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GOMERSALL FASTEST ON FRIDAY AGAIN
FOR THE third straight round Jason Gomersall has topped practice for a Touring Car Masters event in his Holden Torana A9X.
Gomersall was fastest on Friday at both Winton and Darwin and replicated that feat today at Queensland Raceway powering the iSeek Racing Torana to the top spot across a pair of 20-minute practice sessions held in hot and sunny conditions.
Gomersall’s 1m16.44s lap set in practice two edged out Glenn Seton’s 1m16.70s effort set in practice one to top the charts on today’s combined times.
John Bowe (1m16.86) remained in close company with the two respective pace setters with Darwin round winner Steven Johnson (1m16.96s) also well within sight of the leaders.
Today marked the third straight TCM Friday that has seen Gomersall top the time sheets in his Matt Stone Racing-prepared Torana A9X – though the popular Queenslander is yet to secure a pole position in the category.
Gomersall was pipped by Bowe for the top spot at both Winton and Hidden Valley and his three second place qualifying efforts without a pole is a record in TCM.
Practice one saw Glenn Seton top the times in his Thunder Road Racing Ford Mustang with Bowe and Gomersall within 0.2s of the quick Ford.
Eddie Abelnica Mark King Jim Richards Johnson Andrew Fisher Tony Karanfilovski and Adam Garwood completed the top ten in the morning session.
Practice two was staged in warmer conditions in the middle of the day and saw Gomersall bank the quickest time of the day on his fourth of twelve laps.
Behind Bowe Johnson and Seton Eddie Abelnica was fifth and Jim Richards a competitive sixth in the newly rebuilt Shannons Insurance Falcon Sprint.
On his return to the category Adam Bressington put the Whiteline Racing / Fabre Chevrolet Camaro into seventh place one spot ahead of the increasingly competitive Adam Garwood.
Bressington’s local teammate Mark King was ninth with Tony Karanfilovski completing the top 10.
Though looking strong today Johnson’s second session came to a premature end after striking engine dramas in his WM Waste Management Ford Falcon GTHO.
Identifying issues in the ‘top end’ of the Falcon’s 5.8 litre block the team are currently assessing the damage to see if the car can be returned to the track tomorrow.
On his return to the category for the first time in twelve months Keith Kassulke was a magnificent 11th outright in his HQ GTS Monaro – clearly revelling driving the car in which he made his TCM debut.
Sven Burchartz was the fastest of the four Porsche 911 RS IROC runners in 13th overall.
The Touring Car Masters field faces a busy Saturday ahead with qualifying (9:50am) followed by two races – at 12:20pm and 3:10pm respectively.
Steven Johnson is the defending Queensland Raceway pole position and round winner – having swept the boards at the Ipswich venue last year.
John Bowe has only one pole to his credit at the venue however has qualified on the front row on each of the series four visits.
