THE Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship has a new name at the top of the standings for the first time in 18 months, Dylan O'Keeffe charging to the top of the pops thanks to a clean sweep in Darwin this weekend.

The Dexion Australia / GWR Australia driver claimed pole and three race wins to rocket himself to the title lead, beating Harri Jones and Bayley Hall in the Equity-One Professional class round results.

It's both O'Keeffe and GWR Australia first round win since September 2023 - a result made even better by the fact that teammate Matt Belford claimed the Pro-Am class victory, delivering the team a double victory.

Belford claimed the win following a winner-take all scenario in race three that ensured whomever won the final race would also claim the weekend overall, Belford doing the business to edge out Pro-am championship leader Rodney Jane and Race 1 winner Matt Slavin for the class win.

Sunday started with the 45-minute Enduro Cup race, which was claimed in a lights-to-flag performance by O'Keeffe despite starting on the outside of the front row.

He led home Bayley Hall, who capitalised on a rare late-race slip up from Harri Jones, who ran wide at turn five while running second to let the EMA driver through.

Jackson Walls charged to fourth position while Glen Wood was fifth in an equal career-best performance from the Embrey Attachments / EBM driver. Sonic's Marcos Flack was next, taking advantage of a strange incident where both he and teammate Angelou Mouzouris ran wide at turn one at the same time - the former coming off the least compromised of the pair.

Oscar Targett grabbed seventh in a stout comeback from 15th on the grid while Mouzouris, Marco Giltrap and Tom McLennan completed the top-10.

After finishing third in race one, Matt Belford claimed the Pro-Am win over Jane and Slavin.

The race had early drama after contact on the opening lap between Dale Wood and David Russell saw the latter spinning on the exit of turn five, contacting the Connected Spaces / EBM car. Wood, who failed to finish, was penalised 15 championship points for the initial contact, while Russell recovered to 11th.

Race three saw a winner-take all shootout with O'Keeffe once again leading Jones on the race to turn one.

An aggressive Jackson Walls then worked his way to second at turn one to split the weekend-long contenders before a late mistake saw him run wide and cede the position to Jones.

Though the #1 car closed on O'Keeffe, he couldn't make any impression on the final lap to allow O'Keeffe to claim the clean sweep.

With Jones second, Hall again finished third while David Russell executed an excellent comeback to finish fourth. Glen Wood was fifth once again in a consistent weekend, while Marcos Flack finished sixth.

The top-10 was completed by Mouzouris, Targett, Marco Giltrap and Walls - who slipped further back in the closing stages.

Belford grabbed the Pro-Am win, fending off pressure from Rodney Jane all race to claim the victory and deliver him the round result as well.

With three rounds now complete, Dylan O'Keeffe now claims the championship lead in the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship with a narrow 10-point lead over Jones heading to Queensland Raceway in August.

Bayley Hall retains third in the standings while Marcos Flack sits fourth and Russell climbs to fifth for TekworkX.

Matt Belford's Pro-Am success sees him close the championship margin to leader Rodney Jane to 67 points. Matt Slavin has climbed to third, while the absent Brett Boulton drops to fourth position. Pro-Am contenders can drop their worst round of the season.

The next round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship will see the series return to Queensland Raceway in Ipwsich for the first time since the 2008 season on 8-10 August.

Championship Standings - followig Round 3 (Provisional)

Equity-One Pro

1. Dylan O'Keeffe 469
2. Harri Jones 459
3. Bayley Hall 378
4. Marcos Flack 271
5. David Russell 257

Pro-Am

1. Rodney Jane 462
2. Matt Belford 395
3. Matt Slavin 295
4. Brett Boulton 254
5. Adrian Flack 201