Matt Payne took a powerful win within the last Supercars race of the season on the streets of Adelaide, however all eyes had been on the battle for the championship, which was in the end taken by Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert.
Payne and his Grove Racing Ford Mustang dominated what was a dramatic race for seemingly everybody however him. He took the lead from the entrance row of the grid and easily drove away from the sector, in a lot the identical method as his breakthrough first win at this very monitor two years in the past.
“I don’t know what it’s about Sunday, we simply appear to maintain performing,” mentioned Payne after his fifth win of the season.
“A actually good begin, I used to be actually blissful to get that. Woody was placing a variety of strain on me, the automobile was super-fast right this moment, and I simply needed to convey it dwelling.”
After an action-packed Saturday, Mostert was immaculate on Sunday. He began fourth and settled in second place and, even when he didn’t shut the 5.9s margin to the chief, was greater than happy to be runner-up on the day.
“I can’t consider it. You begin to doubt it 12 months after 12 months and I’ve at all times believed I can do it,” Mostert mentioned after taking his first Supercars title in his twelfth season on the prime stage. “Thank God for the finals, eh?
“They [the WAU team] saved me targeted, the final 38 laps had been a blur, to be trustworthy. I simply saved trying on the laps to go.
“It’s wonderful to win with Ford, I began with Ford early in my profession. I regarded as much as folks like Marcos Ambrose, who’s right here right this moment. To hitch the record of champions to win this with a Ford is improbable.”
Matthew Payne, Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT
Photograph by: Edge Photographics
In his final drive in a Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro, Will Brown completed third – an excellent outcome from eighth on the grid for the 2024 champion, however one which most likely meant little to his group, given the circumstances on the opposite facet of the storage.
“It was nice to get third, to be trustworthy,” he mentioned. “It opens up the sport to subsequent season. Chaz has achieved a improbable job, he’s a deserving champion.”
Broc Feeney has been the person to beat and title favorite since March, however on the ultimate day of the season, issues may hardly have gone worse. From his nineteenth pole place of the season, on the opening lap the second-placed Triple Eight Chevrolet was hit on the entry of Flip 6, Ryan Wooden looking for a means by means of in his WAU Ford. In a flash, Feeney needed to spin-turn his means again into the sector, now in twenty first place, and he was going through a Brown-like restoration drive.
On the identical time, Jack Le Brocq suffered contact within the Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet, prompting a security automobile. This appeared to save lots of Feeney’s day, leaving him simply 8s from the chief.
Then from the mid-point of the race, Feeney reported an intermittent engine misfire – for the second race in a row and, paradoxically, within the group’s last race with KRE-prepared Chevrolet motors.
He soldiered on however the automobile had little tempo, and by the chequered flag he was again in twentieth place and lapped by the leaders.
“It’s been an exceptional 12 months, one thing I can be happy with for the remainder of my life,” he mentioned by means of tears. “It’s the brand new [finals] system, you may have an important 12 months after which all of it goes away within the final race of the 12 months.”
Kai Allen accomplished an important day for Grove Racing in fourth place, underlining his place within the finals system and finishing what has been an spectacular rookie season. Anton De Pasquale took fifth for Workforce 18 and Brodie Kostecki was sixth within the Dick Johnson Racing Ford, forward of Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet), Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing Ford) and Cameron Hill (Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet).
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NASCAR driver and wildcard Austin Cindric saved his nostril clear, ending twenty first after ranging from the identical place – one spot forward of Tickford Racing Ford team-mate for the weekend, Cam Waters.
Within the last pointscore, Mostert took the title with 5316 factors, forward of Brown on 5244, Feeney on 5242 and Allen on 5223.
Supercars Adelaide – Race 3 outcomes
1
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
2
Ford Mustang S650
78
5.977
3
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
8.841
4
Okay. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
1.304
5
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
5.455
6
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
2.487
7
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
3.701
8
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
4.625
9
Ford Mustang S650
78
1.338
10
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
1.416
11
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
1.206
12
Ford Mustang S650
78
1.471
13
Ford Mustang S650
78
6.688
14
Ford Mustang S650
78
8.073
15
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650
78
3.314
16
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
1.943
17
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
2.572
18
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
15.610
19
J. Ojeda PremiAir Nulon Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
78
2.078
20
B. Feeney Purple Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
77
21
Ford Mustang S650
77
22
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
75
23
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
72
24
R. Wooden Mobil 1 Truck Help Racing
Ford Mustang S650
71
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3
0
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