Feeney dominates Darwin to hit four straight race wins
The Triple Eight speedster seems unstoppable at the moment.
With his third and fourth consecutive race wins on Saturday, his championship gap over teammate Will Brown has opened up to 143 points.
In a controlled performance in the day's second race, Feeney held onto the lead from the jump, setting a new Darwin lap record of one minute 7.523 seconds in the process.
After pitting last, the 22-year-old used his fresh supersoft tyres to speed away from Anton De Pasquale in the final laps and hold onto a one second lead.
De Pasquale's second-place finish was his first podium of the season and Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen picked up his first career podium in third.
But Grove could be in for a team penalty after one of his crew members dropped a tyre in pit lane, sparking a post-race investigation from the stewards.
De Pasquale and Allen both slipped behind Brodie Kostecki and Matt Payne after pitting later, but jumped back into the top three with fresher tyres.
Cam Waters, who started in third, lacked pace and slipped back through the pack before an off on turn one with two laps to go sent him back to 10th.
Brown recovered 10 places to finish in seventh after starting in 17th.
Feeney's two wins continued his love affair with Hidden Valley, including winning both races in 2024 and another the year earlier.
He earlier held off Tickford's Waters to win race 17 as carnage unfolded behind.
It took just one turn for the first big shunt of the race to bring out the safety car.
Wheel contact from James Golding fired Jaxon Evans into the barrier at the exit of turn one at high speed, dislodging his front wheel and ruling his car out of the rest of the day's action.
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There was more drama straight off the restart, with Jack Le Brocq shunting hard into the wall amid cramped conditions on pit straight and parting ways with his front tyre.
Seconds later, a tangle between Nick Percat and Richie Stanaway left the PremiAir Racing man with heavy damage, while Ryan Wood's Ford Mustang suffered engine failure and was left immobile.
Brown also had a disappointing race race 17, finishing in eighth
Feeney leads the race for the Darwin Triple Crown trophy on 160 points, with another 140 points up for grabs in Sunday's 200km race.
Unlike previous seasons where the Crown was only awarded to a driver who won a clean sweep, whoever amasses the most points over the course of the weekend will claim the prize.
RACE 17 RESULTS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
2. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing)
3. Matt Payne (Grove Racing)
4. Bryce Fullwood (Brad Jones Racing)
5. James Courtney (Blanchard Racing Team)
RACE 18 RESULTS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
2. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18)
3. Kai Allen (Grove Racing)
4. Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing)
5. Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing)
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
2. Will Brown (Triple Eight Race Engineering)
3. Matt Payne (Grove Racing)
4. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing)
5. Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United)
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