 1:12.4512s.
While only 0.0533s separated those two title combatants at the time, Mostert managed to split them when he put in a 1:12.4899s in the #25 Mobil 1 Appliances Online ZB Commodore.
As was the case in the previous hit-out, the order settled before being shaken up again in the final runs.
Mostert improved to a 1:12.4608s in the last minute, not long after McLaughlin’s final run, before Courtney jumped to third with a 1:12.4772s.
That meant that Whincup, whose first flyer was still his fastest, was shuffled back to fifth, from Lee Holdsworth (#5 Truck Assist Mustang), Nick Percat (#8 R&J Batteries ZB Commodore), and Bryce Fullwood (#2 Mobil 1 Middy’s ZB Commodore).
Shane van Gisbergen (Red Bull HRT) ended up ninth with a best time of 1:12.6694s, following another wild moment when he had to catch a big wiggle in the #97 ZB Commodore through Turn 10 in the early stages.
Mark Winterbottom (#18 Irwin Tools ZB Commodore) rounded out the top 10, while Penrite Racing entries of Anton De Pasquale (#99 ZB Commodore) and David Reynolds (#9 ZB Commodore) were 15th and 17th respectively, with Fabian Coulthard (#12 Shell V-Power Mustang) splitting them.
Qualifying for Race 22 of the season, including a Top 10 Shootout, is scheduled to commence at 12:45 local time/AEST.
Results: Practice 2
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Split |
| 1 | 6 | Monster Energy Racing | Cameron Waters | Ford Mustang GT | 1:12.3392 | |
| 2 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Mustang GT | 1:12.3421 | 0:00.0029 |
| 3 | 25 | Mobil 1 Appliances Online | Chaz Mostert | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.4608 | 0:00.1216 |
| 4 | 44 | Boost Mobile Racing | James Courtney | Ford Mustang GT | 1:12.4772 | 0:00.1380 |
| 5 | 88 | Red Bull Holden Racing Team | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.5045 | 0:00.1653 |
| 6 | 5 | Truck Assist Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Mustang GT | 1:12.5074 | 0:00.1682 |
| 7 | 8 | R&J Batteries | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.5951 | 0:00.2559 |
| 8 | 2 | Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing | Bryce Fullwood | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6097 | 0:00.2705 |
| 9 | 97 | Red Bull Holden Racing Team | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6694 | 0:00.3302 |
| 10 | 18 | IRWIN Racing | Mark Winterbottom | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7180 | 0:00.3788 |
| 11 | 55 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Jack Le Brocq | Ford Mustang GT | 1:12.7387 | 0:00.3995 |
| 12 | 19 | Local Legends Racing | Alex Davison | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7584 | 0:00.4192 |
| 13 | 3 | Team CoolDrive | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7916 | 0:00.4524 |
| 14 | 14 | Team Black Duck | Todd Hazelwood | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7947 | 0:00.4555 |
| 15 | 99 | Penrite Racing | Anton De Pasquale | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.8409 | 0:00.5017 |
| 16 | 12 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Fabian Coulthard | Ford Mustang GT | 1:12.8561 | 0:00.5169 |
| 17 | 9 | Penrite Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.8724 | 0:00.5332 |
| 18 | 35 | Yellow Cover Racing | Garry Jacobson | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.0049 | 0:00.6657 |
| 19 | 15 | Castrol Racing | Rick Kelly | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.0768 | 0:00.7376 |
| 20 | 7 | NED Whisky Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Ford Mustang GT | 1:13.1102 | 0:00.7710 |
| 21 | 20 | DEWALT Racing | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.1176 | 0:00.7784 |
| 22 | 22 | Team SYDNEY | Chris Pither | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.3427 | 0:01.0035 |
| 23 | 4 | SCT Motor Sports | Jack Smith | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.4356 | 0:01.0964 |
| 24 | 34 | UNIT Racing | Jake Kostecki | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.4831 | 0:01.1439 |
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