news: Harris sets pace in first GC SuperUtes practice

Ryal Harris has set the fastest lap in Practice 1 for Round 7 of the ECB SuperUtes Series on the Gold Coast.

Harris held sway for the entirety of the 20-minute session, having improved on each of his first five flying laps in the #1 Peters Motorsport Mazda BT-50.

The 2018 series winner got down to a 1:31.4584s, almost two seconds below the practice/qualifying lap record.

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Cameron Crick similarly held second position throughout in the #7 Sieders Racing Team Mitsubishi Triton but pressed on after Harris had pitted and closed the gap from as much as 1.1s to 0.1458s by the end of the session.

Series leader Tom Alexander, who twice ran up the Turn 11 escape road, pinched third position with the chequered flag out with a 1:31.6397s in the #22 Ross Stone Racing Isuzu D-Max.

That pushed Ben Walsh (#8 Western Sydney Motorsport Toyota Hilux) to fourth, ahead of team-mate Craig Woods (#64 Hilux) and Christopher Formosa (#49 Allgate Racing Ford Ranger).

Toby Price completed only two laps in his first session back in SuperUtes, leaving the #87 SRT Triton at the bottom of the timesheets of the 10 cars which took to the track.

Practice 2 starts today at 1155 local time/1255 AEDT.

Results: Practice 1

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Split
1	1	EFS 4×4 Racing	Ryal Harris	Mazda BT50	1:31.4584
2	7	Team Triton Racing	Cameron Crick	Mitsubishi Triton	1:31.6042	0:00.1458
3	22	Caltex Delo Racing	Tom Alexander	Isuzu D-MAX	1:31.6397	0:00.1813
4	8	Fat Freddy’s	Ben Walsh	Toyota Hilux	1:32.5448	0:01.0864
5	64	Western Sydney Motorsport	Craig Woods	Toyota Hilux	1:35.0352	0:03.5768
6	49	Allgate Auto Doors	Christopher Formosa	Ford Ranger	1:35.4296	0:03.9712
7	96	WBT Racing SRT	Jaiden Maggs	Mitsubishi Triton	1:36.2610	0:04.8026
8	17	Tankworld	Benjamin Falk	Mazda BT50	1:36.5153	0:05.0569
9	68	WBT Racing SRT	Gerard Maggs	Toyota Hilux	1:36.5599	0:05.1015
10	87	Team Triton Racing	Toby Price	Mitsubishi Triton	1:38.3073	0:06.8489