Sieders takes dominant V8 SuperUtes pole at Winton

David Sieders has qualified on pole position for Round 3 of the Haltech V8 SuperUtes Series at Winton by a hefty margin.

The 2016 V8 Utes series winner laid down a 1:34.0562s on his first flying lap before spending several minutes in pit lane.

He ventured back onto the race track in the closing minutes of the quarter-hour session and while there was no improvement in the #3 Sieders Racing Team entry, it did not matter.

That was because series-leading team-mate Aaron Borg likewise could not extract any more time from his Holden Colorado, having already set a 1:34.7462s.

Despite being 0.6900s off the pace, Borg will share the front row with Sieders, while Craig Woods earned third on the grid with a 1:35.0638s in his Western Sydney Motorsport Toyota Hilux.

George Gutierrez qualified fourth, ahead of Ben Walsh, Gerard Maggs, Craig Dontas, Rohan Barry, Jaiden Maggs, and Ellexandra Best.

Earlier, Borg had set the pace in the sole practice session, on a 1:35.8748s.

In the Australian Formula Ford Series, Tim Blanchard won Race 1 of Round 3 upon his return to the category with Sonic Motor Racing Services, ahead of CHE Racing’s James Pisczyk.

Race 1 of Round 5 of the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars Super Series was taken out by Joel Heinrich, by a narrow margin over Tom Hayman.

The V8 SuperUtes have their first two of four races at the Pizza Hut Winton SuperSprint tomorrow, from 08:15 and 12:25 local time/AEST.

Aussie Racing Cars is back for Race 2 at 09:40 and Race 3 at 14:00, while Formula Ford’s second race takes place at 11:30.

Results: Qualifying

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Vehicle	Fastest lap	Split
1	3	Sieders Racing Team	David Sieders	Mitsubishi Triton	1:34.0562
2	4	Sieders Racing Team	Aaron Borg	Holden Colorado	1:34.7462	0:00.6900
3	64	Western Sydney Motorsport	Craig Woods	Toyota Hilux	1:35.0638	0:01.0076
4	19	Go Sunny Solar	George Gutierrez	Holden Colorado	1:35.8958	0:01.8396
5	8	Western Sydney Motorsport	Ben Walsh	Toyota Hilux	1:36.5923	0:02.5361
6	68	World’s Best Technology	Gerard Maggs	Ford Ranger	1:36.7113	0:02.6551
7	45	Ryco 24.7	Craig Dontas	Mitsubishi Triton	1:36.7410	0:02.6848
8	88	Abcor Racing	Rohan Barry	Toyota Hilux	1:36.7424	0:02.6862
9	96	World’s Best Technology	Jaiden Maggs	Mitsubishi Triton	1:37.4187	0:03.3625
10	76	Best Leisure Industries	Ellexandra Best	Mitsubishi Triton	1:38.9150	0:04.8588
11	5	Bendix Racing	David Casey	Isuzu D-MAX	1:39.3107	0:05.2545
12	52	Gates JKD Racing Team	Dean Brooking	Toyota Hilux	1:41.1637	0:07.1075
13	50	Craig Jenner Racing	Craig Jenner	Mazda BT-50	1:42.7566	0:08.7004
14	74	Peters Motorsport	Richard Mork	Mazda BT-50	1:42.9795	0:08.9233