Stone Brothers Racing's Mark Winterbottom qualified fastest for the non-cha꧙mpionship Konicღa V8 Supercar support race held at the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 event at Bathurst.

Winterbottom finished qualifying with an impressive lap time of 2min 08.9237secs, which would have placed him less than one second behind Kmart Racing's Greg
Murphy in the main Bathurst 1000 qualifier. Despite qualifying only 18th in the V8 Supercar Championship Series session earlier in the day, Winterbottom showed he had what it takes pushing his AU Fa🅰lcon to a faster time than the BA he drove earlier.

"Every time I have gone out this week, I have learnt something new about this place," the new Konica V8 champion said, "Every session I have gone quicker and, hopefully, we can go well in the 1000 kilometre race on Sunday. That's why we are using the Konica race this weekend - to get more experience and familiarise ourselves
with the circuit and hop♚efully come out of it wඣith a good result."

Dick Johnson Racing's Warren Luff finis✤hed qualifying in second position, followed by Owen💧 Kelly who made his debut this weekend driving for Paul Cruikshank Racing in the #22 car sporting Astron Technology sponsorship.

"We had a few problems at the startꦛ of the qualifying session when we blew a power steering line," Luff said, "I got close to the wall anᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd realised we had some sort of problem and brought the car in. The car is feeling good now and we really looking forward to the race tomorrow."

Gulf Western Oil's Matthew White wa🧸s fourth fastest and Paul Cruikshank Racing's Kevin Mu🐓ndy rounded out the top five, topping a successful day for PCR with two drivers in the top five for tomorrow's 25-lap Konica V8 Supercar Challenge race.

Luff repeated the form that saw him finish fourth in his debut appearance in the Konica V8 Supercar Series at the sixth andꦡ final round at Mallala Motorsport Park, finishing the first practice session yesterday with the fastest lap time of 2min 13.3054secs, ahead of Kelly.

Luff headed the time sheet again in the second practice session earlier❀ today, until Winterbottom clocked the fastest lap time of 2min 11.1525secs - only .0306s♛ecs ahead of Luff.

The top four fastest Konica V8 Su👍percar Series drivers will also be competing in the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 race on Sunday, having all secured co-driver positions with V8 Supercar Championship teams.

Kelly, who has secured a drive in the Ford Performance Racing car with David Besnard, had a successful start in the Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 second practice yesterday when Besnard finished the session w💯ith the second fastest lap time of the day behind Kmart Racing's Murphy and Rick Kelly.