Dave "Sideways" Sieders has had a solid start to round six of the Auto One V8 Ute Series - protected by Armor All at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, today, topping both practice sessions, and leading home four of the Sieders Racing FG Utes that featured in the Top Five for the field.

Sieders currently sits third on the ENZED Drivers' Leaderboard, trailing the lead of Ryal Harris by 44 points, and knows that topping the reigning Champion here will be a tough ask, with all nine races in the past three years won by either Harris (4), Sieders (3) or a Sieders Racing driver (2), and the Bathurst round has been won by Harris from Sieders in the past two years, with Sieders winning the round in his debut season in 2010 where Ryal placed third.