2^nd Practice of the Melbourne 400 has been Red-flagged in the closing minutes, but Penrite Racing’s Anton De Pasquale and David Reynold’s were able to keep piling on fastest laps to post a one-two finish for the team.

Macauley Jones’ Big lock-up – Image: Supercars

The follow up session to this afternoon’s 1^st practice saw the teams still juggling tyres for qualifying which is just over an hour away.

Third fastest for the session Rick Kelly posted a late 1:56.9433s, but it may not be a true comparison of outright pace.

“The time sheets look for us look very good we’re in third and it looks fantastic,” Kelly said.

“But we really wanted the session to run out there, so we could see where we sat compared to everyone that was on a lap or just about to start a lap.”

Over at the Penrite Racing garage David Reynolds said it wasn’t smooth sailing with their own woes finding the right tyre selection.

“Right now we’re battling a bit of balance, obviously we’ve got to run the hard and soft tyres, we tried the hard tyre in practice one, and the car felt horrendously bad, then we tried the sort tyre which gives you the grip and the confidence, we’re kind of making in-roads now,” he said.

With Just minutes to go for the session, Macauley Jones’ BJR Commodore suffered A brake failure that saw him in the gravel at Turn 1, Red-flagging the session.

But De Pasquale had the job of going fastest already done, leaving the question of could there have been more pace.

“We always expect to roll out pretty good, just to expect having a bit of pace, you know everyone puts a lot of effort in, but so far it’s alright, obviously the red flag kind of ruins the last runs,” he said.

Qualifying session #1 for Race #1 of the Melbourne 400 kicks-off 4.25pm local time.