Anton de Pasquale fastest in Fridays practice for the ITM Auckland SuperSprint. Event 10 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand. 9 Sep 2022

Supercars: De Pasquale and Davison go 1-2 in opening practice in NZ

Supercars drivers have returned to the track in New Zealand for the first time since 2019 today and it was Shell Ford’s Anton De Pasquale who was quickest in opening practice.

The session began with a minute’s silence in memory of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II with all drivers, team personal and fans paying standing to pay tribute.

Supercars teams and drivers pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ITM Auckland SuperSprint. Event 10 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand. 9 Sep 2022

it adds to what is already an emotional return to Pukekohe Park Raceway where a packed house full of kiwi fans is set to fill the venue when racing begins tomorrow.

Today, De Pasquale and his teammate Will Davison were quickest in opening practice ahead of kiwi Andre Heimgartner in the R&J Batteries BJR Commodore.

Fellow kiwi and defending Supercars’ Champion, Shane van Gisbergen was 4th quickest in his Red Bull Holden.

A huge crowd is expected to attend the last ever Supercars event at Pukekohe, the spiritual home of racing in New Zealand.

Van Gisbergen holds a convincing 500 point Repco Supercars Championship lead over Ford’s Cam Waters heading into this weekend’s three races.

This year marks the eighth time drivers will compete for the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy at Pukekohe since it was first introduced in 2013.

Only two drivers have won the trophy more than once: Jamie Whincup (2015 and 2017) and Shane van Gisbergen (2016 and 2019).

Brad Jones Racing will make its 700th ATCC/Supercars Championship start since its debut in the opening race of the 2000 season at Phillip Island, while the same race will also be Matt Stone Racing’s 150th since its first championship race as a wildcard at Queensland Raceway in 2017.

Friday Practice Results

POS NO. DRIVER TEAM TIME BEHIND LAPS
1 11 A. de Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Team 1:02.207 +0.000 18
2 17 Davison Shell V-Power Racing Team 1:02.456 +0.250 16
3 8 Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 1:02.486 +0.280 16
4 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team 1:02.593 +0.387 15
5 50 C. Waters Tickford Racing 1 1:02.767 +0.560 14
6 25 Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 1:02.793 +0.587 15
7 2 Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United 1:02.890 +0.683 16
8 96 M. Jones SCT Motor Sports 1:02.898 +0.692 17
9 10 Holdsworth Penrite Racing 1:02.990 +0.784 17
10 34 J. Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing 1:03.022 +0.815 19
11 88 B. Feeney Red Bull Holden Racing Team 1:03.026 +0.819 18
12 9 W. Brown Penrite Racing – Erebus 1:03.037 +0.830 14
13 3 Slade CoolDrive Racing 1:03.044 +0.837 16
14 26 Reynolds Penrite Racing 1:03.113 +0.906 15
15 20 S. Pye Team 18 1:03.145 +0.939 13
16 55 T. Randle Tickford Racing 2 1:03.178 +0.971 19
17 56 J. Kostecki Tickford Racing 2 1:03.196 +0.990 16
18 31 J. Golding PremiAir Subway Racing 1:03.215 +1.008 19
19 18 Winterbottom Team 18 1:03.259 +1.052 15
20 4 J. Smith SCT Motor Sports 1:03.379 +1.173 18
21 99 B. Kostecki Penrite Racing – Erebus 1:03.396 +1.190 19
22 5 Courtney Tickford Racing 1 1:03.480 +1.273 14
23 35 T. Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing 1:03.498 +1.291 16
24 22 C. Pither PremiAir Coca Cola Racing 1:03.508 +1.301 22
25 14 B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing 1:03.645 +1.439 21

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