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Supercars Townsville
Townsville Supercars: Van Gisbergen sets P1 pace
Shane van Gisbergen led the way in the opening Supercars practice session for the Townsville 500.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Published: Jul 8, 2022, 1:30 AM
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The series leader effectively lead the way throughout the half-hour session, his 1m13.688 coming in the first 10 minutes.
That was as fast as he went, however it proved good enough to hang on to top spot at the end.
Fellow Kiwi Andre Heimgartner went closest to knocking van Gisbergen off, his final run taking him within a tenth.
Scott Pye sat second for much of the session courtesy of a 1m13.892s before being bumped back to third by Heimgartner's late improvement.
Will Davison edged Dick Johnson Racing teammate Anton De Pasquale in fourth and fifth while Broc Feeney was a promising sixth.
David Reynolds was seventh despite complaining of a lack of balance in his Grove Racing Mustang while Todd Hazelwood recovered from a trip down the escape road to finish eighth fastest.
Tim Slade and Mark Winterbottom rounded out the Top 10.
James Golding, meanwhile, marked his return as a full-time driver with the 23rd best time, just over a second off the pace.
That was despite having never driven the PremiAir Racing Holden before the session.
"Back where I belong, that's what it feels like," he said.
"I'm just getting back in a rhythm, getting used to everything in the car. The good thing is the Team 18 cars are Triple Eight[-built] as well, so all the buttons are in the same spot.
"It's just about settling in and getting used to all of the processes again. But I'm feeling pretty comfortable."
Practice continues with a second half-hour sessions at 2:50pm local time.
Townsville 500 Practice 1 results
Cla # Driver Car Time Gap Interval 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.6883 2 8 Andre Heimgartner
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.7857 0.0974 0.0974 3 20 Scott Pye
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.8927 0.2044 0.1070 4 17 Will Davison
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.9299 0.2416 0.0372 5 11 Anton De Pasquale
Ford Mustang GT 1'13.9332 0.2449 0.0033 6 88 Broc Feeney
Holden Commodore ZB 1'13.9542 0.2659 0.0210 7 26 David Reynolds
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.0289 0.3406 0.0747 8 35 Todd Hazelwood
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.0450 0.3567 0.0161 9 3 Tim Slade
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.0830 0.3947 0.0380 10 18 Mark Winterbottom
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.1035 0.4152 0.0205 11 25 Chaz Mostert
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.1398 0.4515 0.0363 12 9 Will Brown
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.1607 0.4724 0.0209 13 6 Cameron Waters
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.2071 0.5188 0.0464 14 34 Jack Le Brocq
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.2210 0.5327 0.0139 15 99 Brodie Kostecki
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.2806 0.5923 0.0596 16 56 Jake Kostecki
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.2866 0.5983 0.0060 17 55 Thomas Randle
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.4077 0.7194 0.1211 18 5 James Courtney
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.5128 0.8245 0.1051 19 10 Lee Holdsworth
Ford Mustang GT 1'14.6078 0.9195 0.0950 20 96 Macauley Jones
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.6450 0.9567 0.0372 21 2 Nick Percat
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.7036 1.0153 0.0586 22 22 Chris Pither
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.7608 1.0725 0.0572 23 31 James Golding
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.7881 1.0998 0.0273 24 4 Jack Smith
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.8154 1.1271 0.0273 25 14 Bryce Fullwood
Holden Commodore ZB 1'14.9831 1.2948 0.1677 View full results
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