Walkinshaw Racing’s Tim Slade topped the V8 Supercars practice session for the Winton SuperSprint. Slade was a late improver in the one-hour session, charging to second place on his second last lap, before grabbing top spot with a 1m23.893s lap just 11 seconds before the chequered flag came out. That lap was good enough to drop Triple Eight’s Whincup down to second, the margin between he and Slade just 0.003s. Erebus Motorsport’s Ash Walsh was third fastest, having set his best time – just 0.068s slower than Slade’s benchmark – on a set of used soft tyres. “We ran the softs at the end of the session just to get a feel of the balance of the car,” he said. “It’s pretty...
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