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Friday – Phillip Island Round-Up 

March 18, 2022

Things kicked off at Phillip Island with the Trans Ams first to hit the track for Practice Session 1. Some great results for Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers with Team Valvoline’s Nathan Herne second on the time sheets with a time of 1:34.3642.

Owen Kelly followed close behind in third position with a time of 1:35.0663, with rookie Lochie Dalton in 5^th place in his Ford Mustang UP2 /11 Motorsport / GRM car.

The first of the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship practice sessions saw a blistering lap by James Golding who topped the time sheet with a time only 0.1 seconds behind last year’s pole lap.

Adam Garwood finished Practice 1 in 9^th position with a time of 1:31.0508

The TCR’s were next to hit the track with Dylan O’Keeffe in his Schaeffler GRM TCR car placing second quickest with an impressive time of 1:36.6312. He was followed by Aaron Cameron in his Team Valvoline GRM car and Jordan Cox in 7^thplace. Kody Garland returned to TCR in the first practice session of the weekend coming in 12^th on the time sheets. He was followed by James Moffat in 16^th and Ben Bargwanna in 19^th in his Burson Auto Parts TCR car with a time of 1:38.2879.

The second practice session for the S5000s, saw James Golding lead the session with Adam Garwood finishing in 9^th.

For the second practice session for the Trans Ams, reigning champ Nathan Herne led the field with Owen Kelly following in 4^th and Dalton in his UP2/11 Motorsport Ford Mustang in 5^th with a 1:36.2877 time.

TCR Practice 2 saw Jordan Cox lead the pack with a time of 1:36.5701. He was followed by Aaron Cameron who placed 3^rd on the sheets with a 1:36.7512. Dylan O’Keeffe in his Schaeffler TCR car came in 5^th followed by Ben Bargwanna. Team Valvoline GRM driver, Kody Garland wasn’t far behind in 10^th place and James Moffat completed Practice 2 in 17^th in his LMCT+ Racing GRM TCR car.

The day concluded with the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship Qualifying session where James Golding took pole position in his Team Valvoline GRM car with an impressive lap of 1:24.8126 which is the fastest ever S5000 lap time. He also has a 0.4s margin ahead of his rivals. Adam Garwood completed his qualifying session in 9^th place overall.

The rest of the weekend’s sessions will run as follows:

Trans AM 

Saturday

Sunday

TCR 

Saturday

Sunday

S5000 

Saturday 

Sunday