Greg Murphy bested his Lap of the Gods in what was an impressive showing in his return to the Bathurst track he loves.
In Thursday's second practice session at the Bathurst 1000, Murphy, a four-time champion, posted a time that was 22nd fastest.
Murphy is making a comeback to Supercarsafter eight years away, during which time the cars' lap times have significantly improved.
His time of two minutes, 6.8594 seconds to complete a lap of the circuit in 2003 will remain one of the greatest feats by a New Zealand driver at Mount Panorama.
The 51-year-old produced a time on Thursday of 2m 5.8716s - 1.7 seconds slower than the lap produced by the quickest driver, Garth Tander, who is fellow Kiwi Shane van Gisbergen's co-driver.
