RAMU Farrell has etched himself into his own piece of Porsche Motorsport Australia history, becoming the first driver in the current Pro / Pro-Am era to win a race outright as a Pro-Am driver. 

The Jones Motorsport driver had earlier grabbed pole position in another category first, made the best start and led the entire duration to claim the race one victory both outright and in the Pro-Am class in a sublime performance at his home circuit.

A newcomer to motorsport, Farrell is in just his third year of Sprint Challenge competition but looked like a veteran as he spent today’s 30-minute race fending off advances from first Willie Exton and then Jake Santalucia.

He was unflappable in his lead however, executing a performance as professional as his team boss – Carrera Cup champion Harri Jones – to claim the win.

It was also the first race win for Jones Motorsport in their young history, while Farrell was the sixth different winner from seven races so far this season.

Santalucia started fifth but a blazing start saw him storm to third position on the opening lap of the race.

In another chapter of the unpredictable Pro class battle in this year’s championship, he spent much of his race challenging Pro leader Exton before slicing past late in the race to take the class win, and second on the road.

It was a key moment for the Sonic Motor Racing teenager who benefited from challenging races from championship leaders Lockie Bloxom and Tom Bewley.

Ryan Casha finished a solid fourth with James Lodge fifth to continue his strong form from Sydney last time out.

Bewley survived a wild off at turn six to recover to sixth place at the end to eat into the championship lead held coming into the event by Bloxsom.

The latter finished 10th after a late spin dropped him down the order, further closing the championship fight that reaches its half way point at the conclusion of the Queensland event this weekend.

Tyler Greenbury, Hunter Robb, Kmal Mrad and Bloxsom completed the top 10 at the end of the 30-minute race.

With attention focussed on Farrell out front, the fight for second in Pro-Am was a competitive affair with Jacque Jarjo charging through the pack to claim second. In his 49th career start Lachy Harburg was third while Andrew Georgiadis was fourth and Eric Constantinidis next.

Daniel Quimby finished 14th outright and extended his class lead in Class B.

Earlier in the day, Farrell scored the outright and Pro-Am class pole position in a qualifying session held on a wet but drying circuit.

Several red flags stopped key contenders from improving in what turned out to be a less than 10-minute shootout, Farrell holding on to take top spot.

Exton was second while Tom Bewley was third – having now qualified either first, second or third in the three rounds so far.

Ryan Casha and Jake Santalucia were next in yet another diverse mix of teams in the fight this weekend.

James Lodge, Lockie Bloxsom, Jackson Rooney, Tyler Greenbury and Andrew Georgiadis – who was second in Pro-Am – completed the top-10 in qualifying.

Round 3 of the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia Series concludes on Sunday with a pair of races, first a sprint and then the next stanza of the Jim Richards Enduro Trophy at the end of the day.

Both races will be live on 7plus, while Race 2 will also be shown live on 7mate around Australia.