Several Albury-Wodonga Motorcycle Club riders kick-started their track series campaigns in style with victories at Diamond Park on Saturday.
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Albury's Chris Seaton took out race one in the pro open class from Jessie Davies and Rowan Tegart.
Tegart went on to win the senior shootout, while the junior equivalent was captured by Remmie Fyffe, who leads the way in the junior 125/250 series.
The results were reversed in the pro 450 category as Davies edged Seaton for top honours.
Fellow Border rider Jock Rogers was successful in the pro 250 class, seeing off series leader Brad Burns, while another AWMCC member Jayden Costarella was third.
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Luke Corbett had to settle for second in the pre 90s class, finishing behind Brendon McCowat.
Josh Antone opened up an 18-point lead in the over 35s with victory from Clinton Doller and Travis Gow.
Cooper Antone has top position in the 65cc 7-9 and the 80s mods, while Hamish Bibby has taken charge of the 65cc 9-11 event.
"We had a good night with our local guys going well in all races," AWMCC vice-president Josh Antone said.
"The programme had a few glitches which we are currently ironing out to make the event run smoother for round two.
"There was some fierce racing in most classes with the new multi-grid format."
Meanwhile, Jindera's Archie McDonald will join the new GTR MotoStars Team, which races within the Supersport 300, R3 Cup and Supersport 600 classes in the Australian Superbikes.
McDonald will line up on a Yamaha R3 and be joined in the garage by 16-year-old Max Stauffer.
The 13-year-old is a current Australian junior dirt track champion and turned to road racing just over a year ago - learning the craft at MotoStars training and coaching days.
He soon became a regular race winner at MotoStars Nationals and went onto compete in the inaugural Oceania Junior Cup in 2019 - a season that featured race wins and fourth in the series.
"I'm absolutely thrilled and immensely proud to represent the GTR MotoStars Team in 2020," McDonald said.
"I come from a humble dirt track background and am still relatively new to road racing.
"I raced in the OJC (Oceania Junior Cup) last year and always maintained a strong dedication to the MotoStars training and coaching days under the guidance of Damian Cudlin.
"Having the opportunity to work with him again, Heath Griffin and Jamie Stauffer, while being teamed up with Max Stauffer is every kids dream.
"I have to thank everyone who's helped me reach this point and I can't wait for round one."