Ryan Wood tops Practice 1 as Brown crashes late in Townsville

Kiwi rookie Ryan Wood has laid down an early marker at the Townsville 500, clocking the fastest time in the opening Supercars practice session of the weekend. Under overcast skies on the 2.86km Reid Park street circuit, Wood posted a 1:13.634 in the #2 Walkinshaw Andretti United Mustang to top the timesheets on Friday morning. …