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WEATHER IN THE WAY OF FORM GUIDE AT PHILLIP ISLAND
PHILLIP ISLANDS notorious weather has gotten in the way of establishing a clear form guide for this weekend’s Shannons TT – the sixth round of the 2016 Touring Car Masters series.
The only constant was the fact that it was a Holden topping both sessions today – Torana ace Jason Gomersall fastest in a mostly dry opening practice and Brett Youlden’s Monaro quickest in the wetter session later in the afternoon.
Gomersall’s practice 1 benchmark was a quick 1m42.28s – less than a second behind the current Touring Car Masters lap record at Phillip Island set by John Bowe in last year’s season finale.
Bowe shaded Gomersall in the opening session with Andrew Fisher third in the Jesus Racing Falcon GTHO. Tony Karanfilovski and Jim Richards completed the top five.
Lap times were more than 12 seconds slower thanks to the rain that fell before and during practice two however former Phillip Island TCM winner Brett Youlden didn’t seem to mind the inclement conditions and vaulted straight to the top of the charts early in the session.
His 1m54.14s lap was good enough to last as the quickest time all session fellow Victorian Eddie Abelnica proving the prowess of the Melbourne’s Cheapest Cars XB Falcon in the wet thanks to the second quickest time.
Steven Johnson Andrew Fisher and John Bowe completed the top five in the wet session.
Other notable performers today included Keith Kassulke (7th in the dry and 9th in the wet) Rusty French (10th and 8th) and Mark King who ended up 6th in the rain in his Whiteline Racing Camaro.
Adam Garwood was quickly up to speed in his ‘replacement’ Holden Torana A9X Hatchback lapping 10th fastest in the second session.
Saturday’s action includes qualifying (11:30am) and Race 1 (3:40pm) with live timing available at natsoft.com.au.
Sunday’s two races will be streamed live via the TCM website and the Motorsports TV app.
PRACTICE 1
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall Torana SLR 5000 5000 6 5 1:42.2877* 2 18 Wilson Security / PAYCE John Bowe Torana SLR 5000 5047 4 4 1:42.7312 0:00.44353 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher Falcon XY GGTHO 5800 4 2 1:44.3822 0:02.09454 88 TIFS Warehousing & Distributio Tony Karanfilovski Mustang Trans Am 5800 5 4 1:44.7826 0:02.49495 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards Javelin 5890 5 3 1:45.0460 0:02.75836 48 Melbourne's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica Ford Falcon XB 5800 4 2 1:45.5970 0:03.30937 52 Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke Monaro GTS Coupe 5800 5 5 1:45.9909 0:03.70328 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer Falcon XY GT HO 5800 6 6 1:47.3671 0:05.07949 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin Boss Mstang 5810 5 5 1:47.7211 0:05.433410 7 Skye Sands Rusty French Chev Camaro SS 5800 5 5 1:52.8291 0:10.541411 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson Falcon XY GTHO 5800 4 3 1:54.1371 0:11.849412 85 Whiteline Transport Racing / K Mark King Chev Camaro RS 5800 2 1 1:59.7090 0:17.421313 30 Thunder Road Racing Aust. Glenn Seton Mustang Coupe 5000 1 1 2:00.9074 0:18.619714 19 Tincone Industrial Services Darren Beale Monaro GTS Coupe 5800 5 5 2:01.6323 0:19.344615 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood Torana A9X Hatchback 5000 3 3 2:08.0773 0:25.789616 56 Gabriel Shock Absorbers / PIAR Brett Youlden Monaro GTS CoupeHQ 5800 1 1 2:10.6604 0:28.3727
PRACTICE 2
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 56 Gabriel Shock Absorbers/ PIARC Brett Youlden (Vic) Monaro GTS CoupeHQ 5800 5 2 1:54.1427* 2 48 Melbourne's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica (Vic) Ford Falcon XB 5800 3 1 1:55.0156 0:00.87293 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson (Qld) Falcon XY GTHO 5800 3 3 1:56.3123 0:02.16964 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher (NSW) Falcon XY GGTHO 5800 6 1 1:57.3895 0:03.24685 18 Wilson Security / PAYCE John Bowe (Vic) Torana SLR 5000 5047 4 1 1:57.5552 0:03.41256 85 Whiteline Transport Racing Mark King (Qld) Chev Camaro RS 5800 3 3 2:01.7341 0:07.59147 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards (Vic) Javelin 5890 4 4 2:02.1372 0:07.99458 4 Skye Sands Rusty French (Vic) Mustang Fastback 5800 5 5 2:03.4264 0:09.28379 52 Outbound Racing / wheels.com.p Keith Kassulke (Qld) Monaro GTS Coupe 5800 3 2 2:03.9209 0:09.778210 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood (Tas) Torana A9X Hatchback 5000 4 2 2:03.9552 0:09.812511 95 Whiteline Transport Racing / F Adam Bressington (NSW) Chev Comaro SS 5800 5 3 2:05.1055 0:10.962812 74 Lyndways Builders Wayne Mercer (Vic) Falcon XY GT HO 5800 2 1 2:07.5486 0:13.405913 35 iseek Racing Jason Gomersall (Qld) Torana SLR 5000 5000 1 1 2:10.0705 0:15.927814 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin (Vic) Boss Mstang 5810 2 2 2:13.9237 0:19.781015 30 Thunder Road Racing Aust. Glenn Seton (Qld) Mustang Coupe 5000 1 1 2:23.6646 0:29.521916 19 Tincone Industrial Services Darren Beale (Qld) Monaro GTS Coupe 5800 6 1 2:29.5772 0:35.434517 22 Aussie Muscle Car Run / PRT Graham Stewart (SA) Monaro GTS Coupe 5800 3 1 2:34.4164 0:40.2737