McLean on top in Super2 Practice 1 at Perth

Eggleston Motorsport’s Matt McLean has gone fastest in Practice 1 for Round 2 of the Dunlop Super2 Series at Wanneroo Raceway.

In a session which looked like finishing with a Triple Eight Race Engineering one-two, a Triple Eight-built car did indeed end up on top after 40 minutes of track activity, but it was neither of those entered by the Banyo team itself.

Instead, honours went to McLean courtesy of a late 0:56.1471s, giving him a 0.0070s margin over Cameron Hill and 0.2593s on Declan Fraser.

Hill (#111 VF Commodore) had been quickest at the end of the first flyers with a 0:56.4756s, and that was still the case when he set new fastest first and second sectors, three laps later.

A subsequent track limits breach ruined that lap and next to move the benchmark would instead be his Triple Eight team-mate Fraser (#777 VF Commodore), who went 0:56.4064s at the end of his first run.

Hill hit back with a 0:56.3167s at the start of his second run, and that was still the fastest lap of the session when a red flag was called in the 18th minute, with timing suggesting an issue for Jay Hanson (#49 Image Racing VF Commodore) at the final corner.

Action resumed after a pause of around seven minutes, but it took until the final two minutes for a change at the top of the timing screen, which was Hill improving his own personal best to a 0:56.1541s.

However, he was usurped almost immediately when McLean wheeled his #54 VF Commodore to that 0:56.1471s, before putting his cue in the rack next time around, just prior to the chequered flag.

Behind Hill and Fraser, who remained on the aforementioned time, was Grove Racing’s Matt Payne ended up fourth with a lap of 0:56.4667s in the #10 Nissan Altima, then MW Motorsport’s Angelo Mouzouris in the #6 Nissan Altima on a 0:56.4984s.

Sixth through ninth were Aaron Seton (#30 Matt Stone Racing VF Commodore), Tyler Everingham (#27 MWM Nissan Altima), Thomas Maxwell (#3 MWM Nissan Altima), and Tickford Racing’s series leader Zak Best, who ended up 0.4905s off the pace in the #78 FGX Falcon.

Cameron Crick (#38 VF Commodore) completed the top 10 while Eggleston team-mate Kai Allen (#26 VE Commodore) was quickest in the Super3 class with a 0:57.0465s which put him 13th overall.

Brad Vaughan (#5 Anderson Motorsport FG Falcon) was second in Super3 and 14th overall at 0.0229s adrift, while Hanson did get back onto the race track and ended up 18th, with no advance on the time he set before the red flag.

Practice 2 at the Bunnings Trade Perth SuperNight, another 40-minute session, starts this afternoon at 15:20 local time/17:20 AEST.

Results: Practice 1

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Cls	Fastest lap	Split
1	54	Eggleston Motorsport	Matthew McLean	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:56.1471
2	111	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Cameron Hill	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:56.1541	0:00.0070
3	777	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Declan Fraser	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:56.4064	0:00.2593
4	10	Grove Racing	Matthew Payne	Nissan Altima	S2	0:56.4667	0:00.3196
5	6	MWM	Angelo Mouzouris	Nissan Altima	S2	0:56.4984	0:00.3513
6	30	Sherrin Rentals	Aaron Seton	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:56.5114	0:00.3643
7	27	Blue Ribbon Legal / MWM	Tyler Everingham	Nissan Altima	S2	0:56.5675	0:00.4204
8	3	MWM	Thomas Maxwell	Nissan Altima	S2	0:56.6158	0:00.4687
9	78	Best Leisure Industries	Zak Best	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	0:56.6376	0:00.4905
10	38	Eggleston Motorsport	Cameron Crick	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:56.7229	0:00.5758
11	999	Erebus Academy / Image Racing	Jaylyn Robotham	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:56.8033	0:00.6562
12	18	Cavalier Homes	Matthew Chahda	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	0:56.8943	0:00.7472
13	26	Eggleston Motorsport	Kai Allen	Holden Commodore VE	CH	0:57.0465	0:00.8994
14	5	Anderson Motorsport	Brad Vaughan	Ford Falcon FG	CH	0:57.0694	0:00.9223
15	11	Brema Group Racing	Zane Morse	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:57.1115	0:00.9644
16	77	MR HDT Race Cars	Blake Fardell	Holden Commodore VE2	CH	0:57.1478	0:01.0007
17	58	EFS 4×4 Accessories	Ryal Harris	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:57.2315	0:01.0844
18	49	AWC / Image Racing	Jay Hanson	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:57.3599	0:01.2128
19	8	Steeline Racing	Elly Morrow	Holden Commodore VF	S2	0:57.5200	0:01.3729
20	67	Flash Bush Motorsports	Nash Morris	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	0:57.9722	0:01.8251
21	76	AC Electrical & Air Conditioni	Garry Hills	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	0:58.1221	0:01.9750
22	35	Unit Racing	Jason Gomersall	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	0:58.5941	0:02.4470
23	7	Mocomm Motorsport Comms	Jim Pollicina	Holden Commodore VE	SC3	0:59.1679	0:03.0208
24	4	Crusher Parts International	Tony Auddino	Ford Falcon BF	SC3	0:59.5399	0:03.3928
25	39	Vectra Corp	Chris Smerdon	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	0:59.7470	0:03.5999
26	2	Page Bros Jayco	Steven Page	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	1:01.1638	0:05.0167
27	96	Collins Racing	Gary Collins	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	1:01.7258	0:05.5787

Classes: S2 Super2, CH Super3 Championship, SC3 Super3 Cup, HC Super3 Heritage Class