Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport’s Harri Jones once again proved the dominant force in a shortened second race for Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia at Albert Park.

Though the race went green from start to finish, a disrupted Formula Two qualifying session meant that twelve of a scheduled fifteen laps were completed before the time certain cut-off.

The 2022 champion didn’t have it all his own way, but still managed to win by more than six seconds to solidify his championship credentials, with Dale Wood and Ryder Quinn rounding out the podium, the latter finishing as the top Michelin Junior.

In SP Tools Pro-Am, Agas National’s Adrian Flack took an even more comprehensive win, putting seventeen seconds on his class rivals, and finishing ahead of several Equity One Pro runners.

For the first time all weekend Jones found himself on the back foot off the start, as Dale Wood’s brilliant reaction time, combined with a great launch off the line, promoted the Connected Spaces entry to the lead on the run to turn one from second on the grid.

Ryder Quinn also got a great start off the inside line of the grid, getting by the Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport entry of Scott Pye on the run to the first corner to move into third.

David Russell’s race came undone at the first corner, clipping the tyre bundle on the inside of the corner apex and rupturing the right front radiator of his TekworkX Motorsport entry, consigning last year’s Bathurst 1000 runner-up to the pits.

At the front of the field, Jones made sure his time in second was short, making a commanding move on the inside of turn nine on Wood, and promptly drove off into the setting Melbourne sun.

The 2022 champion once again put his head down, building a two second margin by lap six over Wood, who found himself under pressure from the Game Over entry of Quinn.

By the end of the race however, Jones was the only driver lapping in the 1m 48s range, leaving Wood and Quinn to greet the chequered flag line astern some five and a half seconds ahead of Pye, who had a smooth run to fourth with Nick McBride completing the top five.

In SP Tools Pro-Am, Adrian Flack led from lights to flag in the Agas National entry, with the Pro entries of Tom McLennan, Lockie Bloxsom, Harrison Goodman, and Nash Morris all between Flack and the rest of the Pro-Am field.

Whilst Flack was untroubled in front, there was another entertaining battle for the minor placings, as Matt Belford, Rodney Jane, and Sam Shahin all found themselves in the podium placings during the race.

Belford lost a heap of ground and was lucky not to crash after a wild slide on the exit of turn one on lap eight, with Shahin, Jane, and Dean Cook all getting by the I.D Land entry.

The Bend Motorsport Park car of Shahin would claim second in the SP Tools Pro-Am battle, with the Sonic entry of Jane claiming the final podium position two seconds behind the South Australian.

Both Jones and Flack find themselves on their respective class pole positions for tomorrow’s third and final race, decided by the current round points as per the new weekend format for Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia.

In Equity One Pro, Wood and Quinn once again round out the top three for tomorrow’s grid, whilst in SP Tools Pro-Am Jane and Dean Cook (RAM Motorsport) will start second and third in class.

The third and final race for Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia at Albert Park is scheduled to begin at 6:25pm AEDT tomorrow afternoon.