Supercars Wanneroo: Feeney dominates to take another win

Broc Feeney has taken a dominant win in the third and final Supercars race at Wanneroo Raceway near Perth, in Western Australia.

The Triple Eight Chevrolet driver took pole position by an emphatic 0.20s, sprinted away on the opening lap and, after a late-race scare, went on to take a narrow 0.5671s victory over the 83-lap journey on the Soft Dunlop control tyre.

Second place was a reward for Matt Payne, who started fourth and ran in touch with the leaders until his first pitstop, when a fuel-flow problem delayed him. But Payne was saved by a late-race safety car, allowing him to pit under yellow, vault up through the order and chase Feeney all the way to the flag.

If second came as a surprise to anyone watching mid-race, third place was a complete shock. James Courtney started 13th in the Blanchard Racing Team Ford and stayed in the mid-pack for the opening part of the race. But when the safety car appeared, he followed Payne into the pitlane and vaulted all the way up to fourth, which became third when he picked off Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United).

“The key was the start,” Feeney said. “To manage the pace in those two stints, it was a matter of getting it home.

Broc Feeney, Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (Photo by: Edge Photographics)

“I’ve had three of the best starts of my life this weekend but from the second row, there’s not much you can do! The car has been awesome and the pitstops this weekend have been second to none.”

Payne was on a fuel-saving mission after not enough fuel went into the Grove Racing Ford at his opening pitstop.

“It’s really hard to fuel save that much,” he admitted.

“I couldn’t believe it when I saw the car stopped at Turn 6. I came out behind Broc and thought, no way am I second! I had already accepted that that was where we were going to finish.”

Matthew Payne, Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT (Photo by: Edge Photographics)

After the maiden podium finish for BRT, veteran Courtney, who will retire at the end of the season, was an emotional man.

“It’s been a tough 18 months for these guys, who have put in so much work,” he said, after his 45th Supercars race in Perth.

“Qualifying was tough for us. I was crying in the car like a little kid. There was a bit of hustle at the restart, and I managed to gap those guys [behind].”

Cam Waters took fourth place in the Tickford Racing Mustang after being in the wars mid-race, and Will Brown gained ground late in the race to take fifth place, in spite of dealing with a fuel pressure problem.

The defending champion finished ahead of WAU’s Chaz Mostert, who started from 14th on the grid and moved up steadily. His cause was aided when James Golding (PremiAir Racing Chevrolet) carted Wood off the road at Turn 4.

Up to that point Wood had driven a heady race, moving from seventh on the grid to fourth in the opening 10 laps and finding a way past Waters on lap 41.

As a result Feeney has extended his championship points lead over Brown, 1181-1109. Payne maintains third place on 1058 ahead of Waters (1028) and Mostert (877). Tickford Racing’s Thomas Randle is sixth on 773.

The Supercars drivers and teams will return to the track in two weeks, at Hidden Valley near Darwin, for the second of the series’ four winter rounds, on 20-22 June.

Wanneroo Race 3 results

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Cla	Driver		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	Retirement	Points
1	B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	-
2	M. Payne Penrite Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+0.567 0.5671	0.567
3	J. Courtney Snowy River Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+5.255 5.2550	4.688
4	C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+6.863 6.8634	1.608
5	W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+9.091 9.0912	2.228
6	C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+11.314 11.3138	2.223
7	D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+12.629 12.6289	1.315
8	K. Allen Penrite Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+13.109 13.1094	0.481
9	T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+13.869 13.8693	0.760
10	A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+14.094 14.0944	0.225
11	B. Kostecki Dick Johnson Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+16.031 16.0313	1.937
12	J. Evans SCT Motorsport		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+16.876 16.8759	0.845
13	M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+18.367 18.3669	1.491
14	R. Stanaway PremiAir Nulon Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+18.982 18.9823	0.615
15	J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+20.494 20.4938	1.512
16	W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing		Ford Mustang S650	83	+21.410 21.4096	0.916
17	N. Percat Bendix Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	83	+21.520 21.5197	0.110
18	A. De Pasquale DEWALT Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	82	1 lap
19	A. Cameron Brad Jones Racing		Ford Mustang S650	82	1 lap
20	B. Fullwood Middy's Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	82	1 lap
21	L. Dalton Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang S650	82	1 lap
22	J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	77	6 laps
23	C. Hill Tyrepower Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	75	8 laps
	R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing		Ford Mustang S650	74			Retirement
	C. Murray Erebus Motorsport Penrite		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	62			Retirement
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