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A beautiful day at Phillip Island saw GRM bring home some wonderful results in the second round of racing.

Qualifying for the Trans Ams ended prematurely with a red flag halting the session resulting in combined times from yesterday’s two practice sessions being used to determine the first race grid. Team Valvoline GRM driver was set to begin Race 1 in second place, Owen Kelly in 4^th and Lochie Dalton close behind.

The TCR cars yielded great results. Qualifying sessions saw Dylan O’Keeffe in his Schaeffler GRM TCR car qualify in 3^rd and Jordan Cox in his Swyftx TCR Car in 5^th. Ben Bargwanna in his Burson Auto Parts TCR car came in 11^th followed by Aaron Cameron in 16^th, rookie Kody Garland in 18^th and James Moffat in 19^th.

In the first race for the S5000s, James Golding dominated the grid leading since lap one and finishing in P1. Adam Garwood completed his race in 7^th place overall.

Reigning champion Nathan Herne won the first of the three Trans Am races for the weekend. With a clean start to the race, Herne’s first few laps saw him in 3^rd place behind Owen Kelly who later went to 3^rd. Dalton followed in 4^th in his UP2/11 GRM Ford Mustang. Herne took the lead on the final lap of Race 1 making for a thrilling closing. Owen Kelly finished in an impressive third place and Lochie Dalton in 7^th.

The reversed grid second race of the S5000 Australian Drivers Championship saw Golding finish 5^th place and Adam Garwood in 8^th in the first few laps.

The last race of the day, Race 1 of TCR, saw Jordan Cox finish come in 2nd with Dylan O’Keeffe following in 3^rd  in his Schaeffler GRM TCR car. Aaron Cameron completed an impressive first race of the second round making his way up the grid 10 positions to finish in 6^th place overall. He was followed by Ben Bargwanna in his Burson Auto parts TCR car finishing in the top ten and will now start Race 2 on pole with the reverse grid start tomorrow. Kody Garland finished his race in 16^th behind James Moffat in 12^th place.