Zak Best slammed his door after his Anderson Motorsport Ford Mustang suffered a right front failure.
The Blanchard Racing Team driver led from lights-to-flag after getting the holeshot over Aaron Love into the first turn.
Ben Gomersall was third ahead of Tickford Autosports teammates Campbell Logan and Reuben Goodall.
“I was a little bit dirty, especially coming off three poles in a row and you don’t get to have that glory again,” said Dalton.
“It’s good. You learn from. Aaron is an A-class driver. As soon as you make a mistake, a guy like that is going to compromise you.
“Good race. Car is awesome as usual. It’s a credit to these guys. We sometimes roll out and we’re not quite there. Instead of throwing a dart in the dark they just always turn it on for me.
“I’m having a lot of fun with these guys.”
After a relatively tame start, there were strange scenes on the second lap when the left front corner of Zak Best’s Ford Mustang collapsed at high speed entering Turn 6.
The Anderson Motorsport driver speared off the road and buried himself in the gravel trap.
Frustrated, Best blew up deluxe as he hit his hands on the steering wheel before slamming the door.
“Yeah, not to sure. Just arrived at Turn 6 and went to press the brake and the whole left front has just given way,” said Best.
“Not too sure. There was a lot of contact at Turn 1, but it was mostly right side. A bit unsure. I think it’s some kind of failure.
“When you’re down the back it’s pretty tough. We just need to qualify better tomorrow.
“We started off strong for race one for Sydney and just haven’t been able to replicate it.
“Just needing to qualify better is our issue at the moment. Car speed hasn’t been great.”
After a lengthy recovery, the race resumed with Dalton heading Love, Gomersall, Logan and Goodall.
Matt Chahda found himself facing the wrong way at Turn 1 when Eggleston Motorsport’s Cody Burcher got into the right rear corner of the ZB Commodore.
Matt Stone Racing driver Tommy Smith speared off the road inside the final eight minutes of the race.
As Chahda passed him into Turn 1, the ZB Commodore snapped loose in the braking zone and skipped across the sand trap.
At the head of the field, Dalton was unchallenged. He cruised home to victory by nearly two seconds.
The Super2 Series resumes on Sunday with qualifying at 9:50am AWST before Race 2 at 1:55pm AWST.
Results: Dunlop Super2 Series Perth Super440, Race 1
Pos
Num
Driver
Car
Team
Laps/Diff
Gap
1
43
Lochie Dalton
Ford Mustang GT
Blanchard Racing Team
35 laps
2
26
Aaron Love
Holden Commodore ZB
Eggleston Motorsports
1.3023
1.3023
3
6
Ben Gomersall
Ford Mustang GT
Tickford Autosport
2.2292
0.9269
4
56
Campbell Logan
Ford Mustang GT
Tickford Autosport
2.8355
0.6063
5
5
Reuben Goodall
Ford Mustang GT
Tickford Autosport
3.1338
0.2983
6
80
Brad Vaughan
Holden Commodore ZB
Brad Jones Racing
6.1666
3.0328
7
55
Nash Morris
Ford Mustang GT
Tickford Autosport
6.8688
0.7022
8
17
Ryan Tomsett
Ford Mustang GT
Anderson Motorsports
9.1888
2.3200
9
38
Elliott Cleary
Holden Commodore ZB
Eggleston Motorsports
12.6421
3.4533
10
33
Bailey Sweeny
Ford Mustang GT
Blanchard Racing Team
18.1968
5.5547
11
28
Ayrton Hodson
Holden Commodore ZB
Matt Stone Racing
18.9171
0.7203
12
54
Bayley Hall
Holden Commodore ZB
Eggleston Motorsports
19.7778
0.8607
13
36
Cody Burcher
Holden Commodore ZB
Eggleston Motorsports
30.5943
10.8165
14
88
Bradi Owen
Holden Commodore ZB
Eggleston Motorsports
33.3956
2.8013
15
2
Matt Hillyer
Holden Commodore ZB
Brad Jones Racing
36.9506
3.5550
16
50
Alice Buckley
Holden Commodore ZB
Alice Buckley Motorsport
37.1653
0.2147
17
18
Matthew Chahda
Holden Commodore ZB
Matt Chahda Motorsport
37.4080
0.2427
18
81
Lincoln Taylor
Holden Commodore ZB
Matt Chahda Motorsport
38.0277
0.6197
19
16
Tommy Smith
Holden Commodore ZB
Matt Stone Racing
3 laps
2 laps
DNF
78
Zak Best
Ford Mustang GT
Anderson Motorsports
Lap 2
Lap 2