Harris the champion as McConville dominates in Sydney

Ryal Harris, foreground, is the 2012 V8 Utes Series champion

Ryal Harris is the new Auto One V8 Utes Series champion after a typically bruising final round at Sydney Olympic Park this weekend.

Harris’ day was fairly routine, taking fourth place in Race 3, but it was enough to clinch the title from David Sieders and Nathan Pretty on a weekend in which Cameron McConville won both completed races.

Sieders was denied the opportunity to claw more points back from Harris when Race 2 was declared a non-race due to a first lap melee. Sieders was still a chance to win the series if results went his way in this afternoon’s finale.

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However, Sieders’ hopes were extinguished when the MangoCredit Falcon slowed with a gearbox issue on the final lap, allowing the car #58 past with five corners remaining.

Harris had nevertheless already done enough, after running two positions behind the third-placed Sieders for the first eight laps of the shortened Race 3.

McConville, who had been wiped out in a multi-car incident at the start of Race 2, was back on the front row this afternoon by virtue of his Race 1 victory. The former V8 Supercars driver repeated the win with another dominant victory and a maximum haul of the points.

Pretty was second again, to cement his third placing in the series, ahead of Craig Dontas, Harris, Kris Walton, Kim Jane, Sieders, Andrew Fisher, and Charlie O’Brien.

Final V8 Utes Series results

Pos	Name	Car	Team	Points
1	Ryal Harris	58	Rexel Electrical Supplies	948
2	David Sieders	8	Sieders Racing	936
3	Nathan Pretty	56	Monster Energy	916
4	Andrew Fisher	9	Jesus Racing	866
5	Cameron McConville	61	Bundaberg Racing	817
6	Rhys McNally	26	Stratco Racing	782
7	Kris Walton	68	Rentco	781
8	Ryan Hansford	6	Truckline Racing	758
9	Craig Dontas	22	Thirsty Camel Racing	757
10	Kim Jane	27	Bob Jane T-Marts	724
11	Gary Baxter	3	Sage Automation/ Roof Seal	628
12	Ben Dunn	99	Redass Mexican food/bp Katoomba	574
13	Jake McNally	92	West Coast Racing	474
14	Ben Kavich	23	Workhorse Truck Collision Repairs	441
15	Danny Buzadzic	72	Western General Body Works	377
16	Gerard McLeod	50	Macmahon Mining & Construction	365
17	Jack Elsegood	11	Trend Micro	341
18	Warren Millett	88	Wake-Up Backpackers Racing	327
19	Phonsy Mullan	20	Ramjet Cold Air Inducition/ Ripshift/ GM Motorsport	303
20	Sean Carter	82	Williams Race Tech	299
21	Jeremy Gray	7	Teng Tools/ JMG Maintenance	270
22	Peter Burnitt	4	Rexel Electrical Supplies	231
23	Noel Edge	2	SEW – Eurodrive Racing	191
24	Jesse Dixon	1	Ice Break Racing	189
25	Hayley Swanson	43	Williams Race Tech	179
26	Travis Sharpe	41	Wanda Paints	175
27	Chris Pither	1	Ice Break Racing	174
28	Grant Johnson	47	Hi Tech Motorsport	171
29	Todd Zani	28	Ezeatm Racing Team	166
30	Benn Wilson	51	Southcott Hydraulics / Gates	165
31	Jason Gomersall	77	iseek Racing	163
32	Tom Williamson	1	Ice Break Racing	161
33	Rick Gill	51	Rick Gill Motorcycles	141
34	Andrew Waite	1	Ice Break Racing	127
35	Jason Bargwanna	100	Auto One Wildcard	120
36	George Miedecke	100	Auto One Wildcard	114
37	Gary MacDonald	10	Interior Logistics	109
38	Daniel Kennedy	11	Workhorse Truck Collision Repairs	107
39	Joshua Burdon	10	All -Trans Truck & Spares	103
40	Adam Beechey	7	Big Gun Racing	101
41	Warren Luff	100	Auto One Wildcard	100
42	Yanis Derums	10	Mango Media	93
43	Glenn McNally	10	Samios Plumbing Supplies	89
44	Wayne Wakefield	51	Big Gun Racing	78
45	Allan Letcher	21	Revolution Roofing	76
46	Cameron Wilson	4	Big Gun Racing	75
47	Tony Longhurst	100	Auto One Wildcard	72
48	Tim Blanchard	100	Auto One Wildcard	71
49	Charlie O’Brien	10	Sieders Racing	67
50	Greg Crick	100	Auto One Wildcard	66
51	Steve Charman	77	Pizza Hut Racing	61
52	Jack Le Brocq	1	Ice Break Racing	59
53	Matthew Chahda	29	PGC Security / MRP Smash Repairs	57
54	Chris Atkinson	100	Auto One Wildcard	57
55	Paul Williams	25	Onsite Rental Company	55
56	Brad Patton	14	Mammoth/ WIcked Energy/ Teng Tools	54
57	Sam Walter	14	Go Karting Gold Coast	54
58	Rohan Barry	10	Sieders Racing	46
59	Grant Bromley	37	iseek Racing	41
60	Adam Marjoram	100	Auto One Wildcard	31
61	Colin Bradley	29	Williams Race Tech	31
62	Michael Hector	29	Williams Race Tech	31
63	Josh Hunt	14	V8 Nights Racing	26
64	Amber Anderson	14	V8 Nights Racing	26
65	Layton Barker	29	Williams Race Tech	21
66	Troy Dontas	44	Stellar Homes	18
67	Charlie Kovacs (Jnr)	96	Action Line Marking/City Holden	12