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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJustin Ruggier rolled during the V8 SuperUtes at the Tasmania Super440.<\/p>\n
Former series champion Aaron Borg took victory in Race 1 of the V8 SuperUtes after a close battle with pole-sitter Justin Ruggier.<\/p>\n
Borg led home Cody Brewczynski who took second place from his teammate Ruggier through the final corner.<\/p>\n
Ruggier relinquished the lead off the start line as Borg lined up on the clean side of the road.<\/p>\n
An early safety car was drawn when Mick Sherwell, Jensen Engelhardt, and Hudson James all struck trouble on the pit straight, with Sherwell finding the wall.<\/p>\n
Ruggier took the lead just before the yellow flag was thrown.<\/p>\n
All cars were able to recover and continue, setting up a restart after just a single yellow flag lap.<\/p>\n
Young gun Ruben Dan found the gravel at the hairpin just three laps later, just after Borg re-took the lead.<\/p>\n
A quick recovery of Dan\u2019s vehicle set up a one-lap dash to the finish, where Borg led the field home unchallenged.<\/p>\n
Ruggier appeared to miss a gear exiting the final corner, allowing Brewczynski through.<\/p>\n
Adam Marjoram fought through to finish fourth, while reigning champion David Sieders rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
Sieders\u2019 son Ashton\u2019s charge through the pack came unstuck late, with the young gun picking up heavy front end damage at the hairpin on the final lap, resulting in a DNF.<\/p>\n
Craig Woods took victory in Race 2 after a reverse top seven saw him inherit pole position.<\/p>\n
Woods held off a hard-charging Marjoram, taking victory in a one-lap dash by 0.4s, his first series win in four years.<\/p>\n
David Sieders came home third, while Rossi Johnson was left to rue what could\u2019ve been after slipping to fourth from the front row.<\/p>\n
Brewczynski held on to round out the top five, despite contact between him and Cam Crick setting off a chain reaction that resulted in a bizarre flip for Ruggier.<\/p>\n
Crick and Brewczynski touched wheels into the hairpin on a safety car restart, slowing the pack up.<\/p>\n
Borg made contact with the rear of Ruggier, spinning the ex-Super2 engineer in the middle of the hairpin, and pitching the Hilux into a single roll.<\/p>\n
Ruggier landed hard back on his wheels, drawing the second yellow flag and setting up a one-lap dash to the finish.<\/p>\n
The first yellow flag was thrown when Ashton Sieders found the wall heavily on the exit of Turn 3.<\/p>\n
Four cars narrowly avoided the rear of Sieders\u2019 car as the young gun was stranded sideways across the track.<\/p>\n
The V8 SuperUte Series returns for the first of two more races on Sunday at 8:50am AEST.<\/p>\n
Aussie Racing Cars<\/p>\n
Ryan Reynolds kicked off Saturday with a second consecutive win, this time battling treacherous conditions.<\/p>\n
Brandon Madden held on to second position with a one-lap dash deciding Race 2 following a late safety car for Richard Knight buried in the gravel at Turn 6.<\/p>\n
Scott Andriske rounded out the podium after battling for the lead in the early running.<\/p>\n
Ayrton Hodson barely hung on to fourth spot, almost giving it away by running wide at the penultimate corner.<\/p>\n
Anthony Di Mauro carved his way through the field to round out the top five after starting at the back.<\/p>\n
Diesel Thomas led the field away at the start, beating Reynolds off the line.<\/p>\n
The young gun ran slightly too deep at Turn 2, running wide into the gravel and dropping several spots.<\/p>\n
Things went from bad to worse as Thomas again dropped off the road just three laps later, this time skating across the gravel at Turn 6.<\/p>\n
Reynolds built a comfortable lead over the course of the race until the safety car was deployed.<\/p>\n
The late yellow flags set up a one-lap dash to the finish, with Andriske lining up on the front row alongside Reynolds.<\/p>\n
After missing Race 1 due to an illness, Ruben Dan had raced through to the top 10 from the rear, but that charge came unstuck on the restart.<\/p>\n
