Pukekohe Supercars: Waters tops title contenders in Practice 2

It was Brad Jones Racing that led the early part of the session, Nick Percat enjoying a stint on top thanks to a 1m03.435s, before teammate Tim Slade took over 12 minutes in with a 1m03.376s.

That time lasted until the 25-minute mark when Rick Kelly lowered the benchmark to a 1m03.352s, before being swiftly replaced by Practice 1 pacesetter Scott McLaughlin's 1m03.061s.

Cam Waters became the first driver into the 1m02s for the session with eight minutes to go, the Prodrive Ford going quickest with a 1m02.957s.

Three minutes later it was teammate Chaz Mostert's turn on top thanks to a 1m02.803s – only to be beaten by McLaughlin's 1m02.736s on the very next lap.

Both Mostert and McLaughlin then retreated to the lane, giving Waters a free swing at the final 90 seconds of the session. And he grabbed that chance with both hands, jumping back to the top with a 1m02.562s in the dying seconds.

"We weren't too fazed after Practice 1, we knew we had a few problems," said Waters.

"It was all just a matter of tuning it up. We did that and the car is mint now, so I'm pretty happy."

Waters was initially joined at the top of the times by teammate Mark Winterbottom, only for the PRA pair to be split by Jamie Whincup's 1m02.703s right at the flag.

McLaughlin was shuffled back to fourth in the late reshuffle, ahead of Mostert.

Shane van Gisbergen made big gains on Practice 1 to finish up sixth, ahead of Slade and David Reynolds.

Craig Lowndes was ninth fastest, while Lee Holdsworth rounded out the Top 10.

Fabian Coulthard was the slowest of the title contenders, finishing the session down in 14th.

Cla	#	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	6	Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG-X	1'02.5623
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore VF	1'02.7037	0.1414
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon FG-X	1'02.7097	0.1474
4	17	Scott McLaughlin	Ford Falcon FG-X	1'02.7362	0.1739
5	55	Chaz Mostert	Ford Falcon FG-X	1'02.8039	0.2416
6	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Holden Commodore VF	1'02.8483	0.2860
7	14	Tim Slade	Holden Commodore VF	1'02.9435	0.3812
8	9	David Reynolds	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.0114	0.4491
9	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.0206	0.4583
10	18	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.0235	0.4612
11	56	Jason Bright	Ford Falcon FG-X	1'03.0407	0.4784
12	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Altima	1'03.0565	0.4942
13	22	James Courtney	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.0972	0.5349
14	12	Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon FG/X	1'03.1102	0.5479
15	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Altima	1'03.1104	0.5481
16	33	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.1355	0.5732
17	2	Scott Pye	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.1425	0.5802
18	8	Nick Percat	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.1452	0.5829
19	34	James Moffat	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.2377	0.6754
20	99	Dale Wood	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.2631	0.7008
21	19	Will Davison	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.2695	0.7072
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Altima	1'03.5831	1.0208
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.6268	1.0645
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Altima	1'03.7813	1.2190
25	3	Aaren Russell	Holden Commodore VF	1'03.7876	1.2253
26	62	Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore VF	1'04.1665	1.6042