THE grid for Saturday’s second Dunlop Series race of the weekend will be determined by combined practice times, following an interrupted qualifying session on Thursday.
Broc Feeney topped the session by just 0.0999-seconds from Jordan Boys, with Matthew McLean, Jaylyn Robotham, Matt Chahda, Zak Best and Tim Blanchard up next.
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Eighth fastest when the session was called was Super3 runner Gary Collins, whose single 8m57.1347s lap included the time spent in the pits during the session’s initial red flag period.
The stewards have used their powers in such exceptional circumstances to instead take combined practice times to determine the grid.
Pending any penalties from the qualifying session, that means Jordan Boys will start from pole ahead of Jayden Ojeda, Aaron Seton, Tyler Everingham, Feeney, Mathew Payne, Best, McLean, Josh Fife and Blanchard.
See below for the full stewards’ explanation:
With the Session being Red Flagged on two occasions along with the session being declared early due to recoveries and track safety repair work that needed to be undertaken, the majority of the cars did not have an opportunity to attempt a qualifying time for Race 2.
General authority of the Stewards under Article 11.9 International Sporting Code, and the Supercars Operational Manual Rule D6.1.6 If, due to exceptional circumstances a qualifying Session cannot be completed, the Stewards may allocate grid positions according to practice Session times or by other criteria.
The Steward have declared the session without any Final Classifications being published and determined the Race 2 grid positions will be allocated by the Final Combined Practice 1 and Practice 2 Classifications (Document 08), subject to any penalties that may be imposed by the Stewards.
