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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 Australia J. Courtney Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang S650 83

+5.255

5.2550

4.688    
4 Australia C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang S650 83

+6.863

6.8634

1.608    
5 Australia W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 83

+9.091

9.0912

2.228    
6 Australia C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang S650 83

+11.314

11.3138

2.223    
7 Australia 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 Australia T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing Ford Mustang S650 83

+13.869

13.8693

0.760    
10 New Zealand 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 Australia J. Evans SCT Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 83

+16.876

16.8759

0.845    
13 Australia M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 83

+18.367

18.3669

1.491    
14 New Zealand R. Stanaway PremiAir Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 83

+18.982

18.9823

0.615    
15 Australia J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 83

+20.494

20.4938

1.512    
16 Australia W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang S650 83

+21.410

21.4096

0.916    
17 Australia N. Percat Bendix Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3 83

+21.520

21.5197

0.110    
18 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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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