Bathurst 1000: Waters sets Practice 3 pace
Cam Waters stormed to the top of the times in the third hour-long practice session for the Bathurst 1000.
The Tickford driver, who was fastest in yesterday's opening practice session, left his run late in this morning's all-driver hit-out.
Having taken over from co-driver James Moffat, who was in the car for the early running, Waters charged to the top with a 2m04.738s in his Monster Mustang.
That left him a quarter of a second ahead of Shane van Gisbergen, who had become the first driver into the fours for the weekend with a 2m04.982s in the final third of the session.
Chaz Mostert kept his strong run going with the third fastest time, the Walkinshaw ace also dipping into the fours with a 2m04.994s.
Jamie Whincup was fourth quickest in the #88 Holden while Anton De Pasquale, one of the pre-race favourites, showed his hand for the first time this weekend with a 2m05.041s.
James Courtney was sixth fastest ahead of early pacesetter Brodie Kostecki. The Erebus team basically ran out of sync with the #99, Kostecki in the car early in the session before handing over to co-driver David Russell towards the end.
Jack Le Brocq capped off a solid morning for Tickford with the eighth fastest time ahead of Will Davison and Tim Slade.
The #96 Brad Jones Racing entry, meanwhile, was back on track following its overnight rebuild after Chris Pither's Practice 2 crash.
Pither and Macauley Jones ended the session 26th and last.
There is a fourth hour-long practice session a 1:30pm local time today before qualifying takes place at 4:35pm.
Bathurst 1000 Practice 3 results
| Cla | # | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Cameron Waters James Moffat | Ford Mustang GT | 2'04.738 | ||
| 2 | 888 |  Shane van Gisbergen Garth Tander | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'04.982 | 0.243 | 0.243 |
| 3 | 25 | Chaz Mostert Lee Holdsworth | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'04.994 | 0.255 | 0.012 |
| 4 | 88 | Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'05.010 | 0.272 | 0.016 |
| 5 | 11 | Anton De Pasquale Tony D’Alberto | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.041 | 0.303 | 0.030 |
| 6 | 44 | James Courtney Thomas Randle | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.099 | 0.361 | 0.057 |
| 7 | 99 | Brodie Kostecki David Russell | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'05.135 | 0.397 | 0.036 |
| 8 | 5 | Jack Le Brocq Zak Best | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.154 | 0.416 | 0.019 |
| 9 | 17 | Will Davison Alex Davison | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.181 | 0.442 | 0.026 |
| 10 | 3 | Tim Slade Tim Blanchard | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.248 | 0.510 | 0.067 |
| 11 | 39 | Broc Feeney  Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'05.390 | 0.651 | 0.141 |
| 12 | 14 | Todd Hazelwood Dean Fiore | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'05.782 | 1.044 | 0.392 |
| 13 | 22 | Garry Jacobson Dylan O’Keeffe | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'05.858 | 1.119 | 0.075 |
| 14 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner Matt Campbell | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.907 | 1.169 | 0.049 |
| 15 | 20 | Scott Pye James Golding | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'05.925 | 1.186 | 0.017 |
| 16 | 26 | David Reynolds Luke Youlden | Ford Mustang GT | 2'05.941 | 1.203 | 0.016 |
| 17 | 34 | Jake Kostecki Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.107 | 1.368 | 0.165 |
| 18 | 8 | Nick Percat Dale Wood | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.163 | 1.424 | 0.056 |
| 19 | 19 | Fabian Coulthard Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.172 | 1.433 | 0.008 |
| 20 | 2 | Bryce Fullwood Warren Luff | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.314 | 1.575 | 0.142 |
| 21 | 35 | Zane Goddard Jayden Ojeda | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.333 | 1.594 | 0.019 |
| 22 | 9 | Will Brown Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.427 | 1.688 | 0.093 |
| 23 | 4 | Jack Smith David Wall | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.550 | 1.811 | 0.122 |
| 24 | 18 | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.648 | 1.910 | 0.098 |
| 25 | 96 | Macauley Jones Chris Pither | Holden Commodore ZB | 2'06.698 | 1.959 | 0.049 |
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