Broc Feeney put an finish to a nine-race winless streak when he took his Triple 8 Ford Mustang to a dominant victory at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
Polesitter Feeney eased right into a near-2s lead by the point he made his first of three obligatory pitstops. He pitted after all the different contenders, his first two stops one lap after second-placed Matt Payne of Grove Racing Ford, and even misplaced time letting an already-pitted team-mate Will Brown previous him.
“We have now been working so exhausting, particularly after Sydney, to get again to the highest step of the rostrum,” stated Feeney after an emphatic 7.26s victory.
“That pole place led us to an awesome beginning spot. It is a actually troublesome race, with all of the methods to work on. It was tight by way of [Turns] one and two with Matty [Payne], I believe our wheels touched.”
“That is redemption for final 12 months,” Feeney’s engineer Martin Quick instructed him on the finish, referring to the 2025 race when his driver misplaced out on a dash to the flag – with Payne – by 0.05s. Simply so as to add salt within the wounds, Feeney reeled off a brand new lap report late within the race, regardless of sitting on his substantial lead.
Payne took second place on a day when Feeney had a transparent edge in pace over the black Fords.
To finish an awesome afternoon for Grove Racing, Kai Allen was third. After beginning seventh and discovering himself in site visitors early on, the crew pitted him on lap 10, and the clear air he discovered moved him up by way of the pit cycles. With on-track passing at a premium, he established himself in third place by mid-race and that’s the place he stayed.
Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race engineering
Picture by: Mark Horsburgh, Edge Photographics
Anton De Pasquale was the most effective of the Chevrolet Camaro drivers in fourth place. The Staff 18 driver was in a scrap within the opening laps of the race that noticed the Triple 8 Ford of Will Brown take to the grass at one stage, however stayed away from bother over the second half of the race to maintain Brown about 3s again.
Jayden Ojeda headed the Chevrolet drivers in qualifying, ranging from a powerful third, however misplaced seven positions on the opening lap, and made an early first cease to hunt monitor place. It labored to an extent; Ojeda drove his approach as much as sixth, holding off the Blanchard Racing Staff Ford of Aaron Cameron over the closing laps.
After twin wins on Saturday it was a troublesome day for the Toyota groups. The Walkinshaw TWG GR Supras of Ryan Wooden and Chaz Mostert had been eighth and ninth, Mostert making floor from a very powerful time in qualifying with 18th. An early pitstop and a few sometimes feisty driving obtained him into the highest 10.
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In the meantime, Brodie Kostecki had a troublesome race, after a strong scrap for the highest 5 within the opening laps, however his Dick Johnson Racing crew instructed him to save lots of gas after an issue at his opening cease, prompting him to make his second go to to the pitlane earlier than mid-race. He additionally complained about braking points, dropping him to an eventual twelfth place.
Feeney, who introduced a lead of 23 factors to Tasmania, leaves with a 90-points benefit over Payne with Kostecki virtually one other 100 factors additional again.
The Supercars will return to motion in a lot totally different situations, at Darwin’s Hidden Valley, on 19-21 June.
Supercars Symmons Plains – Race 3 outcomes
1
B. Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang S650
84
2
M. Payne Grove Racing
Ford Mustang S650
84
7.2677
3
Okay. Allen Grove Racing
Ford Mustang S650
84
2.6753
4
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
84
6.9572
5
Ford Mustang S650
84
5.5829
6
J. Ojeda PremiAir Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
84
3.4242
7
A. Cameron Blanchard Racing Staff
Ford Mustang S650
84
0.7055
8
R. Wooden Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra
84
0.4596
9
Toyota GR Supra
84
2.1415
10
Ford Mustang S650
84
6.4755
11
Ford Mustang S650
84
6.2758
12
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
84
1.6363
13
Ford Mustang S650
84
1.6082
14
Toyota GR Supra
84
6.3762
15
Toyota GR Supra
83
1 Lap
16
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
83
1.0944
17
D. Fraser PremiAir Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
83
6.3560
18
J. Partitions Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang S650
83
3.6849
19
C. Hill Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra
83
4.2443
20
Z. Bates Matt Stone Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
83
0.1744
21
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
83
1.2241
22
J. Stewart Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
83
6.2846
23
R. Grey Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
83
15.0617
24
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
67
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