The Super Cheap Auto Racing Ford is flyin💎g and Steve Ellery and Luke Youlden couldn't be happier.

Placing third in first practice and ❀again very competitive in the second, Ellery and Youlden have their sights very firmly locked on tomorrow's shootout.

"The Falcon ✃was fantas🐽tic today, I think we're a very good chance for tomorrow's shootout," Steve Ellery said. "I've got a really good feeling about this weekend, the BA feels the best it ever has, Luke (Youlden) is driving great and I think I'm doing pretty well also.

"We're looking for a reward this weeke🎃nd after what has been a tou♍gh year for the team."

Ellery puts today's solid start on a development program that stated in Perth several months a🐽go.

"At Perth we found something that made us realise that we were finally g𒁏oing in the right direction," Ellery said. "We've been working hard to improve over each round and I think we have.

"Oran Park should have been the round that made people stand up and take notice of us, but 🦋things happened preventin🌃g this from happening.

"We know we have a very,꧃ very go𒆙od car in the garage and we're aiming for big things here at Sandown, and over the remainder of the season."

Ellery's co-driver Luke Youlden again🔴 proved his worth after another impressive𝓰 driving stint.

"After today's two practice sessions I have a lot more confidence going into qual♑ifying tomorrow," Luke Youlden said. "I haven't driven a V8 at Sandown before so there was a lot to learn, but I pick up circuits pretty quickly and I pulled out some good times.

"The second session gave me🧜 the opportunity to try a few things. I changed my line a bit, braked a bit later going into corners, had 🌜my foot on the power a bit earlier, just looking for ways to improve.

"By the end of the session I improved my times and feel a lot better about tackling Sun﷽day's race."

Super Cheap Auto Racing followed up the first session's third pla𒐪cing with 17th in the ﷺsecond but were not concerned.

"I think the race car is ready," Ellery said. "I believe tဣhat our fastest time today put us in, or💞 just outside, the top-ten.

"It's feeling great and it's fast, ꦿwe haven't changed✤ a thing today. My philosophy is if it ain't broke don't change it.

"We were in fifth place with ten minutes to go in second practice, but decided to call it a day. We lost two tyres in first practice with a flat spot and a puncture so we pulle🎐d out of the session.

"We did꧑ this to save our remaining practice tyres for tomorrow morning's꧅ session."

Ellery believes that t💜he team can be a force tomorrow.

"We think that we'll make the shootout," Ellery said. "I'll gladly settle for 10th place, t🧔hen we can go out first, post a time and watch the rest crash around us, it wo🦂rked at Oran Park didn't it."

Qualifyꦕing starts 12.40pm tomorrow followed🅠 by the top-ten shootout at 3.00pm [all times local].