Sydney 500 Race 3; Rain saves the day as Feeney continues his early dominance.
- Cassandra Nicholls
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min read
From the first lap there was plenty to talk about. From Broc Feeneys major dominance after last seasons dramatic end, he put that all behind him to lead the championship once again, alongside Matt Payne.
It was a race to remember for some, whilst others suffered a tough result. For Broc Feeney, it was a strong result again with another P1 finish, ahead of Matt Payne in P2 and a late promotion for Cam Waters to P3.
From push and shove moments to missing tyres on track, the drama was nonstop. Kai Allen and Broc Feeney got into it early with some on track action, before Feeney pushed ahead.
By lap 29, James Golding was forced to limp back to the pits after losing a wheel. The pit crew would attempt to reattach a wheel, but due to threading issues relating to the wheel nut. He later returned to the track, but 2 laps down on the rest of the field.
Around the end of the safety car period, we saw an unexpected rain patch begin to make its way over the track. This eventually caused drama on the restart, with Anton De Pasquale and Will Brown colliding into one another. Both would manage to continue however were quite far down in the field.
By the end of the race, we'd seen multiple penalties, including an early 15 second penalty for Rylan Gray. This was served in his pitstop. Lap 38-40 saw more penalties including one for Will Brown (15 seconds), Zach Bates (5 seconds) and Andre Heimgartner (5 seconds). These were all officially served during pitstops and were not added to final times.
A last lap incident also resulted in Brodie Kostecki recieving a 15 second penalty for a on track incident. This would drop him to P12. Due to this, all 5 supras managed to finish within the top 10. Chaz mostert and Ryan Wood finished in P4 and P5, whilst Cam Hill, Andre Heimhartner and Macauley Jones finished P7, P9 and P10.
There were concerns for multiple drivers with issues relating to cool suits, including a failure of them for both Broc Feeney and Will Brown who were forced to drive in extremely tough conditions, as well as David Reynolds. Both Will Brown and David Reynolds were taken to the medical centre, where they recieved the necessary treatment.
We now wait for the next race weekend which takes place the same weekend as the Australian Grand Prix (March 5-8). This race weekend consists of 4 short sprint style races, full of drama and chaos.
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