Day three, Round 5 of the 2011 Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series – protected by Armor All certainly had its ups and downs. Ford drivers David Sieders and Ryal Harris outperformed Holden drivers, Nathan Pretty and Cameron McConville, to claim Race wins at Bathurst today, Saturday, 8th October.

The V8 Utes kicked off the day with Race 1 on a wet and greasy track. After 2 laps, the safety car was deployed due to an incident involving the Thirsty Camel Holden of Craig Dontas, which tapped the back of Brad Patton forcing his VIP Petfoods Ford into the wall at the exit to the Chase.

Ryal Harris is heading to Bathurst full of confidence as he looks to breach the gap on his rivals. The VIP Petfoods driver currently sits in third position on the series ladder and as the only driver in the top 4 with a DNF to his name, to still be within striking distance is pleasing, although he would much rather be in the lead!

"The DNF at Townsville really cost me valuable points and the round win, I could have kept driving around with one axle spilling oil everywhere, but I don't think that’s fair to my fellow competitors."
Harris also has some new sponsors to announce before heading into battle at Bathurst announcing Supercheap Auto as a new partner for the weekend.

The Big Gun Racing Team of Peter Burnitt, Brad Patton, Ryal Harris and Greg Willis are pumped and ready for their assault on the most famous motor racing circuit in the southern hemisphere this weekend.

The four pristine V8 Utes are locked and loaded and the team flies into Sydney early Wednesday morning in readiness for another epic assault on ‘the Mountain’.

“You can’t really even say the word Bathurst without getting goose-bumps,” says VIP Petfoods XR8 pilot Brad Patton, “it’s just a place that demands respect and demands 100% of your attention. It’s hard not to love the place.”

Ryal “The Kid” Harris pipped David Sieders by six tenths of a second to take the Armor All Pole Award at Round five of the Auto One V8 Ute Racing Series – protected by Armor All at Mount Panorama today, Friday, 7th October. 

Sieders took the lead off the Jesus Racing backed Ute of Andrew Fisher late in the session and pitted with less than five minutes of the session remaining, handing Harris in the V.I.P Petfoods Ford one last opportunity to take the Armor All pole award, which he did with only one minute remaining.