Brodie Kostecki has taken Dick Johnson Racing again to the winners’ circle after two winless years, taking out the twentieth race within the 2025 Supercars championship on the streets of Townsville in Far North Queensland.
Kostecki, who took his sixteenth profession pole and his first since shifting to DJR at first of the season, beat Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters away at first of the race and was by no means headed, heading the Ford Mustang.
However he was chased laborious by Waters, who minimize what had been a 3.8-second deficit to Kostecki in half with a robust pitstop from the Tickford Racing staff. However Kostecki rebuilt his lead and sped residence to a 4.31s victory.
“I had Cam respiratory down my again for the entire race so I knew I couldn’t make any errors,” stated the 2023 Supercars champion after his second podium end of the season and ninth profession win.
“Not nice begins up to now this 12 months however we obtained that sorted out. To get the launch and management the race was nice, it was a quick tempo and this man [Waters] was pushing 24/7.”
Brodie Kostecki, Dick Johnson Racing
Picture by: Dick Johnson Racing
“A reasonably good race, however we didn’t have the tempo for Brodie and his staff,” stated Waters after his eleventh podium in Townsville. “[I am lacking] a little bit of tyre life in sure areas, my automotive isn’t fairly ok.”
Former DJR driver Anton De Pasquale took third place for Crew 18, after aggressively gaining two locations within the opening excursions of the 35-lap race distance to complete on the rostrum for the second race weekend in succession.
“A dash race round right here means you aren’t taking care of the tyres as a lot as you may,” he stated.
“It’s a must to get it executed early, I had to make use of [the tyre] as a lot as I might and use the technique a bit. The automotive was good nevertheless it’s not good day by day.”
Matt Payne took a robust fourth place within the Grove Racing Ford, forward of Bryce Fullwood, who moved up from eighth on the grid within the Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet, and Chaz Mostert, from ninth in Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Ford.
It was a difficult day for the Triple Eight drivers. Each Broc Feeney and Will Brown certified exterior the highest 10, Feeney in 14th and Brown in twentieth, the latter after tearing his rear wing off with a light-weight crash on the finish of the opening apply session. From there, each drivers fought laborious to regain positions, Feeney ending eighth and Brown gaining 10 locations to make it residence in tenth.
Because of the dramas at Triple Eight, Feeney noticed the 183-point lead he dropped at Townsville keep the identical, however by ending forward of Brown, Payne has moved into second place for the primary time. Feeney has 1519 factors from Payne on 1336, with Brown now third on 1331. Waters has 298 forward of Mostert (1047) and Kostecki (987).
The Supercars and drivers will return to the Townsville tarmac on Saturday at 10:00am AET, for qualifying forward of the twenty first race of the championship. The High 10 Shoot Out is ready for 12:05pm, and the 70-lap race is because of begin at 3:00pm.
Supercars Townsville – Race 1 outcomes
1
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
35
2
Ford Mustang S650
35
4.316
3
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
35
6.605
4
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
35
1.159
5
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
35
3.861
6
Ford Mustang S650
35
0.799
7
Ford Mustang S650
35
0.733
8
B. Feeney Purple Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
35
5.540
9
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
35
0.528
10
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
35
0.508
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