{"id":167,"date":"2021-05-09T06:22:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T06:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v8superutes.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2022-02-02T06:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:26:44","slug":"harris-seals-round-1-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v8superutes.com\/harris-seals-round-1-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"HARRIS SEALS ROUND 1 VICTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ryal Harris has sealed overall honours in round one of the Haltech V8 SuperUte Series, winning race two at the OTR Bend SuperSprint this morning and finishing second behind Aaron Borg in the third and final race.<\/p>

After winning race one, Harris started sixth for the second race, courtesy of the reverse grid format. But a mega start from the Mazda BT50 driver saw him moving up to second by the first corner, before taking the lead from the Mitsubishi Triton of Cameron Crick shortly thereafter.<\/p>

Harris managed the margin to his rivals for the remainder of the race, taking victory by just over two seconds from Crick and Borg. George Gutierrez (Holden Colorado) ran in fourth position for much of the race, until a late spin dropped him to fifth behind Toyota Hilux runner Craig Woods.<\/p>

Race two also produced the most amusing moment of the weekend; Michael Formosa spun his Ford Ranger, and in attempting to regain his bearings, he ended up completing a lap on the full 7.7km Bend GT circuit!<\/p>

In race three, Crick took the early lead after beating Harris off the line, but his time at the front was short-lived, conceding the lead to Harris and second place to Borg before the end of the first lap.<\/p>

Borg applied the pressure to Harris and was able to make a decisive move for the lead at turn six on the third lap, before driving to victory. However, second place for Harris was enough for him to seal overall honours for the round.<\/p>

\u201cI can\u2019t thank the Peters Motorsport team enough,\u201d a delighted Harris said after race three.<\/p>

\u201cThree weeks ago, the ute was just sitting in the carpark, they\u2019ve put in a massive effort to get us onto the track.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m really happy with the direction the category is heading in, the management team have done a great job to get it to where it is and it\u2019s going to be a great year of racing.<\/p>

\u201cIn the second race, I was surprised with how good my start was \u2013 it\u2019s been ages since I\u2019ve done a standing start, because the other categories I\u2019ve raced in have rolling starts.\u201d<\/p>

Borg, who finished second overall, was satisfied with his team\u2019s progress over the weekend.<\/p>

\u201cIt was a great first weekend with the V8s in the SuperUtes, we\u2019ve shown how good they are,\u201d Borg said.<\/p>

\u201cWe had some close racing with Ryal and Cameron, it was very entertaining. Hopefully we can push up to get a few round wins.<\/p>

\u201cWe worked on the setup throughout the weekend, and by the last race we had it dialled in.\u201d<\/p>

Polesitter Crick ended up third for the round.<\/p>

\u201cOverall, it was a solid weekend,\u201d Crick said.<\/p>

\u201cAs everyone built up to it, we discovered a few issues with the Triton, especially with the rear end, which we\u2019ll work on for upcoming rounds. It was nice to qualify on pole, but we didn\u2019t quite have the race pace to win.\u201d<\/p>

The next round of the Haltech V8 SuperUte Series will be held at Winton Raceway, 28-30 May.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Haltech V8 SuperUte Series Top 10 Points<\/strong><\/p>

1. Ryal Harris \u2013 171
2. Aaron Borg \u2013 167
3. Cameron Crick \u2013 162
4. Craig Woods \u2013 143
5. Ben Walsh \u2013 141
6. Wayne Williams \u2013 127
7. Gerard Maggs \u2013 127
8. Jaiden Maggs \u2013 120
9. Craig Jenner \u2013 114
10. Michael Formosa \u2013 113<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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