Controversial penalty denies 'gutted' Supercars star
Pole-sitter Feeney was comfortably leading the pack at Queensland Raceway before being made to serve the time penalty - and give up the top spot to Brown - for a false start in the second sprint on Saturday.
The 22-year-old desperately tried to hunt down defending champion Brown across the final 13 laps, but his teammate prevailed by 0.884 seconds.
Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood followed in third.
Feeney, who was sharing the front row with Wood, was adjudged by race stewards to have begun moving off the starting line just marginally before lights off.
"I'm obviously gutted that I slipped up there and cost us a win," Feeney told Fox Sports.
Feeney will at least find consolation in having automatically qualified for this year's inaugural finals by claiming the Sprint Cup with a victory in Saturday's opening sprint.
He won largely unchallenged, leading Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen in second and sophomore driver Wood in third for the youngest-ever Supercars podium.
Feeney now boasts a 232-point lead ahead of Brown with one race left in Ipswich and will take 25 bonus points into the elimination finals series.
Brown had to settle for a finish in fourth in the opening race, which ended under the safety car.
The yellow flag had been brought out with three laps remaining when David Reynolds, in a bid to overtake James Golding, veered off track after locking up.
The safety car came out again before the first lap of the second sprint could be completed when Blanchard Racing Team driver Aaron Cameron spun off track at the first turn, causing a traffic jam.
Cameron tried to evade a red-hot Matt Payne on his tail but instead misjudged the open space between Tickford's Thomas Randle and Erebus rookie Cooper Murray.
Murray's teammate Jack Le Brocq and Brad Jones Racing driver Jaxon Evans suffered race-ending damage in the jam.
RACE 23 RESULTS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
2. Kai Allen (Grove Racing)
3. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United)
4. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
5. Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing)
RACE 24 RESULTS:
1. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)
3. Ryan Wood (WAU)
4. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18)
5. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight) 1918points
2. Will Brown (Triple Eight) +232pts
3. Matt Payne (Grove) +309pts
4. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing) +499pts
5. Chaz Mostert (WAU) +599pts
Supercars champion Will Brown has denied Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney's bid for back-to-back wins in Ipswich thanks to a controversial five-second penalty.
Pole-sitter Feeney was comfortably leading the pack at Queensland Raceway before being made to serve the time penalty - and give up the top spot to Brown - for a false start in the second sprint on Saturday.
The 22-year-old desperately tried to hunt down defending champion Brown across the final 13 laps, but his teammate prevailed by 0.884 seconds.
Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood followed in third.
Feeney, who was sharing the front row with Wood, was adjudged by race stewards to have begun moving off the starting line just marginally before lights off.
"I'm obviously gutted that I slipped up there and cost us a win," Feeney told Fox Sports.
Feeney will at least find consolation in having automatically qualified for this year's inaugural finals by claiming the Sprint Cup with a victory in Saturday's opening sprint.
He won largely unchallenged, leading Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen in second and sophomore driver Wood in third for the youngest-ever Supercars podium.
Feeney now boasts a 232-point lead ahead of Brown with one race left in Ipswich and will take 25 bonus points into the elimination finals series.
Brown had to settle for a finish in fourth in the opening race, which ended under the safety car.
The yellow flag had been brought out with three laps remaining when David Reynolds, in a bid to overtake James Golding, veered off track after locking up.
The safety car came out again before the first lap of the second sprint could be completed when Blanchard Racing Team driver Aaron Cameron spun off track at the first turn, causing a traffic jam.
Cameron tried to evade a red-hot Matt Payne on his tail but instead misjudged the open space between Tickford's Thomas Randle and Erebus rookie Cooper Murray.
Murray's teammate Jack Le Brocq and Brad Jones Racing driver Jaxon Evans suffered race-ending damage in the jam.
RACE 23 RESULTS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
2. Kai Allen (Grove Racing)
3. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United)
4. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
5. Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing)
RACE 24 RESULTS:
1. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)
3. Ryan Wood (WAU)
4. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18)
5. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight) 1918points
2. Will Brown (Triple Eight) +232pts
3. Matt Payne (Grove) +309pts
4. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing) +499pts
5. Chaz Mostert (WAU) +599pts
Supercars champion Will Brown has denied Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney's bid for back-to-back wins in Ipswich thanks to a controversial five-second penalty.
Pole-sitter Feeney was comfortably leading the pack at Queensland Raceway before being made to serve the time penalty - and give up the top spot to Brown - for a false start in the second sprint on Saturday.
The 22-year-old desperately tried to hunt down defending champion Brown across the final 13 laps, but his teammate prevailed by 0.884 seconds.
Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood followed in third.
Feeney, who was sharing the front row with Wood, was adjudged by race stewards to have begun moving off the starting line just marginally before lights off.
"I'm obviously gutted that I slipped up there and cost us a win," Feeney told Fox Sports.
Feeney will at least find consolation in having automatically qualified for this year's inaugural finals by claiming the Sprint Cup with a victory in Saturday's opening sprint.
He won largely unchallenged, leading Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen in second and sophomore driver Wood in third for the youngest-ever Supercars podium.
Feeney now boasts a 232-point lead ahead of Brown with one race left in Ipswich and will take 25 bonus points into the elimination finals series.
Brown had to settle for a finish in fourth in the opening race, which ended under the safety car.
The yellow flag had been brought out with three laps remaining when David Reynolds, in a bid to overtake James Golding, veered off track after locking up.
The safety car came out again before the first lap of the second sprint could be completed when Blanchard Racing Team driver Aaron Cameron spun off track at the first turn, causing a traffic jam.
Cameron tried to evade a red-hot Matt Payne on his tail but instead misjudged the open space between Tickford's Thomas Randle and Erebus rookie Cooper Murray.
Murray's teammate Jack Le Brocq and Brad Jones Racing driver Jaxon Evans suffered race-ending damage in the jam.
RACE 23 RESULTS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
2. Kai Allen (Grove Racing)
3. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United)
4. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
5. Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing)
RACE 24 RESULTS:
1. Will Brown (Triple Eight)
2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)
3. Ryan Wood (WAU)
4. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18)
5. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight) 1918points
2. Will Brown (Triple Eight) +232pts
3. Matt Payne (Grove) +309pts
4. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing) +499pts
5. Chaz Mostert (WAU) +599pts
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