Thomas Sargent has extended his lead in the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia series, edging out Ryan Wood in a tense opener at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, today.
Sargent led from lights-to-flag in the opening race at the Bathurst International, holding off Wood for the duration with Lachlan Bloxsom finishing third.
The 10-lap race commenced on a wet but drying circuit at Mount Panorama, though the record 26-strong field made a clean start and opening lap.
Sargent and Wood battled for the lead early before the former was able to edge away from Wood, who had earlier claimed pole position.
Behind the leading pair, Harrison Goodman worked his Bob Jane T-Marts Sonic car through the field, passing Aron Shields for fourth on lap five before climbing into the top three two laps later.
Unfortunately, he ran off the road at turn one a lap later, bringing out the Safety Car.
The race resumed for a one-lap dash to the line with Sargent again fending off Wood for the win.
With Bloxsom third, Shields finished fourth and Courtney Prince fifth.
Earlier, Ryan Wood rebounded from an earlier accident in practice to take the TAG Heuer pole award, thanks to a record 2m07.9652s lap.
He took pole from championship leader Thomas Sargent by the sizable margin of 0.9400s.
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