The Ryal Harris hot streak has rolled on with a lights-to-flag win in Race 1 of Round 7 of the ECB SuperUtes Series on the Gold Coast.
Harris, who swept the previous round at Bathurst to reclaim the series lead, led the field into the first corner and the #58 Peters Motorsport Mazda BT-50 was never headed.
Tom Alexander ran second for the duration and at one stage pegged the gap back from over a second to around five tenths, but never made a serious challenge in the #22 Ross Stone Racing Holden Colorado.
Craig Woods (#64 Western Sydney Motorsport Toyota Hilux) gained a position at the rolling start and kept third until the end of the eight-lapper, while Cameron Crick (#87 Sieders Racing Team Mitsubishi Triton) and Ben Walsh (#8 WSM Hilux) rounded out the top five.
Luke van Herwaarde ran fourth until he made a big lunge at Woods on Lap 3 which saw him glance the wall entering Breaker Street.
The #52 WSM Hilux, which still sported the scars of a crash in Armor All Qualifying the afternoon prior, finished sixth.
Aaron Cameron struggled with an apparent electrical issue in the #95 Peters BT-50 which hampered his ability to achieve full throttle and the new KZ2 karting champion finished seventh.
Mick Sieders, whose #45 SRT Triton was set to take to the track with parts borrowed from a Mitsubishi executive’s company car after a qualifying hit, was a non-starter in the end.
Kim Jane and the #1 Steve Wilson Racing Isuzu D-Max did not appear for the race.
Race 2 starts tomorrow at 0845 local time/0945 AEDT.
Results: Race 1
Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Laps | Race time |
1 | 58 | EFS 4×4 Racing | Ryal Harris | Mazda BT50 | 8 | 12:37.1911 |
2 | 22 | SP Tools | Tom Alexander | Holden Colorado | 8 | 12:38.3045 |
3 | 64 | Western Sydney Motorsport | Craig Woods | Toyota Hilux | 8 | 12:39.6977 |
4 | 87 | Team Mitsubishi Triton | Cameron Crick | Mitsubishi Triton | 8 | 12:42.3663 |
5 | 8 | Car City | Ben Walsh | Toyota Hilux | 8 | 12:48.1352 |
6 | 52 | EFS 4X4 Racing | Luke van Herwaarde | Toyota Hilux | 8 | 12:48.3146 |
7 | 95 | Bushranger Racing | Aaron Cameron | Mazda BT50 | 8 | 12:57.1429 |
8 | 49 | Allgate | Christopher Formosa | Ford Ranger | 8 | 12:57.9062 |
9 | 99 | Kubota Tractors Australia | Matthew MacKelden | Toyota Hilux | 8 | 13:00.5055 |
10 | 94 | Allgate Auto Doors | Richard Mork | Ford Ranger | 8 | 13:19.5731 |
DNF | 18 | AC Delco Racing | Tomas Gasperak | Holden Colorado | 2 | 8:39.3531 |