Sandown 500: Reynolds breaks lap record in practice

Resurfacing work was always going to leave Jamie Whincup's existing record, a 1m07.838s, under threat, Garth Tander getting within a couple of tenths during this morning's co-driver session.

Reynolds then lowered the benchmark in the first primary driver practice session, the Erebus star now the record holder with a 1m07.777s.

He's not expecting to have it for long, though, Reynolds hinting that he didn't run green tyres during that 30-minute hit-out.

“That’s good, I wonder how long it’s going to last?" said Reynolds.

"Until people start putting new tyres on, who knows where everyone’s at?

“Obviously with the resurfacing around the track, it’s very, very grippy, in some spots, not all – so it’s going to be interesting.”

Anton De Pasquale made it an Erebus one-two in that session, just 0.11s behind his teammate, followed by Scott McLaughlin.

Chaz Mostert was fourth quickest despite ending the session in the Turn 9 gravel, teammate Lee Holdsworth fifth and Shane van Gisbergen best of the Triple Eight cars in sixth.

Practice 1

Cla	#	Driver	Time	Gap	Interval
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander	1'08.036
2	7	Andre Heimgartner Bryce Fullwood	1'08.092	0.056	0.056
3	15	Rick Kelly Dale Wood	1'08.100	0.064	0.008
4	2	Scott Pye Warren Luff	1'08.132	0.096	0.031
5	22	James Courtney Jack Perkins	1'08.185	0.149	0.053
6	12	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto	1'08.234	0.198	0.048
7	55	Chaz Mostert James Moffat	1'08.372	0.336	0.138
8	9	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	1'08.442	0.406	0.070
9	3	Garry Jacobson Dean Fiore	1'08.444	0.408	0.002
10	23	Will Davison Alex Davison	1'08.450	0.414	0.006
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Practice 2

Cla	#	Driver	Time	Gap	Interval
1	9	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	1'07.777
2	99	Anton De Pasquale Will Brown	1'07.891	0.113	0.113
3	17	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat	1'07.998	0.220	0.107
4	55	Chaz Mostert James Moffat	1'08.053	0.275	0.055
5	5	Lee Holdsworth Thomas Randle	1'08.070	0.292	0.016
6	97	Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander	1'08.133	0.355	0.063
7	18	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	1'08.254	0.476	0.120
8	23	Will Davison Alex Davison	1'08.261	0.483	0.007
9	888	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	1'08.271	0.493	0.010
10	7	Andre Heimgartner Bryce Fullwood	1'08.281	0.503	0.010
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