RECAP – The Supercars Championship returned to Tailem Bend for its 2^nd year running. Tim Blanchard drove the car first in the co-drivers session. Blanchard proved that his time in Super2 is beneficial to his preparation for the up and coming enduros.

 

Nick jumped in the car for Practice one and was immediately competitive. The primary focus was to run through data. Nick and the team are positive of the direction they will take tomorrow.

  

 

TODAYS TIMES

Additional Driver Session (Tim Blanchard)

Finished: Position 8

Fastest: 1:51.0780

Practice One

Finished: Position 15

Fastest: 1:513690

Practice Two

Finished: Position 15

Fastest: 1:49.5618

 

COMING UP 

Saturday 24^th August

10:00-10:30 – Practice Three

12:35-13:15 – Qualifying (3 x 10-minute sessions - knockout style!)

15:25-16:15 – Race 21 – 120kms/24 Laps

Sunday 25^th August

9:00-9:30 – Practice Four

10:50-11:30 – Qualifying (3 x 10-minute sessions - knockout style!)

13:40-15:00 – Race 22 – 200kms/41 Laps

 

THE WORD FROM NICK

“Our results don’t show the overall speed we had today. We were very fast in different sectors and collectiavely we need to focus on pulling it all together. I feel our car can be improved but overall we are in a great position. ”

 

THE WORD FROM TIM

“My time in Super2 is paying off, I felt comfortable straight away. I definitely believe we have a competitive package, I’m going to stay for the weekend and work with both teams which is X Convenience Mobil racing and CoolDrive.”

 

MEET NICK

Saturday 24^th August

11:20-11:45 – Signing Session @ Freightliner Racing Transporter

 

Published: 24 August 2019.