Broc Feeney has received the opening race of the 2026 Supercars Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park and given Triple Eight the right begin to its new relationship with Ford.
A Feeney victory could not have been surprising, however the method by which he received definitely was. From the second row of the grid, he settled into third early on and selected to make his obligatory pitstop precisely halfway by way of, undercutting the automobiles in entrance of him to grab the lead.
The large shock was that these automobiles had been the 2 Blanchard Racing Crew Fords of Aaron Cameron and James Golding.
BRT is the final workforce within the Supercars pitlane due to its Eleventh-placed end within the 2025 championship, and even when it introduced that it had entered right into a technical partnership with Triple Eight, few would have predicted it being so aggressive within the opening spherical.
The shocks began in Apply and continued in Qualifying. Golding was swift all the best way although and within the preliminary Qualifying periods, the BRT Fords had been once more up the entrance. The drivers carried their pace into the High 10 session – after which blocked out the entrance row, Golding edging Cameron.
However Feeney jumped forward of Cameron for the win, whereas in his debut with BRT Golding was a strong third, taking the place from Cam Waters within the Tickford Racing Mustang. He would go on to drop one other place, with Grove Racing’s Matt Payne overtaking late on, Fords taking the highest 5 locations within the 26-lap race – with Ford Efficiency boss Mark Rushbrook trying on.
It was a powerful debut with Ford for Triple Eight, replicating its feat from 16 years in the past by profitable on its debut with a brand new producer, when it switched from Ford to Holden.
“I bear in mind find out how to drive, which is an efficient factor!” stated Feeney after a 2.934s win. “The trouble that has gone in during the last couple of months has been extraordinary. The primary time I drove this automobile I used to be quietly assured. [But] I needed to combat to get into the entrance there.”
Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering
Picture by: Edge Photographics
Cameron was smiling after taking second regardless of a nasty begin. “I didn’t assume I might get the beginning with Jimmy there and I simply tried to manage it from there,” he stated after his career-best outcome.
“I received a very good launch after which it bogged however Jimmy received a worse one! I used to be stunned that I saved the tyres on it, it was the primary time I’ve saved the tyres on it.”
In his first race for BRT, Golding was delighted – particularly as a 12 months earlier BRT’s two automobiles crashed into one another in Qualifying.
“I assumed it was good however then Cammo [Cameron] went straight previous me!” he stated. “I might have been good to win it, nevertheless it was good to be on the rostrum and to get some factors. It’s been unbelievable since I labored into the workshop, only a good bunch of individuals to be working with.”
In sixth was Anton de Pasquale along with his Crew 18 Chevrolet Camaro, coming from behind to overhaul the second Triple Eight automobile of Will Brown and Anton Heimgartner, who was the perfect of the Toyota debutants within the GR Supra.
Supercars Champion Chaz Mostert had a tricky begin to his title defence, ranging from twentieth on the grid however making floor to complete fifteenth.
After an ominous begin, with Fords taking 9 of the highest 11 locations, the Supercars will return to the observe on Saturday for a two-part Qualifying session at 3:40pm after which 4:00pm native time. There will likely be a High 10 Shoot Out at 4:35pm, earlier than the 52-lap race, underneath lights, at 7:35pm.
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