The #7 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang driven by James Golding. Image: InSyde Media
Golding and Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Broc Feeney traded the fastest times in the closing minutes, though it was the #7 CoolDrive Mustang that stood atop at the end of Thursday night.
Feeney looked like he might have won the day with a 1:28.3058s in the #88 Red Bull Ampol Mustang, only for Golding to go quicker with a 1:28.1371s with 15 seconds to go in the session.
All told, just 0.1687s separated the Fords.
Will Brown (1:28.3557s) dragged himself off the bottom of the order in the closing minutes of the session to go third fastest in the #888 Mustang.
Chevrolet homologation team Team 18 were fourth fastest, thanks to Anton De Pasquale (1:28.4979s) in the #18 Camaro.
Cameron Waters had been the pace setter for most of the session with a 1:28.5563s on his 26th lap of SMP. However, he dipped down to the order to fifth by the end of the night.
The top 10 was completed by Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dick Johnson Racing Mustang), Thomas Randle (#55 Tickford Racing Mustang), Andre Heimgartner (#8 Brad Jones Racing Toyota Supra), Jayden Ojeda (#31 PremiAir Racing Camaro), and Rylan Gray (#38 Dick Johnson Racing Mustang).
Ryan Wood was last in the #2 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Supra. He completed 30 laps, with a time 1.2525s away from Golding.
Kai Allen completed the most laps with 69 to his name in the #26 Grove Racing Mustang.
Kangaroo track invasion stops Sydney Supercars test
There were two red flags across hot and humid four hours. The first was for a track inspection to see how the newly-paved Turn 8 asphalt had held up.
The second stoppage was for a handful of kangaroos getting onto the track with less than an hour to go.
Results: Repco Supercars Championship Destination New South Wales Sydney Test, Day 2
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Laps
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
7
James Golding
Blanchard Racing Team
Ford Mustang GT
55
1:28.1371
2
88
Broc Feeney
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
68
1:28.3058
0.1687
0.1687
3
888
William Brown
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
63
1:28.3557
0.2186
0.0499
4
18
Anton De Pasquale
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
52
1:28.4979
0.3608
0.1422
5
6
Cameron Waters
TIckford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
50
1:28.5563
0.4192
0.0584
6
17
Brodie Kostecki
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang GT
31
1:28.5637
0.4266
0.0074
7
55
Thomas Randle
Tickford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
56
1:28.6360
0.4989
0.0723
8
8
Andre Heimgartner
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
55
1:28.6665
0.5294
0.0305
9
31
Jayden Ojeda
PremiAir Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
64
1:28.6705
0.5334
0.0040
10
38
Rylan Gray
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang GT
55
1:28.7684
0.6313
0.0979
11
1
Chaz Mostert
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
47
1:28.8118
0.6747
0.0434
12
10
Zach Bates
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
68
1:28.8136
0.6765
0.0018
13
3
Aaron Cameron
Blanchard Racing Team
Ford Mustang GT
53
1:28.8308
0.6937
0.0172
14
96
Macauley Jones
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
59
1:28.8566
0.7195
0.0258
15
4
Jack Le Brocq
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
68
1:28.8699
0.7328
0.0133
16
20
David Reynolds
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
37
1:28.9888
0.8517
0.1189
17
11
Jackson Walls
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
54
1:29.0867
0.9496
0.0979
18
99
Cooper Murray
Erebus Motorsport
Chev Camaro ZL1
59
1:29.1397
1.0026
0.0530
19
9
Jobe Stewart
Erebus Motorsport
Chev Camaro ZL1
51
1:29.1601
1.0230
0.0204
20
777
Declan Fraser
PremiAir Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
42
1:29.2230
1.0859
0.0629
21
19
Matthew Payne
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
53
1:29.2508
1.1137
0.0278
22
14
Cameron Hill
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
50
1:29.2815
1.1444
0.0307
23
26
Kai Allen
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
69
1:29.3479
1.2108
0.0664
24
2
Ryan Wood
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
30
1:29.3896
1.2525
0.0417
