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Rain brings chaos; Championship contenders clash, as Feeney secures another win this season.

  • Writer: Cassandra Nicholls
    Cassandra Nicholls
  • Nov 16
  • 4 min read

An easy start for Feeney as he managed to maintain track position, De Pasquale falls in behind, followed by Mostert. Tough race so far for Cam Hill as he ran off track and collected barrier. The rain also appears to have arrived early.


Anton De Pasquale gets past Feeney on lap 5, the track is dry in some parts, but wet in others. No one has wet tyres on, so this would end up interesting.


Early pitstops were occurring for all the teams, but a botched stop for Ryan Wood had stopped his race. The wheelgun was not working for the young driver and they went through 3 tyres. He was stuck with no way to get out as of yet.


Anton De Pasquale leads from Feeney and Golding. Will Brown manages to get past a very defensive Courtney for position 9 on the track on lap 10. This was an essential move if he wants to maintain his spot in the finals 4.


Ryan Wood returns to the track on lap 15 and is able to continue on. Given he was a fair few laps down, so for a podium or even race win will be impossible today.


With the track starting to dry up, a clear line was starting to show up. This was going to overheat the tyres, and make the drivers desperate to find a way to cool them. Blue sky in the distance was reassuring of the fact that the rain had well and truly passed.


On lap 19, Cam Waters was hunting James Golding for position 3 on the track to ensure he can maximise his points opportunity and work to putting himself into the final 4. Will Brown manages to overtake Cam Waters after an unsuccessful move on Golding. Now he has got past Golding as well to get position 3. Currently it is a double RedBull Ampol podium.


Will Brown is having yet another brilliant race. After a tough qualifying session for him yet again, he drove to near perfection.


Cam Waters and James Golding come together on lap 29, that damages Golding's wheel and he was forced to pit. After a great race so far, its disappointing it had to come to that. He now sits in position 22, whilst Waters is up to position 4.


The next round of pitstops begin on lap 37, with Mostert the first to jump. With a set of new slicks it'll be hard to keep it on track as he almost loses it multiple times on the straight and the first few corners.


Will Brown and Cam Waters get into it on brand new cold tyres. Brown ended up locking up and driving through the grass and back out onto track behind Waters, but unfortunately, Waters ends up with a 5 second penalty for a driving infringement in relation to that incident with Brown.


A big contact between Cam Waters (still with the penalty) and Matt Payne. Neither driver was willing to negotiate space with one another and it was not going to work. Damage to both cars would make them drop out very quick. Cam Water's car is brought into the garage due to the damage and Payne is suffering from steering rod damage.


Cam Water's day is over. Due to the damage sustained from that collision with Matt Payne, as Payne is being passed by everyone in the field. Currently in the championship fight, Kai Allen moves up into the top 4, as his teammate drops out. Cam Water's returns to track, it appears the damage has been fixed, but he is 5 laps down on the field, so his championship fight is over.


Kai Allen after that incident with Waters and his teammate Payne remains as the last driver in the top 4. The team was considering a pit to switch the two, but ultimately decided against that given how far Payne was and being able to ensure they have one car through instead of both car's out.


Matt Payne goes into the pits with about 10 laps remaining as the team aims to repair the car, but that car is done and that ends his title fight for the year, with a mistake that had nothing to do with him. He returns back onto the track, to ensure he can get minor points for reaching the 75% of the race distance.


Teammates Jayden Ojeda and James Golding both have a strong weekend. Golding looked to be very confident and possibly on for a podium, but after an incident early on, it ruined his chances today. As for Ojeda, he was a new driver to the Supercars seat, and a very exciting opportunity for him. He ends up finishing in position 18.


Your big winner today was Broc Feeney, followed by Anton De Pasquale in p2, and Will Brown in P3. A great result for RedBull Ampol, who already secured the team championship during yesterdays race.


Your top 4 going into the Adelaide Grand Final are; Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert each with a race win at Sandow and Will Brown and Kai Allen based on points and track position in relation to the other 3. This will make for an exciting weekend in Adelaide which takes place on November 27-30.

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