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Bathurst 500: Brown sets pace for Triple Eight in Friday Supercars practice

Chevrolet Ford Broc Feeney Will Brown Andretti United Erebus Motorsport Matthew Payne Brad Jones Racing

After Broc Feeney led the times in morning practice, team-mate Will Brown did likewise in the second session, which was reduced to a single-lap dash by changeable weather conditions and a red flag.

In the morning dry session, Feeney led a GM 1-5 with only one Ford, Richie Stanaway’s, cracking the top seven places, in spite of the New Zealander crashing after just six flying laps.

In the second session, seven of the top nine cars wore Chevy badges, the best of the Mustangs being Matt Payne (Grove Racing) in fourth spot, two places ahead of Tickford’s Cam Waters.

While not conclusive in the conditions, the Camaro dominance on the opening day of the season comes in spite of an off-season that featured the most extensive parity testing program ever undertaken in Supercars, in a bid to equalise the performance of both cars in the series.

It also happened in front of no less than Mark Rushbrook, Global Director, Ford Performance Motorsports, who is visiting Australia from Detroit to take in the opening round.

Matthew Payne, Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT (Photo by: Edge Photographics)

Defending teams champion Erebus Motorsport had a mixed day, with Jack Le Brocq’s car not even making a single lap in the first session before suffering an engine failure. In the second session, team-mate Todd Hazelwood was second fastest ahead of Feeney and Payne.

After the mixed conditions, the better news for all the drivers is that the weather forecast for the rest of the weekend is fine with temperature expected to in the mid-to-high-20s celsius.

The cars will race over two 250km races, starting on Saturday at 4:10pm, Australian Eastern Daylight Saving time. 

FP2 results:

   
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Cla Driver # Car Laps Time Interval km/h
1 Australia W. Brown Triple Eight Race Engineering 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

2'07.5507

   175.356
2 Australia T. Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Penrite 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 13

+0.4840

2'08.0347

 0.4840 174.693
3
B. Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering
88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+0.5937

2'08.1444

 0.1097 174.543
4
M. Payne Grove Racing
19 Ford Mustang GT 9

+0.7263

2'08.2770

 0.1326 174.363
5 Australia N. Percat Matt Stone Racing 10 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+0.8021

2'08.3528

 0.0758 174.260
6 Australia C. Waters Tickford Racing 6 Ford Mustang GT 15

+0.8143

2'08.3650

 0.0122 174.243
7 Australia M. Jones Brad Jones Racing 96 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 19

+0.8428

2'08.3935

 0.0285 174.205
8 New Zealand A. Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 19

+0.9681

2'08.5188

 0.1253 174.035
9
C. Hill Matt Stone Racing
4 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 9

+0.9756

2'08.5263

 0.0075 174.025
10 Australia C. Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 25 Ford Mustang GT 17

+1.0084

2'08.5591

 0.0328 173.980
11
R. Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United
2 Ford Mustang GT 14

+1.0820

2'08.6327

 0.0736 173.881
12 Australia D. Reynolds Team 18 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 7

+1.2680

2'08.8187

 0.1860 173.630
13 Australia A. De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 11 Ford Mustang GT 13

+1.3086

2'08.8593

 0.0406 173.575
14 Australia B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing 14 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+1.3984

2'08.9491

 0.0898 173.454
15 Australia J. Courtney Blanchard Racing Team 7 Ford Mustang GT 6

+1.4526

2'09.0033

 0.0542 173.381
16 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing 17 Ford Mustang GT 19

+1.4907

2'09.0414

 0.0381 173.330
17 Australia T. Slade PremiAir Racing 23 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+1.5049

2'09.0556

 0.0142 173.311
18 New Zealand R. Stanaway Grove Racing 26 Ford Mustang GT 17

+1.5540

2'09.1047

 0.0491 173.245
19 Australia J. Evans Brad Jones Racing 12 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 20

+1.6582

2'09.2089

 0.1042 173.105
20
A. Love Blanchard Racing Team
3 Ford Mustang GT 12

+1.7084

2'09.2591

 0.0502 173.038
21 Australia T. Randle Tickford Racing 55 Ford Mustang GT 13

+1.7575

2'09.3082

 0.0491 172.972
22 Australia J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 19

+2.0763

2'09.6270

 0.3188 172.547
23 Australia J. Golding PremiAir Racing 31 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 19

+4.1763

2'11.7270

 2.1000 169.796
24 Australia M. Winterbottom Team 18 100 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 9

+5.7386

2'13.2893

 1.5623 167.806
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FP1 results:

   
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Cla Driver # Car Laps Time Interval km/h
1
B. Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering
88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 18

2'07.955

   174.802
2 Australia N. Percat Matt Stone Racing 10 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 18

+0.259

2'08.214

 0.259 174.448
3 Australia W. Brown Triple Eight Race Engineering 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+0.615

2'08.570

 0.356 173.965
4 New Zealand A. Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 18

+0.937

2'08.892

 0.322 173.531
5
C. Hill Matt Stone Racing
4 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 16

+1.008

2'08.963

 0.071 173.435
6 New Zealand R. Stanaway Grove Racing 26 Ford Mustang GT 6

+1.046

2'09.001

 0.038 173.384
7 Australia D. Reynolds Team 18 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 16

+1.059

2'09.014

 0.013 173.367
8
M. Payne Grove Racing
19 Ford Mustang GT 18

+1.083

2'09.038

 0.024 173.334
9 Australia T. Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Penrite 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+1.121

2'09.076

 0.038 173.283
10 Australia A. De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 11 Ford Mustang GT 16

+1.142

2'09.097

 0.021 173.255
11 Australia J. Golding PremiAir Racing 31 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 16

+1.174

2'09.129

 0.032 173.212
12 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing 17 Ford Mustang GT 15

+1.434

2'09.389

 0.260 172.864
13 Australia M. Winterbottom Team 18 100 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+1.503

2'09.458

 0.069 172.772
14 Australia T. Randle Tickford Racing 55 Ford Mustang GT 16

+1.528

2'09.483

 0.025 172.739
15 Australia J. Evans Brad Jones Racing 12 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 19

+1.550

2'09.505

 0.022 172.709
16 Australia M. Jones Brad Jones Racing 96 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+1.566

2'09.521

 0.016 172.688
17 Australia B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing 14 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 21

+1.721

2'09.676

 0.155 172.482
18 Australia C. Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 25 Ford Mustang GT 16

+1.745

2'09.700

 0.024 172.450
19 Australia J. Courtney Blanchard Racing Team 7 Ford Mustang GT 16

+1.837

2'09.792

 0.092 172.328
20
A. Love Blanchard Racing Team
3 Ford Mustang GT 17

+1.849

2'09.804

 0.012 172.312
21
R. Wood Walkinshaw Andretti United
2 Ford Mustang GT 16

+1.986

2'09.941

 0.137 172.130
22 Australia T. Slade PremiAir Racing 23 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+2.027

2'09.982

 0.041 172.076
23 Australia C. Waters Tickford Racing 6 Ford Mustang GT 16

+2.218

2'10.173

 0.191 171.823
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