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Supercars Darwin: Feeney perfect with victory in both Saturday races

The Triple Eight driver extended his championship lead by winning the opening two races in Darwin

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Photo by: Edge Photographics

Broc Feeney has proven that he is the king of Hidden Valley with two wins and an extended Supercars points lead at the Darwin circuit.

The Triple Eight driver put his Chevrolet Camaro on pole for both 42-lap races and dominated, doubling the 72-point championship lead he brought to the Northern Territory. 

“That was an awesome race, obviously a bit anticlimactic at the end,” after taking his second all-the-way win of the day, as the race finished under a safety car.

“We ran super-long and I was just waiting and waiting. I knew I could just manage the race as I wanted to. Two wins done, one to go!”

The second race started as a procession, as drivers conserved their Dunlop Super Soft control rubber in the 30 degree-plus temperatures.

Most of the field took four tyres at their compulsory pitstop, but a slow stop cost Team 18’s Anton De Pasquale second place, with Brodie Kostecki taking advantage of an earlier box to sweep the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang past him. 

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Photo by: Edge Photographics

But with more grip after his later stop ‘ADP’ reclaimed second place, his best result of the season.

“I struggled this morning on the other tyres,” he said. “I had to get a good start. Broc just got me, but he was too fast anyway.

“We have struggled in the conditions earlier in the year, we have been up and down a bit. The race was fast and we just have to repeat it.”

Third was a strong result for Grove Racing’s Kai Allen. A week before his 20th birthday and having never raced at the track before, the teenager drove brilliantly, though a pitlane infringement that saw one of his wheels cross the pitlane demarcation line was being dealt with post-race.

“It’s pretty surreal, to be honest,” he said. “It’s a brutal sport and when you have bad days, you have to knuckle down and keep going.

“I got real scared [when he saw the safety car], I didn’t want the race to restart! The guys did a great job on the strategy, I am pumped for the team.”

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Photo by: Edge Photographics

Feeney’s victory in the opening race came after an early crash-fest, which saw two safety car periods and not a single lap completed (and four cars eliminated) in the first 10 laps. 

When the restart came Feeney led away and took two tyres at this pitstop, to lead home Cam Waters, who grabbed four tyres in the Tickford Ford. Waters did not manage to catch Feeney but second place, plus five points for the fastest lap, meant he scored a single point less than the race winner.

Matt Payne was third for Grove Racing ahead of Bryce Fullwood, who had a lonely run in the Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet.

James Courtney backed up his Perth podium finish with a strong fifth place for the Blanchard Racing Team, just holding out Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert

Both races were recovery missions for Will Brown, after the defending Supercars Champion qualified only 14th and 17th for the two races.

In the opening race he stayed clear of the carnage to come home eighth, while in Race 2 he made his way up to seventh after the late-race incident.

The Supercars drivers will return to the track on Sunday at 9:05am for their qualifying session, a Top 10 Shoot Out at 11:35am and the 19th race in the championship, over 70 laps, which is due to start at 2:40pm local time.

Supercars Darwin - Race 2 results

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Cla Driver Car Laps Time Interval Retirement Points
1
B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

49'50.455

85
2 Australia A. De Pasquale DEWALT Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+1.107

49'51.562

1.107 74
3
K. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+1.914

49'52.369

0.807 68
4 New Zealand A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+3.102

49'53.557

1.188 62
5
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+3.762

49'54.217

0.660 57
6 Australia B. Fullwood Middy's Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+4.738

49'55.193

0.976 53
7 Australia W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+5.457

49'55.912

0.719 49
8
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+6.429

49'56.884

0.972 45
9
R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+7.396

49'57.851

0.967 41
10 Australia C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+7.923

49'58.378

0.527 38
11 Australia N. Percat Bendix Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+8.265

49'58.720

0.342 35
12 Australia J. Courtney Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+9.012

49'59.467

0.747 32
13
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+9.994

50'00.449

0.982 29
14 Australia J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+11.495

50'01.950

1.501 27
15 Australia J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+12.354

50'02.809

0.859 25
16 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+12.619

50'03.074

0.265 23
17 Australia C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+13.112

50'03.567

0.493 21
18
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+13.792

50'04.247

0.680 19
19 Australia M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+14.575

50'05.030

0.783 18
20
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+15.046

50'05.501

0.471 16
21
R. Gray Monster Castrol Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+15.687

50'06.142

0.641 15
22 Australia T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+24.436

50'14.891

8.749 14
Australia D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 39

+3 Laps

45'50.813

3 Laps Retirement
New Zealand R. Stanaway PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 7

+35 Laps

8'16.041

32 Laps Retirement
Australia J. Evans SCT Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 0

Retirement

Supercars Darwin - Race 1 results

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Cla Driver Car Laps Time Interval Retirement Points
1
B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

57'26.578

80
2 Australia C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+1.728

57'28.306

1.728 79
3
M. Payne Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+5.447

57'32.025

3.719 68
4 Australia B. Fullwood Middy's Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+10.211

57'36.789

4.764 62
5 Australia J. Courtney Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+13.776

57'40.354

3.565 57
6 Australia C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+13.962

57'40.540

0.186 53
7 Australia N. Percat Bendix Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+14.709

57'41.287

0.747 49
8 Australia W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+15.341

57'41.919

0.632 45
9
B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+15.955

57'42.533

0.614 41
10 New Zealand A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+16.192

57'42.770

0.237 38
11
K. Allen Penrite Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+19.626

57'46.204

3.434 35
12
C. Hill Tyrepower Racing
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+19.756

57'46.334

0.130 32
13 Australia T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+20.820

57'47.398

1.064 29
14 Australia A. De Pasquale DEWALT Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+21.549

57'48.127

0.729 27
15 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 42

+22.484

57'49.062

0.935 25
16 Australia J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+22.995

57'49.573

0.511 23
17
C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+23.629

57'50.207

0.634 21
18 Australia M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+24.437

57'51.015

0.808 19
19 Australia D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 42

+25.508

57'52.086

1.071 18
20
A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+35.325

58'01.903

9.817 16
21
R. Gray Monster Castrol Racing
Ford Mustang S650 42

+48.725

58'15.303

13.400 15
22 New Zealand R. Stanaway PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 35

+7 Laps

58'22.507

7 Laps 14
R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing
Ford Mustang S650 6

+36 Laps

11'31.824

29 Laps Retirement
Australia J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 6

+36 Laps

11'32.256

0.432 Retirement
Australia J. Evans SCT Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 0

Retirement
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