Latest news with #WalkinshawAndrettiUnited
7NEWS
12-07-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Supercars championship leader Broc Feeney bounces back with ‘fantastic' Townsville win
Runaway Supercars championship leader Broc Feeney has secured his ninth win of the season, flying to victory in the second race of the Townsville round. After a tough day on Friday, Feeney returned to the form that led to him winning five straight races across the Perth and Darwin legs. The Triple Eight star finished more than six seconds ahead of Walkinshaw Andretti United's Chaz Mostert, who made up 15 places after qualifying 17th. Kiwi Matt Payne was the other driver to secure a podium finish. Pole-sitter David Reynolds, who was battling illness, was overtaken by Payne on lap one. Feeney made his move during the safety car, jumping ahead of Payne and Reynolds on lap 14. After the race, Feeney started off by paying tribute to motorsport personality Tim Miles, who died in a road accident last week, with Mostert also remembering the GT competitor. The championship leader then heaped praise on his team. 'The turnaround from this team overnight has been pretty fantastic,' Feeney said. 'I had my doubts coming into today, even qualifying. 'But to get in there, we made a change to the shootout, and the thing was a rocket ship. 'What a great job by this pit crew, once again, to get us in the lead. 'From there, I could just manage the race, which I like doing up front. 'These guys were super quick, but I can't believe we turned that around to a win. 'That first one (pit stop) after the safety car, I was lucky. 'I just got Davey (Reynolds), and I knew I was going to be tight with Matty. 'I can't thank those guys enough for what they're doing at the moment.' Brodie Kostecki, who on Friday broke through for his first win since joining Dick Johnson Racing at the start of the season, came in fifth. The race was neutralised under the safety car on the opening lap after a wild collision that sent James Golding flying up on two wheels. Heading into Sunday's race, Feeney has a 201-point championship lead over Penrite's Payne.
Perth Now
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Speedy pit stop sets up emphatic Supercars win
Runaway Supercars championship leader Broc Feeney has secured his ninth win of the season, flying to victory in the second race of the Townsville round. After a tough day on Friday, Feeney returned to the form that led to him winning five straight races across the Perth and Darwin legs. The Red Bull Ampol star finished more than six seconds ahead of Walkinshaw Andretti United's Chaz Mostert, who made up 15 places after qualifying 17th. Kiwi Matt Payne was the other driver to secure a podium finish. Pole-sitter David Reynolds, who was battling illness, was overtaken by Payne on lap one. Feeney made his move during the safety car, jumping ahead of Payne and Reynolds on lap 14. After the race, Feeney started off by paying tribute to motorsport personality Tim Miles, who died in a road accident last week. The championship leader then heaped praise on his team. "The turnaround from this team overnight has been pretty fantastic," Feeney said. "I had my doubts coming into today, even qualifying. "But to get in there, we made a change to the shootout, and the thing was a rocket ship. "What a great job by this pit crew, once again, to get us in the lead. "From there, I could just manage the race, which I like doing up front. "These guys were super quick, but I can't believe we turned that around to a win. "That first one (pit stop) after the safety car, I was lucky. "I just got Davey (Reynolds), and I knew I was going to be tight with Matty. "I can't thank those guys enough for what they're doing at the moment." Brodie Kostecki, who on Friday broke through for his first win since joining Shell V-Power at the start of the season, came in fifth. Heading into Sunday's race, Feeney has a 201-point championship lead over Penrite's Payne. Reigning champion Will Brown, Feeney's Triple Eight teammate, is 210 points behind in the title race.
West Australian
12-07-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Speedy pit stop sets up emphatic Supercars win
Runaway Supercars championship leader Broc Feeney has secured his ninth win of the season, flying to victory in the second race of the Townsville round. After a tough day on Friday, Feeney returned to the form that led to him winning five straight races across the Perth and Darwin legs. The Red Bull Ampol star finished more than six seconds ahead of Walkinshaw Andretti United's Chaz Mostert, who made up 15 places after qualifying 17th. Kiwi Matt Payne was the other driver to secure a podium finish. Pole-sitter David Reynolds, who was battling illness, was overtaken by Payne on lap one. Feeney made his move during the safety car, jumping ahead of Payne and Reynolds on lap 14. After the race, Feeney started off by paying tribute to motorsport personality Tim Miles, who died in a road accident last week. The championship leader then heaped praise on his team. "The turnaround from this team overnight has been pretty fantastic," Feeney said. "I had my doubts coming into today, even qualifying. "But to get in there, we made a change to the shootout, and the thing was a rocket ship. "What a great job by this pit crew, once again, to get us in the lead. "From there, I could just manage the race, which I like doing up front. "These guys were super quick, but I can't believe we turned that around to a win. "That first one (pit stop) after the safety car, I was lucky. "I just got Davey (Reynolds), and I knew I was going to be tight with Matty. "I can't thank those guys enough for what they're doing at the moment." Brodie Kostecki, who on Friday broke through for his first win since joining Shell V-Power at the start of the season, came in fifth. Heading into Sunday's race, Feeney has a 201-point championship lead over Penrite's Payne. Reigning champion Will Brown, Feeney's Triple Eight teammate, is 210 points behind in the title race.
