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11-05-2025
- Automotive
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Brown takes Supercars provisional pole in Tasmania
Defending Supercars champion Will Brown is threatening to spoil Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney's Tasmania clean sweep bid after claiming provisional pole. Brown blitzed championship leader Feeney by 0.0437 seconds with a lap time of 50.7620 seconds in Sunday's qualifying session at Symmons Plains Raceway. The 26-year-old will have a chance to clinch the pole spot in the top-10 shootout at 11.55am (AEST). Tickford rival Thomas Randle was third fastest, followed by Team 18's Anton De Pasquale. Erebus rookie Cooper Murray qualified fifth, while Cam Waters just made the top 10 by 0.0361 seconds. The final sprint in @BoostAus Qualifying 🤩#RepcoSC #Supercars — Supercars (@supercars) May 11, 2025 Young gun Feeney had jumped to the series lead from fourth on Saturday after claiming back-to-back sprint wins. He holds a 13-point lead over Tickford rival Waters, with Brown in third. Chaz Mostert's horror weekend in Tasmania continued, the Walkinshaw Andretti United star qualifying second-last in 23rd. Dick Johnson Racing's Will Davison will start 24th, while teammate Brodie Kostecki will go from 20th. Both Kostecki and Davison were disqualified from the opener after an investigation following the race found the cars' skid blocks were tampered with under parc ferme conditions. Kostecki had finished eighth and Davison 21st. RACE 13 QUALIFYING: 1. Will Brown (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight) 3. Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing) 4. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18) 5. Cooper Murray (Erebus Motorsport) 6. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 7. Jaxon Evans (Brad Jones Racing) 8. Richie Stanaway (PremiAir Nulon Racing) 9. James Golding (PremiAir Nulon Racing) 10. Cam Waters (Tickford)
News.com.au
10-05-2025
- Sport
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Supercars 2025: Broc Feeney crushes rival's hopes of a breakout win in the opening sprint race at Tasmania Super 440
Triple Eight star Broc Feeney has put his championship assault back on track after taking out a sprint race double at Symmons Plains to steal the title lead from his teammate Will Brown. Bouncing back from a lean round in New Zealand when his team failed to score a podium, Feeney took his season tally to three victories to continue Triple Eight's dominance at the Tasmanian circuit. The 22-year-old cruised to victory in the opening 50-lap sprint race, finishing almost eight seconds ahead of Tickford Racing's pole-sitter Thomas Randle, with Brad Jones Racing's Bryce Fullwood finishing third to claim his first podium for the year. Starting on pole position for the second race, Feeney faced a bigger battle for his second victory, forced to fight to reclaim the lead after Matt Stone Racing's Nick Percat overcut the race leaders with his mid-race pit stop. It only took Feeney a couple of laps before he was able to wrestle back the lead from Percat, but Triple Eight boss Jamie Whincup admitted the team had been lucky to escape with the race challenge after gambling on a four-tyre pit stop. In his 100th race, Feeney went on to take a two-and-a-half second win over Percat, while Tickford Racing's Cam Waters finished third. Claiming maximum points for the day as he also secured the two fastest laps, Feeney jumped to the top of the Supercars standings ahead of Waters and Brown. Feeney had slipped to fourth in the championship standings after failing to score a podium at the last round in Taupo. Defending Supercars champion Brown's hold on the title lead slipped after finishing fifth and 11th in Saturday's two races. Feeney now his sights set on a clean sweep of the three races at Symmons Plains. 'We made it very hard for ourselves, I didn't expect so many people to come out in front of me,' Feeney said. 'I didn't think I would be getting emotional towards the back end of that race, but with a few laps to go I'm like, 'Man, this is going to be pretty special'. 'I just can't thank the team, my family, everyone that has backed me (enough), to get me here to 100 races. To win today both of them is super special. 'It was a great battle with Nick, that was heaps of fun. For a few laps there, I thought this was going to be pretty tricky, but to get back through the lead and then once again have really good speed is awesome. 'We'll celebrate tonight, but we want to go for three (wins) tomorrow, but it's been a great weekend so far so I am absolutely chuffed. 'It's about time we got those orange (title leader) numbers back on this car and hopefully they stay for a bit longer this time.' Feeney now holds an eight-point title lead over Waters, who was also fourth in the first race, while Brown is 12 points off the lead. The Gold Coast racer is chasing a first Supercars title after finishing runner-up to Brown last year. A 200 km race on Sunday will complete the round at the Tasmania Super 440. RACE 1: FEENEY OFF TO A FLYER Triple Eight young gun Broc Feeney has given his championship standing a boost after cruising to victory in the opening sprint race at Symmons Plains, as he crushed Tickford Racing's Thomas Randle's hopes of a breakthrough win. Bouncing back from a lean round in New Zealand when the team failed to score a podium, Feeney claimed his second win for the year as he finished almost eight seconds ahead of second-placed Randle. At Triple Eight's happy hunting ground at the Tasmanian circuit, Feeney started on the front row alongside pole-sitter Randle and duelled with the Ford driver over the first 11 laps before making his move on the back straight for the race lead. Randle dropped another place to Feeney's teammate Brown later in the lap and it appeared Triple Eight was on target for a one-two before the defending champion encountered trouble at his pit stop and lost ground. Feeney was unchallenged for the rest of the race, leading home Randle and Brad Jones Racing's Bryce Fullwood, who claimed his first podium for the year. Brown finished the 50-lap race in fifth with his closest championship rival, Tickford's Cam Waters, taking fourth. The win moved Feeney from fourth position in the driver standings back into third as he capitalised on his 'rocket ship' Camaro with his lap record pace. Feeney will have another chance to add to his win in Saturday afternoon's second sprint race when he starts on pole position. 