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Supercars Adelaide: Courtney tops opening practice on Thursday

James Courtney led David Reynolds in the opening practice session of this weekend's Supercars Championship finale on the streets of Adelaide.

In the Team18 Chevrolet Camaro, Reynolds topped the times early in the session with a 1m19.8388s before Courtney pipped him by 0.155s to take Friday honours in his Blanchard Racing Ford Mustang.

“The car was really good straight out of the gate,” he said. “I was fast on Friday on the Gold Coast but it's like a win for us, it has been a tough year. It is getting so much faster so we will stiffen the car up.

“It is the only place where we drive these cars where they are on the edge. We love the rush and this place gives you that rush.”

Reynolds hled the top spot at the beginning before he and his team “changed things and made it slower”, but looks confident going into the weekend.

Third best in the session was Nick Percat in the Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet ahead of another veteran, Will Davison in the Dick Johnson Racing Ford.

Late in the session Chaz Mostert jumped up to fifth for Walkinshaw Andretti United, just ahead of points leader Will Brown. Both Triple Eight Chevrolet drivers mainly focused on set-up and race pace during the session, with Broc Feeney in 13th place.

Seventh fastest in the session was Brodie Kostecki, who was out of the session early after an off caused front damage to his Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet.

Brown comes into the weekend with a 180-point lead over Feeney, the only other driver in title contention. With 150 points on offer for a win in each race, even if Feeney wins for the sixth time on Saturday and Brown finishes fourth, the latter can seal the title in the finale provided he finishes 24th or higher (out of 25 starters).

The Supercars will be back in action on Friday, with the drivers taking to the track at 1:05pm, Australian Central Daylight Savings Time, for a 30-minute practice session. The qualifying session for Saturday's race will start at 5:30pm, and this will set the grid from 11th onwards.

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Cla Driver # Car Laps Time Interval km/h
1 Australia J. Courtney Snowy River Racing 7 Ford Mustang GT 14

1'19.6835

170.775
2 Australia D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+0.1553

1'19.8388

0.1553 170.443
3 Australia N. Percat Bendix Racing 10 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+0.3242

1'20.0077

0.1689 170.083
4 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing 17 Ford Mustang GT 15

+0.3919

1'20.0754

0.0677 169.939
5 Australia C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing 25 Ford Mustang GT 13

+0.3950

1'20.0785

0.0031 169.933
6 Australia W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+0.3966

1'20.0801

0.0016 169.929
7
B. Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Penrite
1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 11

+0.4738

1'20.1573

0.0772 169.766
8
M. Payne Penrite Racing
19 Ford Mustang GT 17

+0.5833

1'20.2668

0.1095 169.534
9
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
4 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+0.5911

1'20.2746

0.0078 169.518
10 New Zealand A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 16

+0.6199

1'20.3034

0.0288 169.457
11 Australia T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing 55 Ford Mustang GT 15

+0.6722

1'20.3557

0.0523 169.347
12 Australia C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing 6 Ford Mustang GT 14

+0.6944

1'20.3779

0.0222 169.300
13
B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing
88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 18

+0.7051

1'20.3886

0.0107 169.277
14
R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing
2 Ford Mustang GT 16

+0.7773

1'20.4608

0.0722 169.125
15 Australia J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 16

+0.8019

1'20.4854

0.0246 169.074
16 Australia M. Winterbottom DEWALT Racing 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 14

+0.8676

1'20.5511

0.0657 168.936
17 Australia A. De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 11 Ford Mustang GT 17

+0.8722

1'20.5557

0.0046 168.926
18 New Zealand R. Stanaway Penrite Racing 26 Ford Mustang GT 17

+0.8991

1'20.5826

0.0269 168.870
19 Australia M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing 96 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 16

+0.8992

1'20.5827

0.0001 168.869
20 Australia J. Evans SCT Motorsport 50 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+0.9546

1'20.6381

0.0554 168.753
21 Australia J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing 31 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 15

+0.9858

1'20.6693

0.0312 168.688
22 Australia T. Slade PremiAir Nulon Racing 23 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 13

+1.0764

1'20.7599

0.0906 168.499
23 Australia B. Fullwood Middy's Racing 14 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 17

+1.3351

1'21.0186

0.2587 167.961
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A. Love Brad Jones Racing
3 Ford Mustang GT 15

+1.3527

1'21.0362

0.0176 167.924
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