Broc Feeney has confirmed that he’s the king of Hidden Valley with two wins and an prolonged Supercars factors lead on the Darwin circuit.
The Triple Eight driver put his Chevrolet Camaro on pole for each 42-lap races and dominated, doubling the 72-point championship lead he dropped at the Northern Territory.
“That was an superior race, clearly a bit anticlimactic on the finish,” after taking his second all-the-way win of the day, because the race completed underneath a security automotive.
“We ran super-long and I used to be simply ready and ready. I knew I might simply handle the race as I needed to. Two wins performed, one to go!”
The second race began as a procession, as drivers conserved their Dunlop Tremendous Mushy management rubber within the 30 degree-plus temperatures.
A lot of the subject took 4 tyres at their obligatory pitstop, however a gradual cease price Crew 18’s Anton De Pasquale second place, with Brodie Kostecki profiting from an earlier field to brush the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang previous him.
Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Picture by: Edge Photographics
However with extra grip after his later cease ‘ADP’ reclaimed second place, his finest results of the season.
“I struggled this morning on the opposite tyres,” he stated. “I needed to get a great begin. Broc simply received me, however he was too quick anyway.
“Now we have struggled within the situations earlier within the 12 months, we have now been up and down a bit. The race was quick and we simply must repeat it.”
Third was a robust outcome for Grove Racing’s Kai Allen. Every week earlier than his twentieth birthday and having by no means raced on the monitor earlier than, {the teenager} drove brilliantly, although a pitlane infringement that noticed one in every of his wheels cross the pitlane demarcation line was being handled post-race.
“It’s fairly surreal, to be sincere,” he stated. “It’s a brutal sport and when you will have dangerous days, it’s important to knuckle down and maintain going.
“I received actual scared [when he saw the safety car], I didn’t need the race to restart! The blokes did an ideal job on the technique, I’m pumped for the staff.”
Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Picture by: Edge Photographics
Feeney’s victory within the opening race got here after an early crash-fest, which noticed two security automotive durations and never a single lap accomplished (and 4 vehicles eradicated) within the first 10 laps.
When the restart got here Feeney led away and took two tyres at this pitstop, to guide dwelling Cam Waters, who grabbed 4 tyres within the Tickford Ford. Waters didn’t handle to catch Feeney however second place, plus 5 factors for the quickest lap, meant he scored a single level lower than the race winner.
Matt Payne was third for Grove Racing forward of Bryce Fullwood, who had a lonely run within the Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet.
James Courtney backed up his Perth podium end with a robust fifth place for the Blanchard Racing Crew, simply holding out Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert.
Each races had been restoration missions for Will Brown, after the defending Supercars Champion certified solely 14th and seventeenth for the 2 races.
Within the opening race he stayed away from the carnage to come back dwelling eighth, whereas in Race 2 he made his manner as much as seventh after the late-race incident.
The Supercars drivers will return to the monitor on Sunday at 9:05am for his or her qualifying session, a High 10 Shoot Out at 11:35am and the nineteenth race within the championship, over 70 laps, which is because of begin at 2:40pm native time.
Supercars Darwin – Race 2 outcomes
1
B. Feeney Pink Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
85
2
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
1.107
74
3
Ok. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.807
68
4
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
1.188
62
5
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.660
57
6
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.976
53
7
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.719
49
8
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.972
45
9
R. Wooden Mobil 1 Truck Help Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.967
41
10
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.527
38
11
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.342
35
12
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.747
32
13
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.982
29
14
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
1.501
27
15
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.859
25
16
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.265
23
17
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.493
21
18
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.680
19
19
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.783
18
20
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.471
16
21
R. Grey Monster Castrol Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.641
15
22
Ford Mustang S650
42
8.749
14
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
39
3 Laps
Retirement
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
32 Laps
Retirement
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
0
Retirement
Supercars Darwin – Race 1 outcomes
1
B. Feeney Pink Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
80
2
Ford Mustang S650
42
1.728
79
3
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
3.719
68
4
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
4.764
62
5
Ford Mustang S650
42
3.565
57
6
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.186
53
7
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.747
49
8
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.632
45
9
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.614
41
10
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.237
38
11
Ok. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
3.434
35
12
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.130
32
13
Ford Mustang S650
42
1.064
29
14
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.729
27
15
Ford Mustang S650
42
0.935
25
16
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.511
23
17
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.634
21
18
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
0.808
19
19
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
42
1.071
18
20
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
9.817
16
21
R. Grey Monster Castrol Racing
Ford Mustang S650
42
13.400
15
22
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
35
7 Laps
14
R. Wooden Mobil 1 Truck Help Racing
Ford Mustang S650
6
29 Laps
Retirement
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
6
0.432
Retirement
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
0
Retirement
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