Broc Feeney claimed his and Triple Eight’s second win of the 2026 Supercars season after a dramatic race at Sydney Motorsport Park.
After a three-round bumping match with Grove Racing’s Kai Allen initially, Feeney took the lead and rapidly established a bonus of two seconds – which he stretched to 5 on the first pit cycle. However particles needed to be faraway from his radiator consumption at his cease, halving his margin.
However earlier than the second pit cycle the rain arrived, not closely sufficient to immediate any of the leaders to alter to wets, and the race resumed on a slippery observe.
That left Feeney within the lead, and he watched Allen zoom across the outdoors on the ultra-fast Flip 1, earlier than operating large and handing Feeney again the lead, which he held to the flag.
However he didn’t beat Allen. On lap 46 of 52, the Grove driver pitted with damaged suspension, leaving that place to team-mate Matt Payne. It was heartbreaking for the 20-year-old however Allen once more underlined his standing as a star within the making.
After the race, Feeney revealed that his cool go well with failed initially of the race and he actually fell out of the automotive within the pit lane.
“[It was] fairly arduous,” stated Feeney, who began from pole place, top-of-the-line of the 28 in his profession, after qualifying tenth within the qualifying session and leaping to P1 within the High 10 Shoot Out.
“I used to be getting heated, I may really feel the [cooling] tubes heating up my physique. Then I received the plastic bag within the entrance and the automotive was heating up as properly. I labored arduous for that one, I had nothing left on the finish.”
Payne was happy after ending practically three seconds from the winner.
“I knew it was going to rain however I by no means knew when it was going to come back,” he stated.
“The heavens opened up at Flip 4 and the entire discipline got here in. Kai ought to have been the place I used to be, we must always have had a double podium.”
Third was an excellent consequence for Cam Waters, who discovered his Tickford Mustang an actual handful in qualifying however much better within the race. From twentieth he made eight positions within the opening three laps, settled, after which made a giant leap within the damp situations, staying out of bother and benefited when others struck bother.
Dick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki took fourth on the highway however after a conflict with the Blanchard Racing Ford of Aaron Cameron on the ultimate lap, the 2023 champion was delivered a 15-second penalty, dropping him to twelfth place.
Like Waters, Chaz Mostert struggled in qualifying however he made large strides within the Walkinshaw TWG Toyota Supra, battling with Kostecki earlier than securing fourth.
It was an excellent day for Toyota, with Mostert’s team-mate Ryan Wooden shut behind him and Brad Jones Racing’s Cameron Hill taking seventh – regardless of going through the incorrect means after contact on the opening lap of the race.
That place got here on the expense of BJR team-mate Andre Heimgartner, who was seventh on the highway however who received a five-second penalty of extreme breaches of observe limits. The New Zealander was nonetheless ninth within the outcomes, forward of team-mate Macauley Jones, who began from the again row of the grid.
Splitting the Toyotas was one of the best of the Chevrolet Camaros. Jack Le Brocq rewarded Matt Stone Racing to take class honours, although that distinction may need fallen to Anton De Pasquale. The Saturday race winner spun to the rear of the sphere within the Crew 18 Camaro in an incident with Kostecki and Will Brown, which noticed the latter hit with a penalty, dropping him from sixteenth on the highway to 18th.
Feeney and Payne are championship co-leaders on 258 factors, although Feeney takes the collection ‘lead’ because the tie breaker is the variety of race wins. Third within the factors is Waters on 238 forward of De Pasquale on 197.
The subsequent spherical of the Supercars Championship will probably be at Albert Park, on the Australian System 1 Grand Prix, on 5-8 March.
1
B. Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang S650
52
2
M. Payne Grove Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
2.898
3
Ford Mustang S650
52
1.886
4
Toyota GR Supra
52
5.503
5
R. Wooden Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra
52
0.969
6
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
0.935
7
C. Hill Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra
52
3.995
8
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.835
9
Toyota GR Supra
52
2.075
10
Toyota GR Supra
52
2.018
11
R. Grey Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
1.546
12
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.183
13
Z. Bates Matt Stone Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
0.020
14
J. Partitions Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang S650
52
1.491
15
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
2.644
16
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
4.504
17
A. Cameron Blanchard Racing Crew
Ford Mustang S650
52
8.409
18
Ford Mustang S650
52
1.462
19
J. Ojeda PremiAir Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
11.519
20
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
15.004
21
D. Fraser PremiAir Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
7.115
22
J. Stewart Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
51
23
Ok. Allen Grove Racing
Ford Mustang S650
49
Retirement
24
Ford Mustang S650
49
Retirement
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