Simply when it was trying like not one of the title contenders would win Saturday’s 250km race in Adelaide, Broc Feeney stamped his authority to grab the lead, take the win and with it, put one hand on the 2025 Supercars trophy.
The Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro driver, who began from pole for a record-setting 18th time this season, on his method to second place, because the Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang of Ryan Wooden managed the 78-lap race from the entrance.
However with a 3rd of the race remaining and instantly after the title contenders made their second pit stops on consecutive laps, Feeney closed on Wooden and dived down his inside. Despite an intermittent engine misfire, and a counter-attack from Wooden, Feeney instantly constructed a small hole and went on to win.
“That was a tricky one. I had lots of adversity to beat, I had fairly a couple of points early on,” stated Feeney. “I believed I used to be accomplished, to be trustworthy. It felt like my engine was going to blow at any second, I feared for the worst.”
In a race during which the 4 drivers in title competition completed within the high 5 locations, Chaz Mostert took second place, aided by team-mate Wooden backing off and permitting him to take second on the last nook, after being 12 seconds again with 4 laps to go.
Mostert began twelfth and survived a laundry checklist of scares on the best way to second. On lap 9, he took to the grass on the pit straight to keep away from Thomas Randle’s Tickford Ford, having already had a warning for short-cutting the Senna Chicane.
Then he hit a tyre bundle not as soon as however twice – earlier than making side-to-side contact with Austin Cindric, whereas he was lapping the NASCAR common and Supercars wildcard.
“I drove like a demon, the pit stops gave me an incredible technique,” stated Mostert, who shrugged off the conflict with Randle.
“I hit a little bit of oil or a white line, or one thing. Chaz’s Garden Mowing Service was actually going!”
Wooden, who commendably carried the corporate line by describing his late-race decelerate as “excessive gas saving”, was third forward of an enormous battle between the opposite finalists, Will Brown and Kai Allen. They made contact with three laps to run however the Triple Eight Chevrolet driver held off Allen’s Grove Racing Ford. Allen, who certified second, dropped to eighth on the grid when his automotive struck engine issues throughout his high 10 shoot out lap.
Mockingly, Brown had his finest qualifying consequence, fifth, in a while, however needed to comply with Feeney for a lot of the race – prompting the Triple Eight crew to prioritise Feeney in pit technique. Within the last third of the race, Brown merely lacked the velocity of his opponents, dropping a spot to Mostert.
The opposite commendable effort got here from rookie Aaron Cameron. After qualifying second, the Blanchard Racing Workforce driver took an early lead earlier than ceding to Wooden, and then retiring after hitting the Flip 3 concrete.
Aside from the conflict with Mostert, Cindric had a principally clear race and was the ultimate finisher, taking twenty third place in his Tickford Racing Ford.
Together with his win, the 13-point lead Feeney carried into the race has grown to 23. He leads on 5214 from Mostert on 5191, forward of Brown on 5138 and Allen on 5126.
The Supercars and drivers will return to the circuit on Sunday at 10:00am for qualifying for the thirty fourth and last race of the season. The high 10 shoot out is scheduled for 12:35pm, with the 78-lap race, with 125 factors on supply for the winner, is about for 3:15pm (all occasions are Australian Central Daylight Saving Time).
Supercars Adelaide – Race 1 outcomes
1
B. Feeney Purple Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
2
Ford Mustang S650
78
16.873
3
R. Wooden Mobil 1 Truck Help Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
0.741
4
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
4.441
5
Okay. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
0.415
6
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
0.751
7
Ford Mustang S650
78
2.649
8
Ford Mustang S650
78
0.386
9
Ford Mustang S650
78
1.362
10
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
5.482
11
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
5.362
12
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
0.167
13
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
7.196
14
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
0.004
15
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
8.164
16
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
2.195
17
Ford Mustang S650
78
0.624
18
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
12.413
19
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
0.302
20
J. Ojeda PremiAir Nulon Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
3.839
21
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
77
22
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
75
23
Ford Mustang S650
71
24
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
60
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650
8
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