Brodie Kostecki during practice at the Tasmania Super440. Image: InSyde Media
Just 0.0098s split the top two drivers at the end of the uninterrupted seconds Supercars practice session.
“Very proud of everyone at Shell V-Power Racing Team. It’s a great start to our Tassie weekend,” said Kostecki.
“It’s only practice, you don’t win anything for practice, so we’ll have to go into our debriefs this afternoon and hopefully tune up the #17 and see if we can hold on tomorrow.”
Jayden Ojeda was a standout for PremiAir Racing. He led the Chevrolet Camaro contingent in third while Practice 1 pacesetter David Reynolds wound up fourth.
“My car is pretty good,” said Reynolds.
“Rolled out the truck pretty much good balance. That’s all the preparation from the boys at the workshop. They put everything into it and it’s come good today.”
Andre Heimgartner was the best of the Toyota Supra drivers for Brad Jones Racing, putting the #8 car fifth fastest ahead of Anton De Pasquale for Team 18.
Walkinshaw TWG Racing duo Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood struck brake woes. Wood was eighth in the #2 while Mostert was ninth in the #25 car.
Will Brown rounded out the top 10 as the leading Triple Eight Race Engineering entry while his teammate was only 15th.
Triple Eight are the form team at Symmons Plains, though this year marks the first time since 2009 that they have brought a Ford package to the Apple Isle.
Supercars resumes on Saturday with qualifying for Race 1 at 10:00am AEST.
Results: Tyrepower Tasmania Super440, Practice 2
Pos
Num
Drviver
Team
Car
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
17
Brodie Kostecki
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang GT
50.9478
2
19
Matthew Payne
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
50.9576
0.0098
0.0098
3
31
Jayden Ojeda
PremiAir Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
50.9848
0.0370
0.0272
4
20
David Reynolds
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.0286
0.0808
0.0438
5
8
Andre Heimgartner
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
51.033
0.0852
0.0044
6
18
Anton De Pasquale
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.0355
0.0877
0.0025
7
14
Cameron Hill
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
51.0377
0.0899
0.0022
8
2
Ryan Wood
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
51.0768
0.1290
0.0391
9
1
Chaz Mostert
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
51.0869
0.1391
0.0101
10
888
William Brown
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
51.1255
0.1777
0.0386
11
26
Kai Allen
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
51.1354
0.1876
0.0099
12
777
Declan Fraser
PremiAir Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.1515
0.2037
0.0161
13
7
James Golding
Blanchard Racing Team
Ford Mustang GT
51.1939
0.2461
0.0424
14
6
Cameron Waters
Tickford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
51.2095
0.2617
0.0156
15
88
Broc Feeney
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
51.2273
0.2795
0.0178
16
3
Aaron Cameron
Blanchard Racing Team
Ford Mustang GT
51.2732
0.3254
0.0459
17
99
Cooper Murray
Erebus Motorsport
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.3344
0.3866
0.0612
18
11
Jackson Walls
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
51.3679
0.4201
0.0335
19
55
Thomas Randle
Tickford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
51.3911
0.4433
0.0232
20
96
Macauley Jones
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
51.4438
0.4960
0.0527
21
9
Jobe Stewart
Erebus Motorsport
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.4669
0.5191
0.0231
22
38
Rylan Gray
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang GT
51.5591
0.6113
0.0922
23
4
Jack Le Brocq
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.579
0.6312
0.0199
24
10
Zach Bates
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
51.6665
0.7187
0.0875