PRACTICE 1
Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 30 Thunder Road Tacing Team Austr Glenn Seton Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 8 4 1:16.7080* 2 18 Wilson Security/Payce Dejoco John Bowe Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 10 10 1:16.8678 0:00.15983 35 iseek Racing Hjason Gomersall Holden Torana A9X Ha 5000 12 4 1:16.9574 0:00.24944 48 Brisbane's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 12 12 1:17.9733 0:01.26535 85 Whiteline Racing/King Springs Mark King Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 11 6 1:18.2132 0:01.50526 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint 5000 10 9 1:18.2349 0:01.52697 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 6 6 1:18.3263 0:01.61838 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 13 10 1:18.8190 0:02.11109 88 TIFS - Warehousing& Distributi Tony Karanfilovski Fpord Mustang Trans 5800 5 3 1:19.2095 0:02.501510 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 10 6 1:19.2438 0:02.535811 4 Skye Sands Rusty French Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 9 8 1:19.2513 0:02.543312 90 Werks Garage/Kalus Kenny Iterl Sven Burchartz Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 13 7 1:19.3122 0:02.604213 95 Whiteline Racing/Fabre Austral Adam Bressington Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 11 9 1:19.4536 0:02.745614 25 Angliss Meats Brett Curran Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 4 4 1:20.1182 0:03.410215 52 Outbound Racing/wheels.com.pg Keith Kassulke Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 8 4 1:20.7512 0:04.043216 8 Sportsmed SA Greg Keene (SA) Porsche 911 RS IROC 5800 12 7 1:21.1367 0:04.428717 22 Aussie Muscle Car Run/PRT Fabr Graham Stewart Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 10 8 1:22.1854 0:05.477418 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin Ford Boss Mustang 5000 9 9 1:22.4194 0:05.711419 65 Cannon Trailers Michael (Blu) Cannon Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 7 3 1:23.3653 0:06.657320 13 Mark Poole Motorsport Rory O'Neill Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 11 6 1:23.5390 0:06.831021 19 Tincone Industrial Services Daren Beale Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 10 8 1:24.2712 0:07.563222 7 Werks Garage/Red Rock Winery Rohan Little Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 10 10 1:24.4310 0:07.723023 68 Trans Am Race Engineering Grant Wilson Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 2 2 1:27.3048 0:10.596824 97 John's Furniture Removals Allen Boughen Mercury Comet 4736 10 9 1:29.3674 0:12.6594
PRACTICE 2
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap1 35 iseek Racing Hjason Gomersall Holden Torana A9X Ha 5000 12 4 1:16.4493* 2 18 Wilson Security/Payce Dejoco John Bowe Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 10 6 1:16.7152 0:00.26593 17 Synergy Race Engines Steve Johnson Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 10 4 1:16.9693 0:00.52004 30 Thunder Road Tacing Team Austr Glenn Seton Ford Mustang Coupe 5000 6 4 1:17.6839 0:01.23465 48 Brisbane's Cheapest Cars Eddie Abelnica Ford Falcon XB Coupe 5800 10 9 1:18.0474 0:01.59816 2 Shannons Insurance Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint 5000 7 7 1:18.1075 0:01.65827 95 Whiteline Racing/Fabre Austral Adam Bressington Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 12 6 1:18.1831 0:01.73388 12 Giraffe Civil Contracting Adam Garwood Holden Torana SL/R 5 5047 12 7 1:18.3102 0:01.86099 85 Whiteline Racing/King Springs Mark King Chevrolet Camaro RS 5800 9 8 1:18.3960 0:01.946710 88 TIFS - Warehousing& Distributi Tony Karanfilovski Fpord Mustang Trans 5800 12 6 1:18.4486 0:01.999311 52 Outbound Racing/wheels.com.pg Keith Kassulke Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 9 5 1:18.9077 0:02.458412 9 Jesus Racing Andrew Fisher Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 12 4 1:19.0089 0:02.559613 90 Werks Garage/Kalus Kenny Iterl Sven Burchartz Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 14 4 1:19.0916 0:02.642314 25 Angliss Meats Brett Curran Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 6 6 1:19.4622 0:03.012915 4 Skye Sands Rusty French Ford Mustang Fastbac 5800 9 9 1:19.5184 0:03.069116 46 THD Motorsport Leo Tobin Ford Boss Mustang 5000 12 9 1:20.4333 0:03.984017 8 Sportsmed SA Greg Keene (SA) Porsche 911 RS IROC 5800 13 5 1:21.4394 0:04.990118 7 Werks Garage/Red Rock Winery Rohan Little Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 15 11 1:21.7295 0:05.280219 22 Aussie Muscle Car Run/PRT Fabr Graham Stewart Holden Monaro GTS Co 5800 10 9 1:22.6860 0:06.236720 65 Cannon Trailers Michael (Blu) Cannon Ford Falcon XY GTHO 5800 13 5 1:22.9198 0:06.470521 13 Mark Poole Motorsport Rory O'Neill Porsche 911 RS IROC 3600 13 8 1:24.5606 0:08.111322 68 Trans Am Race Engineering Grant Wilson Chevrolet Camaro SS 5800 5 5 1:25.2259 0:08.7766