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Nathan Herne leads the way early in Turtle Wax Trans Am Series
Dream Racing Australia Team Valvoline driver Nathan Herne has led both Turtle Wax Trans Am Series practice sessions to kick off Round 5 at Sydney Motorsport Park.
It was Herne, who led the way in the opening session driving the Dream Racing Australia Dodge Challenger as he led TRADIEPAD Wall Racing’s Tim Brook by 0.8410s, while Ben Grice gave the All American Driveline and Auto Parts Ford Mustang a strong debut in third.
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Young gun Edan Thornburrow led Turtle Wax Trans Am Series debutant James Moffat in the GRM Ford Mustang featuring a tribute livery to father Allan’s all conquering 1969 example.
Rounding out the 10 were Moffat’s GRM teammate Jason Bargwanna in the Chicane Tools Ford Mustang, Kubota Racing’s Hugh McAllister, Dylan Thomas, Kyle Gurton and the new Team Tempest Solutions Chevrolet Camaro of Zach Loscialpo.
Herne continued this form in Practice 2 as he completed just half the session, but Brook closed the gap to be just 0.2883s behind by the conclusion.
Grice continued his strong pace in third, while Gurton led Bargwanna to complete the top five.
Moffat, Thomas, Thornburrow, McAlister and Loscialpo rounded out the first 10.
Turtle Wax Trans Am Series Qualifying is scheduled to start at 5:35pm AEDT and will be live on Fox Sports 506.