Ryal Harris has won SuperUtes Race 1 at Mount Panorama in convincing fashion after a brave Lap 1 move on Craig Dontas.
Harris took a 6.3320s win as Craig Dontas and Ben Walsh filled the minor placings in the six-lap affair.
Dontas had powered ahead up Mountain Straight after he and Harris ran side-by-side through Hell Corner from the rolling start.
Harris went to the outside of the Armor All Pole-sitter again at The Cutting, where the track was still wet off the racing line, and stayed there, allowing him to make the pass on exit after side-to-side contact.
The #58 Peters Motorsport Mazda BT-50 led by 2.2290s at the end of the opening lap and never looked back, while Dontas had a similarly lonely race to second in the #87 Sieders Racing Team Mitsubishi Triton.
Ben Walsh (#8 Western Sydney Motorsport Toyota Hilux) took third after drafting past Aaron Cameron (#95 Peters BT-50) down Conrod Straight on Lap 3.
Cameron ended up edging Tom Alexander (#22 Ross Stone Racing Holden Colorado) to fourth, while David Sieders (#34 Ranger Racing Ford Ranger) finished sixth after a scrap with Craig Woods and Kim Jane.
Woods, the series leader, started third in the #64 WSM Hilux but struggled for pace throughout and just held off Jane (#1 Steve Wilson Racing Isuzu D-Max) for seventh.
Mick Sieders got himself classified a finisher in 12th, a lap down, after pulling into pit lane at the end of the warm up lap.
He had qualified the #45 SRT Triton fourth on the grid.
Tomas Gasperak was a non-finisher with a technical issue after the #18 Team 18 Holden Colorado also failed in qualifying.
Race 2 starts tomorrow at 0855 local time/AEST.
Results: Race 1
| Pos | Num | Team/Sponsor | Driver | Car | Laps | Race time |
| 1 | 58 | EFS 4×4 Racing | Ryal Harris | Mazda BT50 | 6 | 16:59.4741 |
| 2 | 87 | Team Mitsubishi Triton | Craig Dontas | Mitsubishi Triton | 6 | 17:05.8061 |
| 3 | 8 | Car City | Ben Walsh | Toyota Hilux | 6 | 17:11.3273 |
| 4 | 95 | Bushranger Racing | Aaron Cameron | Mazda BT50 | 6 | 17:15.6291 |
| 5 | 22 | SP Tools | Tom Alexander | Holden Colorado | 6 | 17:15.9671 |
| 6 | 34 | Allgate Auto Doors | David Sieders | Ford Ranger | 6 | 17:17.5594 |
| 7 | 64 | Western Sydney Motorsport | Craig Woods | Toyota Hilux | 6 | 17:21.0243 |
| 8 | 1 | WIL-TOW | Kim Jane | Isuzu D-MAX | 6 | 17:21.2417 |
| 9 | 99 | Kubota Tractors Australia | Matthew MacKelden | Toyota Hilux | 6 | 17:27.9250 |
| 10 | 49 | Allgate Auto Doors | Christopher Formosa | Ford Ranger | 6 | 17:47.0672 |
| 11 | 52 | Western Sydney Motorsport | Charlotte Poynting | Toyota Hilux | 6 | 18:22.5690 |
| 12 | 45 | Total Tools/Team Mitsubishi | Michael Sieders | Mitsubishi Triton | 5 | 17:36.7574 |
| DNF | 18 | AC Delco Racing | Tomas Gasperak | Holden Colorado | 4 | 13:00.7207 |
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