Young gun Dylan O’Keeffe has taken his maiden victory in the Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia championship in the opening race of the Sydney Motorsport Park round.
O’Keeffe qualified second and charged to the lead after pole-sitter David Wall was slow from the start line.
The Melbourne based driver then continued at the front to ultimately take the chequered flag and, in the process, eclipsing Steven Richards’ 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park lap record.
James Moffat placed second from Jaxon Evans, Jordan Love and Wall in fifth, who limped across the line following last lap contact with Dale Wood, which ended the latter’s race.
Adrian Flack was the TAG Heuer Pro-Am race winner, cruising past Roger Lago mid-race into turn one and pulled away from his class rivals. Lago placed second from Steven Grove, Anthony Gilbertson and Tim Miles.
Race two will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:45pm local time.
Results: Race 1
| Position | Car | Driver | Class | Laps | Race time | Fastest Lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Dylan O'Keeffe | Pro | 16 | 24:33.6477 | 1:30.6594R |
| 2 | 18 | James Moffat | Pro | 16 | 24:34.3392 | 1:30.9736 |
| 3 | 7 | Jaxon Evans | Pro | 16 | 24:42.8387 | 1:31.2502 |
| 4 | 777 | Jordan Love | Pro | 16 | 24:44.5463 | 1:31.5732 |
| 5 | 1 | David Wall | Pro | 16 | 24:44.7127 | 1:31.1064 |
| 6 | 111 | Cameron Hill | Pro | 16 | 24:47.4078 | 1:31.4024 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick McBride | Pro | 16 | 24:48.1826 | 1:31.5159 |
| 8 | 77 | Michael Almond | Pro | 16 | 24:49.1025 | 1:31.5361 |
| 9 | 888 | Glen Wood | Pro | 16 | 24:50.6237 | 1:31.6933 |
| 10 | 14 | Peter Major | Pro | 16 | 24:55.7868 | 1:31.6602 |
| 11 | 15 | Josh Hunt | Pro | 16 | 25:01.9496 | 1:32.4991 |
| 12 | 20 | Adrian Flack | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:06.1734 | 1:32.2472 |
| 13 | 12 | Adam Garwood | Pro | 16 | 25:13.3021 | 1:32.9350 |
| 14 | 23 | Roger Lago | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:17.5141 | 1:32.8873 |
| 15 | 4 | Stephen Grove | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:17.6110 | 1:33.0661 |
| 16 | 19 | Anthony Gilbertson | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:18.3630 | 1:32.9763 |
| 17 | 6 | Tim Miles | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:19.5542 | 1:33.2028 |
| 18 | 5 | Shane Smollen | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:20.3422 | 1:32.9945 |
| 19 | 22 | Dean Cook | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:20.5540 | 1:33.1655 |
| 20 | 35 | Indiran Padayachee | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:45.8239 | 1:35.1724 |
| 21 | 9 | Marc Cini | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 16 | 25:47.1086 | 1:35.3608 |
| 22 | 131 | Graham Williams | TAG Heuer Pro-Am | 15 | 25:23.7771 | 1:36.3798 |
| DNF | 100 | Dale Wood | Pro | 15 | 23:08.3757 | 1:31.2958 |