Dan was caught up in a concertina, dropping to the rear of the field.<\/p>\n
Andriske lost grip on the restart, falling back into the clutches of the top five, allowing Madden through to second.<\/p>\n
The seas parted for Scott Dornan in the reverse grid Race 3 on Saturday afternoon, as he carved through from the rear of the field to win.<\/p>\n
Dornan led home Andrew Corish in a near dead heat at the line, ahead of Madden in third.<\/p>\n
Race 1 and 2 winner Reynolds came home in fourth after the reverse grid saw him start 12th, while Cody McKay rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n
Nathan Williams was the class of the field early on in the Lightning McQueen-liveried car, having been spun right at the start.<\/p>\n
Williams was turned sideways through Turn 1 at the start, collecting Oscar Pedersen.<\/p>\n
Even with slight front end damage, Williams recovered to battle for the lead a handful of laps later.<\/p>\n
Di Mauro battled through to the lead in the early laps, while a fierce battle between Reynolds, Madden, and Hayden Nissen resulted in Madden facing the wrong way at Turn 6.<\/p>\n
The safety car was deployed when Jackson Barrington found the gravel at Turn 4, and Ayrton Hodson almost found the wall at the hairpin under yellow flag conditions.<\/p>\n
The restart set up an enthralling battle to the finish between Williams and Di Mauro, before the pair made contact through the kink on the back straight.<\/p>\n
Both cars slid sideways through the grass at high speed, sending them both tumbling down the order.<\/p>\n
Dornan inherited the lead and held off a hard charging Corish to take the win.<\/p>\n
Pedersen recovered to 11th spot, while Williams managed to finish 13th, and Di Mauro was shuffled all the way back to 19th as a result of the contact.<\/p>\n
Aussie Racing Cars returns on Sunday for a fourth and final race at 10:55am.<\/p>\n
Touring Car Masters<\/p>\n
Steven Johnson took the win in Race 1 of the weekend, charging through in the opening laps from the third row of the grid and never looking back.<\/p>\n
Johnson led home Tim Brook and championship leader Scott Cameron.<\/p>\n
Adam Garwood brought the Ford Capri Perana home in fourth after leading early on, while Andrew Fisher capped off a quiet race in fifth spot.<\/p>\n
Garwood ran wide at Turn 6 in two consecutive laps, dropping as far back as seventh and allowing Johnson to run away at the front.<\/p>\n
Ryan Hansford battled an ill-handling Torana at the mid-point of the race, with Cameron and Danny Buzadzic making contact at the hairpin as a result of a Hansford lock-up.<\/p>\n
Buzadzic was left circulating in second place with significant damage on the front left corner, which ultimately culminated in the tyre blowing out on the back straight.<\/p>\n
The car quickly ran off the circuit, coming to rest in the gravel trap halfway down the back straight, leaving Buzadzic classified in 15th place with a DNF.<\/p>\n
Hansford continued battling braking issues, spinning at the hairpin with both rear tyres locked.<\/p>\n
Johnson ran away unchallenged at the front, with a 7.25s margin back to Brook.<\/p>\n
Touring Car Masters returns on Sunday for the first of two more races at 9:45am.<\/p>\n
Tassie Tin Tops<\/p>\n
Josh Barwick took a relatively easy victory in Race 2 of Tassie Tin Tops in tricky damp conditions.<\/p>\n
Barwick capitalised on the tricky conditions and superior grip of his R32 GTR to take the lead from Ben Purtell on the opening lap.<\/p>\n
Mark Duggan brought the Aston Martin Sports Sedan home in second spot ahead of Ben Newman\u2019s McLaren GT4.<\/p>\n
After starting at the back following a spin in Race 1, Brad Sherriff carved through the field to finish fourth.<\/p>\n
Purtell held onto the top five despite spinning on the second lap.<\/p>\n
After electing to start on slick tyres from the front row, Tim Mann failed to finish after finding the wall at Turn 3 part-way through the race.<\/p>\n
The safety car was deployed to recover the stricken Mann Falcon, setting up a short dash to the flag.<\/p>\n
Barwick built a lead of over 8s on the restart as Duggan was held up behind lapped cars, including a spinning Steve Gangell at Turn 2.<\/p>\n