Richie Stanaway has become the first Red Bull Ampol Racing driver to lead practice at the Mountain this weekend after finishing on top in the final co-driver session.
The hour-long session continued the build up to tomorrow’s Repco Bathurst 1000 and provided the opportunity for the TRADIE Racing crew to complete a run after repairing the Ford Mustang after a large incident yesterday for Declan Fraser.
Stanaway set a 2m 06.048s in a session focused on mileage for the co-drivers, with the man he replaced at Red Bull Ampol Racing, Garth Tander second by 0.462s in the Penrite Racing Ford Mustang.
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Zane Goddard filled out the top three in Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Wildcard Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 from Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus driver David Russell, while Truck Assist Racing duo Jayden Ojeda and Jaylyn Robotham performed well to be inside the top 10.
Shell V-Power Racing Team’s Tony D’Alberto was seventh from Jake Kostecki in Blanchard Racing Team’s Wildcard entry, Jamie Whincup for Red Bull Ampol Racing and Warren Luff in the Toyota Forklifts Camaro ZL1.
Jonathon Webb, Jordan Boys, James Moffat, Lee Holdsworth and Fabian Coulthard finished just outside the 10.
Kevin Estre ran the most laps at 25 and was 17th fastest in the session as he targets another impressive performance just like at Sandown.
The TRADIE Racing Ford Mustang failed to finish the session as the Tickford Racing crew diagnosed a mechanical problem.
The sixth and final practice session occurs at 1:00pm AEDT before the Top 10 Shootout follows at 5:05pm AEDT.
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Split |
| 1 | 97 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Richie Stanaway | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.0486 | |
| 2 | 26 | Penrite Racing | Garth Tander | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.5108 | 0:00.4622 |
| 3 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Zane Goddard | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.5577 | 0:00.5091 |
| 4 | 99 | Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus | David Russell | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.6596 | 0:00.6110 |
| 5 | 34 | Truck Assist Racing | Jayden Ojeda | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.7699 | 0:00.7213 |
| 6 | 35 | Truck Assist Racing | Jaylyn Robotham | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.8864 | 0:00.8378 |
| 7 | 11 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.9124 | 0:00.8638 |
| 8 | 7 | Petronas Racing | Jake Kostecki | Ford Mustang GT | 2:06.9328 | 0:00.8842 |
| 9 | 88 | Red Bull Ampol Racing | Jamie Whincup | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:06.9491 | 0:00.9005 |
| 10 | 20 | Toyota Forklifts | Warren Luff | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.2092 | 0:01.1606 |
| 11 | 23 | Movember Racing Team | Jonathon Webb | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.2206 | 0:01.1720 |
| 12 | 96 | Pizza Hut Racing | Jordan Boys | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.2666 | 0:01.2180 |
| 13 | 6 | Monster Energy Racing | James Moffat | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.5000 | 0:01.4514 |
| 14 | 25 | Mobil 1 Optus Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.5638 | 0:01.5152 |
| 15 | 2 | Mobil 1 NTI Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.6138 | 0:01.5652 |
| 16 | 3 | CoolDrive Racing | Tim Blanchard | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.6160 | 0:01.5674 |
| 17 | 19 | Penrite Racing | Kevin Estre | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.6211 | 0:01.5725 |
| 18 | 31 | Nulon Racing | Dylan O’Keeffe | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.6268 | 0:01.5782 |
| 19 | 4 | SCT Motorsport | Jaxon Evans | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.7254 | 0:01.6768 |
| 20 | 98 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Kai Allen | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.8358 | 0:01.7872 |
| 21 | 8 | R&J Batteries Racing | Dale Wood | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:07.9063 | 0:01.8577 |
| 22 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Alex Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 2:07.9156 | 0:01.8670 |
| 23 | 5 | Snowy River Racing | Zak Best | Ford Mustang GT | 2:08.0232 | 0:01.9746 |
| 24 | 56 | Tradie Beer Racing | Tyler Everingham | Ford Mustang GT | 2:08.0845 | 0:02.0359 |
| 25 | 18 | DEWALT Racing | Michael Caruso | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:08.1537 | 0:02.1051 |
| 26 | 9 | Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus | Jack Perkins | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:08.4783 | 0:02.4297 |
| 27 | 14 | Middy’s Racing | Dean Fiore | Chev Camaro ZL1 | 2:08.5666 | 0:02.5180 |
| 28 | 55 | Castrol Racing | Garry Jacobson | Ford Mustang GT | 2:08.9490 | 0:02.9004 |