Broc Feeney has claimed a Darwin Triple Crown sweep, after avoiding the opening lap chaos to steer Triple Eight teammate Will Brown to the road on Sunday.
Feeney’s eleventh victory of his profession got here from pole and ensured he’s reduce Brown’s championship result in simply 108 factors.
The Red Bull Ampol Racing teammates, as they’ve executed for the stability of the season, set the tempo and transformed to a fifth one-two end in 12 makes an attempt in 2024.
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Brodie Kostecki claimed his first podium since October final 12 months after ending in third.
Speaking after his back-to-back win, Feeney unhappy he was “pretty stoked” to carry off the quick ending Brown.
“Bloody hell Will was fast then. He chased me down at the end of Taupo so to hold on there… a big win,” he instructed Fox Motorsport.
“The pace the whole race was insane.
“Pretty tough seeing him (Brown) close in … just had to look after the tyres. It’s hard work out there! It’s so hot!
“I’ve been working my arse off all year.”
While it was pleasure for the Triple Eight group, Sunday’s consequence was a hammer blow to Chaz Mostert’s championship probabilities, with the Walkinshaw Andretti United star sixteenth after beginning twentieth.
James Golding, Nick Percat and Jack Le Brocq accomplished an all-Chevrolet prime six, forward of Shell V-Power Racing Team teammates Will Davison and Anton De Pasquale, Cameron Hill, and Richie Stanaway.
Sunday’s race was marred by an opening lap collision between Andre Heimgartner and wildcard Cooper Murray, which despatched the Brad Jones Racing automotive into the air and onto Murray’s Camaro.
Heimgartner was tipped onto his facet, whereas the stricken Murray triggered the primary Safety Car of the weekend.
“I’ve never seen two cars the way that Heimgartner’s mounted the side of the SuperCheap Camaro – it was so high in the air it looked like it would climb right over the car,” commentator Mark Skaife mentioned.
“That almost turned over off the back of it.”
“He’s climbed up and over the wheel!” Neil Crompton added.
“Just launched the thing into the sky.
“This is an ugly scene.”
Feeney led the sector to inexperienced on the lap 4 restart, however Brown pegged the margin again to 1.5s on lap 17.
Kostecki was introduced in on lap 24, with Brown simply 0.5s behind. Mostert, in the meantime, was successfully fifteenth earlier than the pit cycle started, however appeared to endure a sluggish cease on lap 24.
All the whereas, Payne despatched Wood right into a spin at Turn 1, and was hit with a 15-second penalty over the conflict.
Brown got here in on the finish of lap 27, and rejoined 2.7s behind Feeney. Kostecki was 7.2s behind Brown, with Golding, Percat, Le Brocq, Hill, Davison, Stanaway and De Pasquale the highest 10 by the point the pit cycle ended.
Brown continued to march ahead, dropping the hole to 1.1s by lap 41. The margin dropped to inside a second on lap 43, with Brown setting the quickest first sector of the race on lap 44.
However, Feeney was undeterred and finally sailed to his fifth win of the season by 1.2255s, with Kostecki 17.4258s behind the winner.
The 2024 Repco Supercars Championship will resume on the NTI Townsville 500 on July 5-7.
This race recap first appeared onsupercars.com and was reproduced with permission.
