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Winton TCR: Brown tops practice, O'Keeffe crashes
There were contrasting fortunes for the TCR Australia contenders in practice at Winton, with Will Brown topping the times as Dylan O'Keefe crashed his Alfa.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Aug 31, 2019, 12:51 AM
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Following an early stint on top, Brown pulled a whopping eight-tenths on the field with a 1m25.147s before the halfway mark in the 50-minute session.
The HMO Hyundai driver didn't improve from there, but he didn't need to either. It wasn't until the final 10 minutes that the whopping gap was reduced, and even then John Martin (Wall Honda) still fell a tenth short of Brown's benchmark.
It was a different story for other title contender in the field, ASM Alfa driver O'Keeffe bringing out the red flag with 18 minutes to go after nudging the Turn 6 wall.
He was able to get back to pits under his own steam, but was left buried down in 11th in the times.
He wasn't the only drive to have dramas at Turn 6, Leanne Tander backing her MPC Audi into the wall at the same spot several minutes before O'Keeffe.
Jason Bright (Alliance VW) was third quickest for the session, followed by James Moffat (GRM Renault) and Andre Heimgartner (Kelly Holden).
Jordan Cox (GRM Alfa) recovered from an early spin to end up seventh, followed by Tander, debutant Tim Brook and Tony D'Alberto (both Wall Hondas).
Pos Num Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 30 William Brown (Qld) HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30N 1:25.1476 2 24 John Martin (NSW) Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R 1:25.2863 00.1387 3 8 Jason Bright (Vic) Taskforce / Alliance Autosport Volkswagon Golf GTI 1:25.4310 00.2834 4 34 James Moffat (Vic) Garry Rogers Motorsport Renault Megane RS 1:25.5236 00.3760 5 777 Andre Heimgartner (NZ) Kelly Racing Subaru WRX STi 1:25.6776 00.5300 6 100 Russell Ingall (Qld) Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 1:25.8902 00.7426 7 7 Jordan Cox (NSW) Garry Rogers Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1:26.1095 00.9619 8 3 Leanne Tander (Vic) Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 1:26.2640 01.1164 9 38 Tim Brook (NSW) Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R 1:26.3302 01.1826 10 50 Tony D’Alberto (Vic) Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R 1:26.3551 01.2075 11 9 Dylan O’Keeffe (Vic) Ashley Seward Motorsport Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1:26.5905 01.4429 12 33 Chris Pither (NZ) Garry Rogers Motorsport Renault Megane RS 1:26.6476 01.5000 13 11 Nathan Morcom (NSW) HMO Customer Racing Hyundai i30N 1:26.6556 01.5080 14 37 Bryce Fullwood (NT) Kelly Racing Subaru WRX STi 1:27.0362 01.8886 15 35 Alexandra Whitley (Qld) Alliance Autosport Volkswagon Golf GTI 1:27.3609 02.2133 16 97 Liam McAdam (Qld) Melbourne Performance Centre Audi RS 3 1:27.7938 02.6462 17 6 Molly Taylor (NSW) Kelly Racing Subaru WRX STi 1:27.8346 02.6870 18 2 Aaron Cameron (Vic) Melbourne Performance Centre Volkswagen Golf GTI 1:28.4097 03.2621 19 62 Hamish Ribarits (Vic) Kelly Racing Holden Astra 1:28.7318 03.5842
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