The opening round of the Banjos Bakery, Street Stock Series at the Cranes Combined Carrick Speedway has been won by Dale Riley Jnr.

Riley took the lead at the half way mark of the twenty lap Feature Race, sneaking up the inside of Corey Bauld in turn three, while the duo were in heavy traffic.

Bauld and Luke Williams started on the front row, but Williams retired while in the lead after six laps, setting up the ensuing battle between Bauld and Riley Jnr.

Steven Harvey who started out of postion three, was effectively third for the majority of the race, with Riley Jnr and Corey Bauld almost half a lap ahead of Harvey and the remainder of the field.

In a tense final few laps, Bauld was all over the back end of Riley Jnr, as the pair weaved their way through lapped traffic, but Riley Jnr held his nerve to win by a car length.

Earlier Matt Crawford and Brendon Green won heat races, along with Bauld who won both of his preliminaries.

Round two of the series will be held this Saturday night at Latrobe.

:: Street Stock, Banjos Bakery Series Round 1
Heat 1, 10 Laps: 1. T78 Matt Crawford, 2. T97 Clinton Phillips, 3. T46 Brendon Green, 4. T85 Brett Henri, 5. T72 Steven Pyne, 6. T58 Warrick Lee, 7. T8 Charlie Ivory, 8. T98 David Summers, 9. T35 Matthew Atkinson (2). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.880, Fastest Lap: 21.149 T78 Matt Crawford

Heat 2, 10 Laps: 1. T77 Corey Bauld, 2. T9 Luke Williams, 3. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 4. T4 Steven Harvey, 5. T7 Corey Jetson, 6. T24 Ben Riley, 7. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 8. T55 Nick Anderson, 9. T57 Brad Thompson, 10. T6 Bec Hammond (8 laps). Time: 3.08.361, Winning Margin: 1.312, Fastest Lap: 18.430 T77 Corey Bauld

Heat 3, 10 Laps: 1. T46 Brendon Green, 2. T98 David Summers, 3. T78 Matt Crawford, 4. T72 Steven Pyne, 5. T85 Brett Henri, 6. T58 Warrick Lee, 7. T8 Charlie Ivory, 8. T97 Clinton Phillips (5 laps). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 6.481, Fastest Lap: 18.529 T46 Brendon Green

Heat 4, 10 Laps: 1. T77 Corey Bauld, 2. T24 Ben Riley, 3. T4 Steven Harvey, 4. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 5. T9 Luke Williams, 6.T55 Nick Anderson, 7. T7 Corey Jetson, 8. T57 Brad Thompson, 9. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 10. T6 Bec Hammond (9 laps). Time: 3.00.299, Winning Margin: 2.214, Fastest Lap: 17.674 T77 Corey Bauld

A Main, 20 Laps: 1. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 2. T77 Corey Bauld, 3. T4 Steven Harvey, 4. T7 Corey Jetson, 5. T72 Steven Pyne (19 laps), 6. T55 Nick Anderson (19), 7. T98 David Summers (19), 8. T85 Brett Henri (19), 9. T6 Bec Hammond (16), 10. T9 Luke Williams (10), 11. T78 Matt Crawford (8), 12. T11 Matt Hammond (7), 13. T57 Brad Thompson (7), 14. T52 Kurt Chilcott (4), 15. T24 Ben Riley (3), 16. T8 Charlie Ivory (3), 17. T58 Warrick Lee (3), 18. T46 Brendon Green (0). Time: 5.58.817, Winning Margin: 0.478, Fastest Lap: 17.415 T77 Corey Bauld