Bathurst 1000: Davison fastest in third practice

The predicted rain held off for the third hour-long session of the weekend, with crews largely focussed on pitstop practice during the early running.

In between practice stops the times swiftly tumbled, Shane van Gisbergen starting out in the mid-2m06s before dipping into the low fives on his next run.

By the seven-minute mark Brodie Kostecki was into the late fours before, a little over 10 minutes later, Cam Waters lowered the benchmark to a 2m04.573s.

Waters improved that time to a 2m04.407s before handing over to co-driver James Moffat for the last quarter of the session.

With five minutes to go Will Davison jumped the top with a 2m04.207s, the Dick Johnson Racing driver then going purple in Sector 1 on his next lap before traffic over the top cost him time.

However the first time was good enough for top spot with a two-tenths margin over the Waters/Moffat Mustang.

It was the second time the #17 Shell Mustang has topped a session after Davison was fastest in Practice 1 on Thursday morning.

"Two sessions now and we're at the top," said Davison. "We don't look into that too much, because we know there's lots going on, but clearly we're trending in the right direction.

"We're trying some stuff because we weren't good enough here last year. I'm really glad we've got some dry running to get the knowledge that we have. We our outside our normal window.

"It's really enjoyable. The track is definitely not as good as yesterday. All in all, track felt worse, but we've made some good ground."

Kostecki got down to a 2m04.508s to seal third spot, while Tim Slade made late gains to pop up in fourth with a 2m04.591s.

Chaz Mostert was fifth fastest ahead of Will Brown, Andre Heimgartner and Anton De Pasquale.

Thomas Randle was ninth while van Gisbergen could manage just 10th after mid-session efforts to improve were twice ruined by front locking.

That was the only Triple Eight car to make the Top 10, with the Craig Lowndes/Declan Fraser wildcard entry in 14th and the Broc Feeney/Jamie Whincup car 17th fastest.

For the second day running the Erebus Motorsport wildcard had mechanical issues, with Richie Stanaway effectively missing the second half of the session.

That followed a starter motor problem yesterday morning that limited running and left Stanaway dead last in this session.

The action continues with Practice 4 at 1pm local time.

Cla	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Will Davison Alex Davison	Ford Mustang GT	24	2'04.2077
2	Cameron Waters James Moffat	Ford Mustang GT	20	2'04.4070	0.1993
3	Brodie Kostecki David Russell	Holden Commodore ZB	20	2'04.5084	0.3007
4	Tim Slade Tim Blanchard	Ford Mustang GT	19	2'04.5916	0.3839
5	Chaz Mostert Fabian Coulthard	Holden Commodore ZB	19	2'04.6170	0.4093
6	Will Brown Jack Perkins	Holden Commodore ZB	20	2'04.8906	0.6829
7	Andre Heimgartner Dale Wood	Holden Commodore ZB	18	2'04.9542	0.7465
8	Anton De Pasquale Tony D'Alberto	Ford Mustang GT	20	2'04.9714	0.7637
9	Thomas Randle Zak Best	Ford Mustang GT	22	2'05.0096	0.8019
10	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander	Holden Commodore ZB	20	2'05.0372	0.8295
11	Nick Percat Warren Luff	Holden Commodore ZB	21	2'05.0463	0.8386
12	David Reynolds Matt Campbell	Ford Mustang GT	17	2'05.0535	0.8458
13	James Courtney Zane Goddard	Ford Mustang GT	20	2'05.0998	0.8921
14	Craig Lowndes Declan Fraser	Holden Commodore ZB	22	2'05.3262	1.1185
15	Todd Hazelwood Jayden Ojeda	Holden Commodore ZB	20	2'05.3739	1.1662
16	Bryce Fullwood Dean Fiore	Holden Commodore ZB	22	2'05.4100	1.2023
17	Broc Feeney Jamie Whincup	Holden Commodore ZB	20	2'05.4520	1.2443
18	Lee Holdsworth Matthew Payne	Ford Mustang GT	23	2'05.4666	1.2589
19	Jake Kostecki Kurt Kostecki	Ford Mustang GT	21	2'05.5918	1.3841
20	Scott Pye Tyler Everingham	Holden Commodore ZB	17	2'05.5995	1.3918
21	James Golding Dylan O'Keeffe	Holden Commodore ZB	21	2'05.7797	1.5720
22	Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso	Holden Commodore ZB	15	2'05.8353	1.6276
23	Macauley Jones Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore ZB	19	2'06.0132	1.8055
24	Chris Pither Cameron Hill	Holden Commodore ZB	21	2'06.1114	1.9037
25	Jack Le Brocq Aaron Seton	Holden Commodore ZB	20	2'06.5400	2.3323
26	Matt Chahda Jaylyn Robotham	Holden Commodore ZB	22	2'06.7102	2.5025
27	Jack Smith Jaxon Evans	Holden Commodore ZB	21	2'07.0021	2.7944
28	Richie Stanaway Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore ZB	12	2'07.1515	2.9438
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