Wood edges Evans in Porsche opener

Dale Wood has claimed victory in the opening Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia race on the streets of Adelaide.

The former Supercars driver withstood pressure throughout to take a narrow win over Jaxon Evans and Dylan O’Keeffe.

Wood gained the advantage courtesy of a strong jump off the line, pushing polesitter Evans into second place.

A clash on the opening lap saw Anthony Gilbertson turn Nick McBride around at Turn 9, McBride stranded in the escape road for the balance of the race.

The incident also delayed Cameron Hill, while Greg Taylor found himself pointing the wrong way at the same corner a lap later following contact with Sam Shahin.

Following the opening lap skirmishes, Wood settled down to hold a narrow advantage over Evans, with O’Keeffe and David Wall also in pursuit.

The front pair ran nose to tail throughout the 10-lap race, Wood emerging victorious from Evans, O’Keeffe and Wall.

In the Pro-Am class, Roger Lago claimed the win as he finished eighth overall, with Stephen Grove second in class finishing 10th outright, and Tim Miles third in class in 12th.

Wood will start from  pole for tomorrow’s second Carrera Cup race, scheduled for 18 laps, starting at 1110 local time/1140 AEDT.

RESULTS: Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia, Race 1

Pos	Car	Driver	Competitor/Team	Laps	Time
1	100	Dale Wood	Sonic/Polyflor	10	13:56.543
2	7	Jaxon Evans	Morris Finance	10	13:56.824
3	88	Dylan O’Keeffe	Allstar Equipment Sales	10	13:57.790
4	1	David Wall	PAYCE/Wilson Security	10	13:58.360
5	18	James Moffat	Payce/Wilson Security/JBL	10	14:00.863
6	777	Jordan Love	Rodney Jane Racing	10	14:01.897
7	77	Michael Almond	Sonic/Bob Jane T Marts	10	14:02.426
8	23	Roger Lago	JBS Australia	10	14:14.429
9	14	Peter Major	Sonic/Totally 4×4	10	14:15.003
10	4	Stephen Grove	Grove Motorsport Pty Ltd	10	14:18.019
11	12	Adam Garwood	Garwood Motorsport	10	14:18.509
12	6	Tim Miles	Miles Advisory Partners	10	14:21.091
13	80	Max Twigg	WM Waste Management	10	14:27.899
14	20	Adrian Flack	Agas National	10	14:28.113
15	808	John Steffensen	Crown/Timken/Porsche Melbourne	10	14:28.923
16	111	Cameron Hill	Southern Star Truck Centre/Any	10	14:29.192
17	15	Josh Hunt	Volante Rosso Motorsport	10	14:29.928
18	13	Sam Shahin	The Bend/htfu	10	14:31.057
19	888	Leanne Tander	Porsche Centre Brighton	10	14:34.779
20	9	Marc Cini	Hallmarc	10	14:35.282
21	22	Dean Cook	BMF/Pitman Racing	10	14:47.835
22	19	Anthony Gilbertson	Hallmark Homes	10	14:49.854
23	5	Greg Taylor	Arris/Strongbuild	10	15:02.936
24	35	Indiran Padayachee	Hyundai Forklifts Australia	10	15:14.341
25	131	Graham Williams	Sonic	10	15:14.858
DNF	8	Nick McBride	Porsche Centre Melbourne