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Kelly ran second for the majority of today's race, on-track for the first podium finish for the new Kelly Racing operation, only for a late and controversial Safety Car called for the stalled car of Tim Slade to bunch the pack and slash the significant gap that Kelly had established between himself and third placed Garth Tander.

Kelly was unable to hold onto second once the race was restarted with nine laps remaining, with Craig Lowndes pushing Kelly wide onto the grass shortly after the restart and Alex Davison taking advantage of his soft tyres to pass Kelly's #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore with four laps to go.

Todd Kelly was fastest in Part A and Part B of practice at the 2.9-kilometre circuit today aboard the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, ending the day with eighth fastest time overall.

Crucially for Todd Kelly, he did not use an additional set of tyres in Part C of practice, saving them for qualifying later in the weekend.

Rick Kelly used Part B of practice to work on car set-up options for the #15 Jack Daniel's Racing Holden Commodore, before hitting the top of the timesheets part way through Part C of practice as the first driver to break into the one minute and nine seconds time bracket.