Anton De Pasquale has taken his first win of the 2026 Supercars after a peerless drive beneath lights at Sydney Motorsport Park.
The Crew 18 Chevrolet driver remained unfazed by a chaotic restart, some threatening climate and a horde of Fords to attain a powerful win for GM. Behind the Camaro had been three Fords earlier than the subsequent Chevrolet, the sister entry of David Reynolds.
De Pasquale began from pole place, his ninth on the monitor – one wanting the Supercars document for the venue, held by Scott McLaughlin. He took the early lead from Brodie Kostecki however when a security automotive was summoned on lap 9 after Andre Heimgartner’s GR Supra had an engine failure and everybody pitted.
De Pasquale emerged within the lead however the Dick Johnson Racing Ford of Brodie Kostecki dropped two locations, considered one of which he acquired again by passing the Blanchard Racing Ford of Aaron Cameron on the restart.
“We have now been constructing for it, I had an incredible automotive,” mentioned De Pasquale after ending a 70-race successful drought. “I used to be beneath strain on the finish. He was quick, I knew he was going to be fast. I sorted the automotive, it sorted its tyres very well tonight.”
Second was an incredible consequence for Kostecki, as he ran lengthy in his second stint and took full benefit of his more energizing tyres to seize the runner-up spot off Matt Payne within the Grove Racing Ford Mustang with six laps to run. The 2023 champion charged all the way in which to the road however fell 0.3627s from the win on the flag.
Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering
Picture by: Edge Photographics
Payne hung for third place forward of one other Ford, with Cam Waters displaying some indicators of his 2025 velocity on the monitor, even when he was 18s again from the winner. He took the place off Reynolds, the veteran beginning eleventh however simply as he did on Friday, displaying robust late-race velocity.
Sixth was a deserved reward for Broc Feeney on a tricky night for Triple Eight Racing. After qualifying sixth the Friday race winner dropped to ninth within the qualifying high 10 shoot out and emerged from the primary pit cycle in seventh. However in leaving his pitbox he made contact with James Golding to choose up a 15s penalty.
Will Brown picked up the identical penalty for a separate pitlane infringement for spinning his wheels whereas it was up on its jacks. Each drivers served the penalties at their second stops, Feeney’s cost taking him all the way in which to sixth place, whereas Brown completed fifteenth.
Seventh was a strong consequence for the primary of the Toyotas. Ryan Wooden put the Walkinshaw TWG GR Supra right into a qualifying high 10 session for the primary time however ran out of velocity within the closing laps, however completed forward of the second Grove Ford of Kai Allen.
Jack Le Brocq was a formidable ninth after ranging from twenty fourth and final however the Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet was a a lot better race automotive than in qualifying, with an early first cease organising a powerful cost by the sphere.
Supercars will return to the monitor on Sunday for qualifying and the third race of the weekend.
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Supercars Sydney – Race 2 outcomes
1
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
2
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.363
3
M. Payne Grove Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
6.945
4
Ford Mustang S650
52
13.020
5
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
1.603
6
B. Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang S650
52
6.420
7
R. Wooden Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra
52
1.459
8
Ok. Allen Grove Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.064
9
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
1.492
10
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.278
11
Toyota GR Supra
52
3.117
12
C. Hill Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra
52
2.222
13
D. Fraser PremiAir Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
0.127
14
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.667
15
Ford Mustang S650
52
4.335
16
A. Cameron Blanchard Racing Crew
Ford Mustang S650
52
0.679
17
J. Stewart Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
4.222
18
Z. Bates Matt Stone Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
0.658
19
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
52
3.688
20
J. Partitions Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang S650
52
1.235
21
R. Grey Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650
52
1.688
22
J. Ojeda PremiAir Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6
51
23
Toyota GR Supra
49
Toyota GR Supra
8
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