Stoner finished a Dunlop V8 practice session fastest for the first time at QR. Source: Mark Horsburgh / Supplied
CASEY Stoner has topped the timesheets for the first time in a V8 Supercar, leading the way in the Dunlop Series' first practice session at Queensland Raceway.
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The former two-wheel ace posted a 1m11.0926s lap, a scant six-hundredths of a second quicker than multiple development series champion Steve Owen.
The Ipswich round is the first that sees Stoner not having to learn a new circuit, having logged plenty of laps at his Red Bull Racing Australia team's home test track.
"It's a pleasant feeling to come to a track we actually know and we really enjoyed it out there," Stoner said.
"We're improving with every race and at a track we've spent a lot of time at I think we're in a position to hopefully show our true pace."
Stoner fell back to sixth in the second session, but is confident he can post his best qualifying and race results to date in what has so far been a season of struggle.
"The car felt good. I know a lot of the guys around me threw on some new tyres at the end but we didn't have that option and stayed on used tyres.
"But we'll all get new sets of greens for qualifying and racing and hopefully we can keep it up."
Stoner will travel for Japan soon after the meeting wraps up to test Honda's 2014 MotoGP bike, fuelling rumours he could race at this year's Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island.
The Dunlop Series heads out for qualifying at 9:30am EST Saturday ahead of three races across the weekend.
TIMES - Dunlop Series, R4 - Queensland Raceway - Practice 1 (40 min)
Pos Driver Car Time Gap1 Casey Stoner Holden 1:11.09262 Steve Owen Ford 1:11.1537 0:00.06113 Jack Perkins Holden 1:11.3536 0:00.26104 Ashley Walsh Ford 1:11.4142 0:00.32165 Geoff Emery Holden 1:11.5098 0:00.41726 Daniel Gaunt Holden 1:11.5560 0:00.46347 Dale Wood Ford 1:11.5607 0:00.46818 Taz Douglas Ford 1:11.5861 0:00.49359 Paul Morris Holden 1:11.6134 0:00.520810 Andrew Jones Holden 1:11.7983 0:00.705711 Nick McBride Ford 1:11.8119 0:00.719312 George Miedecke Ford 1:11.8197 0:00.727113 Andre Heimgartner Ford 1:11.8489 0:00.756314 Kristian Lindbom Ford 1:11.8898 0:00.797215 Chris Pither Holden 1:11.8996 0:00.807016 Rodney Jane Ford 1:11.9252 0:00.832617 Aaren Russell Ford 1:11.9543 0:00.861718 Drew Russell Ford 1:11.9696 0:00.877019 Cameron Waters Holden 1:12.0553 0:00.962720 Josh Hunter Ford 1:12.0594 0:00.966821 Morgan Haber Ford 1:12.1148 0:01.022222 Gary Jacobson Ford 1:12.3213 0:01.228723 Sam Walter Holden 1:12.4482 0:01.355624 Adam Wallis Holden 1:12.6788 0:01.586225 Marcus Zukanovic Holden 1:12.6923 0:01.599726 Michael Hector Ford 1:12.8293 0:01.736727 Jim Pollicina Holden 1:13.2454 0:02.152828 Brett Stewart Holden 1:13.4287 0:02.336129 Aaron Tebb Holden 1:14.0392 0:02.946630 Nandi Kiss Holden 1:15.3235 0:04.2309
TIMES - Dunlop Series, R4 - Queensland Raceway - Practice 2 (40 min)
Pos Driver Car Time Gap1 Dale Wood Ford 1:10.5552 2 Steve Owen Ford 1:10.8009 0:00.24573 Andre Heimgartner Ford 1:10.8967 0:00.34154 Ashley Walsh Ford 1:10.9194 0:00.36425 Kristian Lindbom Ford 1:10.9939 0:00.43876 Casey Stoner Holden 1:10.9985 0:00.44337 Geoff Emery Holden 1:11.0084 0:00.45328 Jack Perkins Holden 1:11.1936 0:00.63849 George Miedecke Ford 1:11.2012 0:00.646010 Andrew Jones Holden 1:11.2028 0:00.647611 Paul Morris Holden 1:11.3014 0:00.746212 Gary Jacobson Ford 1:11.4447 0:00.889513 Morgan Haber Ford 1:11.4732 0:00.918014 Aaren Russell Ford 1:11.5274 0:00.972215 Nick McBride Ford 1:11.5898 0:01.034616 Daniel Gaunt Holden 1:11.6799 0:01.124717 Chris Pither Holden 1:11.6956 0:01.140418 Cameron Waters Holden 1:11.7049 0:01.149719 Josh Hunter Ford 1:11.7434 0:01.188220 Taz Douglas Ford 1:11.8807 0:01.325521 Sam Walter Holden 1:11.8840 0:01.328822 Drew Russell Ford 1:11.9437 0:01.388523 Marcus Zukanovic Holden 1:12.0217 0:01.466524 Rodney Jane Ford 1:12.0736 0:01.518425 Adam Wallis Holden 1:12.7452 0:02.190026 Michael Hector Ford 1:13.1706 0:02.615427 Jim Pollicina Holden 1:13.3514 0:02.796228 Brett Stewart Holden 1:13.4690 0:02.913829 Aaron Tebb Holden 1:13.5507 0:02.995530 Aaron McGill Holden 1:14.3535 0:03.798331 Nandi Kiss Holden 1:14.4117 0:03.8565
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