Brodie Kostecki is AU$50,000 (US$32,700) richer after taking victory in the opening race of the Supercars Grand Closing on the streets of Adelaide.
The Dick Johnson Racing driver took the lead early within the race and powered by way of the rain till lap 21 of the scheduled 32-lap distance, within the first Friday race within the 26-year historical past of the Adelaide 500 occasion.
The stoppage was prompted when the Tickford Ford Mustang of Thomas Randle aquaplaned into the concrete wall on the surface of Flip 8, transferring a four-tonne barrier again almost a metre. Repairs have been promptly performed however time ran out, inflicting officers to declare the outcome.
“It received fairly treacherous in direction of the top of that stint,” stated Kostecki after his third race win of the season.
“I noticed Chaz [Mostert] getting fairly shut there on the finish. I stalled it in the beginning, which was a little bit of a boo-boo and people two guys forward have been racing for a championship, so I didn’t wish to do something foolish.”
Mostert was the perfect of the 4 title contenders, taking the early lead till Kostecki, who will not be within the title battle, flew previous. Mostert was content material to observe, notably when Walkinshaw Andretti United team-mate Ryan Wooden moved as much as a protecting third place.
“That was going to be fairly robust, I’m comfortable to remain on the black stuff,” stated Mostert. “Brodie was fairly fast in the beginning after which I discovered my rhythm. After the pitstop, Brode and I each almost caught it within the fence at [Turn] 4.
“If it’s a bit moist tomorrow, we’d should tune it up a bit. We want a little bit extra efficiency, I actually hope it’s dry.”
Factors chief Broc Feeney was in fourth place, the Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro driver not fairly as at dwelling when the monitor was at its wettest.
The relative positions meant that the close to season-long factors chief noticed seven of the 20-point lead he dropped at Adelaide evaporate. After he began from pole place for the seventeenth time, a document that eclipsed Scott McLaughlin’s 2017 excessive mark, he led away. Nonetheless, Kai Allen, one of many different title contenders, took fifth place in his Grove Racing Ford – aided by a 15-second penalty to the driving force in entrance of him, Cameron Waters, after contact with one other automobile early within the race.
Allen’s Grove Racing team-mate Matt Payne was shut behind in sixth, forward of Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet), Anton De Pasquale (Group 18 Chevrolet) and Will Brown.
Brown had a troublesome Friday. He certified twelfth and made a good begin, however a primary lap spin dropped him to the tail of the sphere, from the place he mounted yet one more of his trademark restoration drives. By the flag, and after Waters was dropped due to the penalty, he was categorised in ninth place.
Wildcard NASCAR driver Austin Cindric began twenty fourth of the 25 automobiles and completed twenty third in his Supercars debut for Tickford Racing.
Beneath the finals factors system, Feeney nonetheless leads however now on 5089 factors, from Mostert on 5076 and Brown on 5041. Allen is in fourth place on 5036.
The Supercars and drivers will return to the circuit on Saturday at 10:05am for Qualifying for the thirty third race of the season. The High 10 Shoot Out is scheduled for 12:35pm, with the 78-lap race set for 3:30pm (all occasions are Australian Central Daylight Saving Time).
Supercars Adelaide – Race 1 outcomes
1
B. Feeney Purple Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
14
2
Ford Mustang S650
13
1 Lap
3
Ford Mustang S650
14
0.050
4
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
13
1 Lap
5
R. Wooden Mobil 1 Truck Help Racing
Ford Mustang S650
13
0.056
6
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
10
3 Laps
7
Okay. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
13
0.217
8
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
14
0.103
9
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
15
0.052
10
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
13
2 Laps
11
Ford Mustang S650
7
6 Laps
12
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
0.002
13
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
8
0.071
14
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
8
0.006
15
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
1 Lap
16
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
0.012
17
Ford Mustang S650
6
1 Lap
18
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
0.010
19
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
0.135
20
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
0.009
21
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
6
1 Lap
22
J. Ojeda PremiAir Nulon Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
7
0.009
23
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650
6
1 Lap
24
Ford Mustang S650
7
0.724
25
Ford Mustang S650
6
1 Lap
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