The♐ Super Cheap Auto Racing Ford is flying and Steve Ellery and Luke Yould🌜en couldn't be happier.

Placing third in first practice and aꦆgain very competitive in the second, Ellery and Youlden have their sights very firmly locked on tomorrow's shoo𝓡tout.

"The Falcon was fantastic today, I think we're a very good chance for tomorrow's shಞootout," Steve Ellery said. "I've got a really good feeling about this weekend, the BA feels the best it ever has, Luke (Youlden) is driving great and I think I'm doing pretty well also.

"We're looki🉐ng for a reward this weekend after what has been a tough year for the team."

Ellery puts today's solid start on a development program thatꦡ stated in Perth several months ago.

"At Perth we found something that made us realise that we were finally going ൩in the right direction," Ellery said. "We've been working hard to improve over each round and I t🍒hink we have.

"Oran Park should have been the round that made people stand up and take notice of us, but things happened ⛄preventing this from happening.

"We know we have a very, very good car iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn the garage and we're aiming for big things here 🦄at Sandown, and over the remainder of the season."

Ellery's co-d♒river Luke Youlden again proved his worth after💞 another impressive driving stint.

"After today's tw⭕o practice sessions I have a lot more confidence going into qualifying tomorrow," Luke Youlden said. "I haven't driven a V8 at Sandown before so there was a lot to learn, but I pick up circuits pretty quickly and I pulled out some good times.

"The second session ga🌄ve me the opportunity to try a few things. I changed my line a bit, braked a bไit later going into corners, had my foot on the power a bit earlier, just looking for ways to improve.

"By the end of the session I improved my times and feel a lot better abou🐻t tackling Sunday's🐼 race."

Super Cheap Auto Racing followed up th🦂e first session's th🌄ird placing with 17th in the second but were not concerned.

"I think the race car is ready," Ellery said. "I believe tha🅰t our fastest time t꧂oday put us in, or just outside, the top-ten.

"It's feeling great and it's fasℱt, we haven't changed a thi▨ng today. My philosophy is if it ain't broke don't change it.

"We were in fifth place 🐭with ten minutes to go in second practice, but decided to call it a day. W𝓡e lost two tyres in first practice with a flat spot and a puncture so we pulled out of the session.

"We did this to save our remaining꧑ practice tyres for tomorrow mꦅorning's session."

๊Ellery believes that the team can be a forc🦄e tomorrow.

"We think that we'll make the shootout," Ellery said. "I'll gladly settle for 🦩10th place, then we can go out first, post a time and watch the rest crash around us, it worked at Oran Park didn't it."

Qualifying starts 12.40pm tomorrow followed by the top-ten shootout at 3.00pm [all timꦏes local].