Goddard put the Triple Eight wildcard entry on high with a 1m09.640s 5 minutes from the scheduled conclusion of the half-hour co-driver apply.
He then improved on the very subsequent lap with a 1m09.310s.
That put the #888 entry three-tenths away from Richie Stanaway within the fellow T8 automotive that he’ll share with Shane van Gisbergen.
There was no scope for anyone to enhance as soon as Goddard had achieved his lap, too, with Jake Kostecki dislodging a cone at flip 6 which led to the session being purple flagged and by no means restarted.
“I made a little bit of a mistake on the again nook, so there’s positively a little bit of time in it,” stated Goddard. “However the automotive is feeling actually good. It is a constructive strategy to begin. We have nonetheless acquired one other apply this arvo so we’ll preserve constructing on it.”
Jamie Whincup made it a Triple Eight high three lock-out with the third-fastest time, whereas Lee Holdsworth was the best-placed Ford within the Walkinshaw Andretti United entry he’ll share with Chaz Mostert.
Jayden Ojeda was fifth quickest within the lead Matt Stone Racing entry as Jono Webb was sixth quickest on his return to Supercars.
Micheal Caruso was sixth for Group 18 forward of Erebus pair Jack Perkins and Dave Russell, with Jaxon Evans rounding out the highest 10 for Brad Jones Racing.
Zak Greatest, in the meantime, prompted an early purple flag in his Tickford Racing entry after going off at flip 9.
On the again finish of the highest 20 was Porsche star Kevin Estre, who was participating in his first official Supercars session for Grove Racing.
“Nice, a very good old-fashioned monitor,” he stated of his first style of Sadown. “It’s totally robust with this automotive and the rear tyre drops fairly early in time period of grip, so the extra laps you do, the higher I drive, however the worst I’m in lap time, which mentality isn’t really easy.”
Friday’s motion concludes with a 3rd half-hour apply session, open to all drivers, at 3:45pm native time.
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