Monochrome GT4 Australia wrapped up Friday at Hidden Valley Raceway with a busy second practice session, as teams continued to find their speed ahead of Saturday's qualifying and opening race of the LIQUI MOLY GT Festival Darwin.
Silver
Miedecke Motorsport by Lubrimaxx's Blake Tracey topped the Silver class after producing a blistering 1:10.7071 aboard the Ford Mustang GT4, making the most of the improved track conditions to finish fastest in class.
Team Soutar Motorsport's Will Exton and Jackson Johnson continued their strong form behind the wheel of the #114 McLaren Artura GT4, ending the session second with a 1:10.809 to sit just over a tenth of a second behind Tracey's benchmark.
Blake Purdie and Jobe Stewart rounded out the Silver class top three after recording a best lap of 1:10.8877 in the #48 Purdie Racing/Team BRM Audi R8 LMS GT4.
The Silver category once again proved fiercely competitive, with less than two tenths of a second separating the leading trio by the end of the session.
Silver-Am
Gomersall Motorsport's Aaron Seton and Jason Gomersall capped off their comeback day by posting the fastest lap in the Silver-Am class with a time of 1:10.9287 in the #1 Ford Mustang GT4.
Fellow returnees Cody Burcher and Dean Campbell continued their strong start to the weekend, guiding the #118 Method Motorsport Ford Mustang GT4 to second in class with a 1:10.9754 - putting them in a good position for Saturday's racing.
CAMM Quarries & Concrete Racing's Lachlan Evennett and Andrew Torti also backed up their Practice 1 pace by securing third in class with a 1:10.9965 aboard the Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO 2.
With less than seven hundredths of a second covering the top three Silver-Am crews, the class remains wide open heading into qualifying.
Am
Am Cup leaders Nathan Callaghan and Corey Lillis led the way in the class by steering the #64 Method Motorsport Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS CS to a best lap of 1:12.2288.
Randall Racing's Peter Lawrence was close behind in the BMW M4 GT4 G82, ending the session second with a 1:12.2577.
Ekebol MPC's Jarrod Keyte completed the class top three after recording a 1:12.2914 in the Ford Mustang GT4, leaving less than seven hundredths of a second covering the leading trio.
View the full Practice 2 results here.
With Friday's running complete, teams will now turn their attention to Saturday's double qualifying session, which gets underway at 10:10am ACST before Monochrome GT4 Australia tackles its first ever race at Hidden Valley Raceway later that afternoon.