'I'm stoked to get a win again, absolutely chuffed with that – the thing was a rocket ship,' Feeney said. 'I knew on the first few laps I probably had the speed, so I just had to wait for my time to get past Thomas and he was driving fantastic. 'I knew where I was going to get him (Randle), I just had to wait for my time. I had a good run through one and two and I knew it was going to be the lap … a bit of side-drafting with the Tickford car which I am used to and it was good to get one back. '(I'm) stoked for the team, it's obviously a great bounce back.' Feeney's victory gave Triple Eight its 27th win from 52 starts at Symmons Plains. Randle, still chasing his first Supercars race win, was pleased to be able to still walk away from a podium but admitted he did not have the pace to match Feeney. 'It's the first podium for me here. It's nice to get the podium and capitalise on the race and I think that's all we could have done,' Randle said. 'It was cool to lead for the first few laps, I was trying to break the slipstream off Broc, but he was too fast.' There was drama before the race when both Dick Johnson Racing Fords were investigated for a technical breach, but were cleared by the stewards.
News.com.au
10-05-2025
- Automotive
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Feeney fires for clean sweep in Tassie
Supercars: Broc Feeney has enjoyed the perfect Friday by sweeping both Supercars practice sessions at Symmons Plains.
News.com.au
08-05-2025
- Sport
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Supercars: All the news and race results from the Tasmania Super 440 from Symmons Plains
Triple Eight's Broc Feeney has graded his start to his 2025 campaign as only a C as he pushes to 'get the ball rolling' on his maiden title quest at the team's happy hunting ground in Tasmania after slipping in the standings in a turbulent Taupo round. Feeney heads to this weekend's round at Symmons Plains in fourth position in the drivers' standings after a difficult weekend in New Zealand when the championship-winning squad failed to score a podium for the first time in almost two years. The 22-year-old finished 15th, fifth and seventh in the three Taupo races last month, making up 13 positions in the final race after a qualifying shocker. Feeney's title-winning Red Bull teammate Will Brown also went without a podium, finishing fifth, seventh and eighth across the three races. It was the first time Triple Eight had neither of its drivers finish on the podium in a round since August, 2023. Now Feeney is determined to bounce back in Tasmania after a round he admitted was not up to scratch. 'Obviously Taupo was not a great weekend. It wasn't up to our standard, for one of us not to get a podium on the weekend, it has been a while since we have done that,' Feeney said. 'We learned a lot, I think we got a lot better over the weekend as it went. 'We have good speed this year, but we haven't really got many wins or podiums or as many as I would like. '(The season has been) maybe a C or C-minus or something. I feel like we've had really good potential, but we just haven't executed as well. 'I just need to have a solid three races in Tassie and just get the ball rolling. 'I wouldn't really say anyone has got heaps of momentum through the start of the year. Like obviously Cam had a good round one and not the best round two and vice versa for me. 'So for me it is just about trying to get the consistency going.' Feeney has just one win for the year so far in the opening race of the Melbourne SuperSprint at Albert Park where he secured all four poles. The Gold Coast racer dropped from third to fourth in the title race after Taupo behind Brown, Tickford's Cam Waters and Grove Racing's Matt Payne, but remains only 61 points adrift of the lead. 'I suppose for me at the moment, it is more about the gap to P1. I am not as worried as such that I have dropped to fourth,' Feeney said. 'My plan is not to be there for long, hopefully we can move forward. 'But to come out of New Zealand, especially after the first race with a 15th, and to only be 60 points back. I am pretty happy about that, I suppose. 'Not that that's a good thing, but I just felt like we haven't had a few things go our way and to be 60 points back – that can swing in a race. 'If we have a good weekend we could come out in the lead.' History says Triple Eight has had plenty of good weekends at Symmons Plains. The team has had 26 wins from the last 51 starts at the track, although neither driver won there last year. 'It certainly has been a good track for Triple Eight, but I think as we moved into Gen3 that sort of erases a little bit of history,' Feeney said. 'I still think we are very strong there, but as we learned from New Zealand you can't guarantee on last year's results that you are going to be competitive. 'Last year we were super fast and we got a pole and a podium. I think we have got good capabilities going to Tasmania. 'I really enjoy the track. It is always challenging and it suits my style a little bit, so I am keen to try and get some wins.'