The Advertiser
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Advertiser
Brown out of top 10 again as Wood claims provision pole
Will Brown's horror qualifying run has continued, missing out on the top 10 for a third race at the Darwin Triple Crown. The reigning Supercars champion's 11th-place result in qualifying for race 19 gives Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney the chance to extend his 143-point lead at the top of the standings even further on Sunday. Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood secured preliminary pole with a lap time of one minute 6.071 seconds, a full 16-hundredths of a second over surprise packet Macauley Jones. The gap from Jones in second to Chaz Mostert in 10th was just 11-hundredths of a second. Jones will jump second last in the top-10 shootout as he looks to better his previous best qualifying result of fourth. "We made some pretty big changes. I wasn't really happy with the car, it's just very finicky to get right," the Brad Jones Racing man told Fox Sports. "The window is very small so we've tried to open up that window and it just felt good out of the gate, really. "And when you're confident out of the gate, you're confident to just find those little extra half-10th areas and that's kind of where the improvements came from." Feeney was third, two-thousandths of a second behind Jones, and ahead of Jack Le Brocq and Grove Racing teen sensation Kai Allen. Allen has been in the best form of his rookie Supercars season at Hidden Valley Raceway this weekend, snagging a maiden podium with a third-place finish on Saturday. Brad Jones driver Andre Heimgartner was sixth, while Anton De Dasquale overcame clutch issues in the first qualifying session to take seventh spot. Matt Payne, Cam Hill and Mostert rounded out the 10. Alongside Brown, Brodie Kostecki and Tickford Racing drivers Cam Waters and Thomas Randle were the big names to miss out on the shootout. Jaxon Evans was ruled out of Sunday's action after his Brad Jones Racing Camaro suffered heavy damage in a crash on the first lap of Saturday's opening race. Drivers return for the top-10 shootout to determine the final grid at 12.05pm (AEST), before race 19 gets underway at 3.10pm. RACE 19 QUALIFYING RESULTS: 1. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 2. Macauley Jones (Brad Jones Racing) 3. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 4. Jack Le Brocq (Erebus Motorsport) 5. Kai Allen (Grove Racing) 6. Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing) 7. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18) 8. Matt Payne (Grove Racing) 9. Cam Hill (Matt Stone Racing) 10. Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United) Will Brown's horror qualifying run has continued, missing out on the top 10 for a third race at the Darwin Triple Crown. The reigning Supercars champion's 11th-place result in qualifying for race 19 gives Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney the chance to extend his 143-point lead at the top of the standings even further on Sunday. Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood secured preliminary pole with a lap time of one minute 6.071 seconds, a full 16-hundredths of a second over surprise packet Macauley Jones. The gap from Jones in second to Chaz Mostert in 10th was just 11-hundredths of a second. Jones will jump second last in the top-10 shootout as he looks to better his previous best qualifying result of fourth. "We made some pretty big changes. I wasn't really happy with the car, it's just very finicky to get right," the Brad Jones Racing man told Fox Sports. "The window is very small so we've tried to open up that window and it just felt good out of the gate, really. "And when you're confident out of the gate, you're confident to just find those little extra half-10th areas and that's kind of where the improvements came from." Feeney was third, two-thousandths of a second behind Jones, and ahead of Jack Le Brocq and Grove Racing teen sensation Kai Allen. Allen has been in the best form of his rookie Supercars season at Hidden Valley Raceway this weekend, snagging a maiden podium with a third-place finish on Saturday. Brad Jones driver Andre Heimgartner was sixth, while Anton De Dasquale overcame clutch issues in the first qualifying session to take seventh spot. Matt Payne, Cam Hill and Mostert rounded out the 10. Alongside Brown, Brodie Kostecki and Tickford Racing drivers Cam Waters and Thomas Randle were the big names to miss out on the shootout. Jaxon Evans was ruled out of Sunday's action after his Brad Jones Racing Camaro suffered heavy damage in a crash on the first lap of Saturday's opening race. Drivers return for the top-10 shootout to determine the final grid at 12.05pm (AEST), before race 19 gets underway at 3.10pm. RACE 19 QUALIFYING RESULTS: 1. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 2. Macauley Jones (Brad Jones Racing) 3. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 4. Jack Le Brocq (Erebus Motorsport) 5. Kai Allen (Grove Racing) 6. Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing) 7. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18) 8. Matt Payne (Grove Racing) 9. Cam Hill (Matt Stone Racing) 10. Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United) Will Brown's horror qualifying run has continued, missing out on the top 10 for a third race at the Darwin Triple Crown. The reigning Supercars champion's 11th-place result in qualifying for race 19 gives Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney the chance to extend his 143-point lead at the top of the standings even further on Sunday. Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood secured preliminary pole with a lap time of one minute 6.071 seconds, a full 16-hundredths of a second over surprise packet Macauley Jones. The gap from Jones in second to Chaz Mostert in 10th was just 11-hundredths of a second. Jones will jump second last in the top-10 shootout as he looks to better his previous best qualifying result of fourth. "We made some pretty big changes. I wasn't really happy with the car, it's just very finicky to get right," the Brad Jones Racing man told Fox Sports. "The window is very small so we've tried to open up that window and it just felt good out of the gate, really. "And when you're confident out of the gate, you're confident to just find those little extra half-10th areas and that's kind of where the improvements came from." Feeney was third, two-thousandths of a second behind Jones, and ahead of Jack Le Brocq and Grove Racing teen sensation Kai Allen. Allen has been in the best form of his rookie Supercars season at Hidden Valley Raceway this weekend, snagging a maiden podium with a third-place finish on Saturday. Brad Jones driver Andre Heimgartner was sixth, while Anton De Dasquale overcame clutch issues in the first qualifying session to take seventh spot. Matt Payne, Cam Hill and Mostert rounded out the 10. Alongside Brown, Brodie Kostecki and Tickford Racing drivers Cam Waters and Thomas Randle were the big names to miss out on the shootout. Jaxon Evans was ruled out of Sunday's action after his Brad Jones Racing Camaro suffered heavy damage in a crash on the first lap of Saturday's opening race. Drivers return for the top-10 shootout to determine the final grid at 12.05pm (AEST), before race 19 gets underway at 3.10pm. RACE 19 QUALIFYING RESULTS: 1. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 2. Macauley Jones (Brad Jones Racing) 3. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 4. Jack Le Brocq (Erebus Motorsport) 5. Kai Allen (Grove Racing) 6. Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing) 7. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18) 8. Matt Payne (Grove Racing) 9. Cam Hill (Matt Stone Racing) 10. Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United)
7NEWS
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- 7NEWS
Supercars champion Will Brown dumped in another Darwin qualifying stunner
Will Brown's horror qualifying run has continued, missing out on the top 10 for a third race at the Darwin Triple Crown. The reigning Supercars champion's 11th-place result in qualifying for race 19 gives Triple Eight teammate Broc Feeney the chance to extend his 143-point lead at the top of the standings even further on Sunday. Walkinshaw Andretti United's Ryan Wood secured preliminary pole with a lap time of one minute 6.071 seconds, a full 16-hundredths of a second over surprise packet Macauley Jones. The gap from Jones in second to Chaz Mostert in 10th was just 11-hundredths of a second. Jones will jump second last in the top-10 shootout as he looks to better his previous best qualifying result of fourth. 'We made some pretty big changes. I wasn't really happy with the car, it's just very finicky to get right,' the Brad Jones Racing man said. 'The window is very small so we've tried to open up that window and it just felt good out of the gate, really. 'And when you're confident out of the gate, you're confident to just find those little extra half-10th areas and that's kind of where the improvements came from.' Feeney was third, two-thousandths of a second behind Jones, and ahead of Jack Le Brocq and Grove Racing teen sensation Kai Allen. Allen has been in the best form of his rookie Supercars season at Hidden Valley Raceway this weekend, snagging a maiden podium with a third-place finish on Saturday. Brad Jones driver Andre Heimgartner was sixth, while Anton De Dasquale overcame clutch issues in the first qualifying session to take seventh spot. Matt Payne, Cam Hill and Mostert rounded out the 10. Alongside Brown, Brodie Kostecki and Tickford Racing drivers Cam Waters and Thomas Randle were the big names to miss out on the shootout. Jaxon Evans was ruled out of Sunday's action after his Brad Jones Racing Camaro suffered heavy damage in a crash on the first lap of Saturday's opening race. Drivers return for the top-10 shootout to determine the final grid at 12.05pm (AEST), before race 19 gets underway at 3.10pm. Top 10 Shootout competitors 1. Ryan Wood (Walkinshaw Andretti United) 2. Macauley Jones (Brad Jones Racing) 3. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 4. Jack Le Brocq (Erebus Motorsport) 5. Kai Allen (Grove Racing) 6. Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing) 7. Anton De Pasquale (Team 18) 8. Matt Payne (Grove Racing) 9. Cam Hill (Matt Stone Racing)
