Broc Feeney received the Saturday race at Albert Park however second place was sufficient for his Triple Eight Chevrolet team-mate Will Brown to safe the 2024 Supercars championship with a race to spare.
Feeney began the race from third on the grid, and watched because the Tickford Racing Ford Mustangs of Tom Randle and Cam Waters led away from the entrance row of the grid.
Feeney adopted his now-common race technique of creating an early first pitstop to take the lead and when he made his second, longer cease, he made it again onto the monitor simply in entrance of Waters.
Brown, who began fifth, made his well beyond Randle with 21 laps of the 78-lap race remaining, the place simply sufficient to maneuver his factors lead past the 150 he wanted to win the title with a race but to run.
As if to verify the title, 10 laps later he took second off Waters to present T8 a 1-2 outcome.
“We knew what we needed to do at present,” mentioned Feeney after his victory.
“A 12-second win is admittedly huge however we’ve got a much bigger job to do subsequent 12 months. He’s performed a implausible job this 12 months, we’ve bought one to go.
“He’s pushed me to a different degree this 12 months, the outcomes have been good however not ok.”
Brown was understandably delighted with second and his maiden Supercars title.
“It was so scorching on the market!” smiled the brand new champion.
“It’s cool to get a podium, we bought one at each spherical. I got here into this 12 months pondering that if I didn’t win or come second, I had let the group down.”
Waters needed to accept third place and solely bought that after he held off a problem from the Grove Racing Ford of Matt Payne, who cut up the T8s within the high 10 shootout however then had a in any other case principally solo race to fourth place.
Fifth was Randle, who received the beginning from second on the grid and led his Tickford Racing team-mate till they swapped positions through the pit cycle.
Brodie Kostecki took sixth place in his Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet forward of the Blanchard Racing Ford of James Courtney and Andre Heimgartner within the Brad Jones Racing Chevrolet.
The race additionally featured the rarity of two substitute drivers participating, with Cooper Murray taking up the Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet of Jack Le Brocq, who returned residence on Friday for the start of his first little one.
The opposite driver was Dale Wooden, who stepped into the Grove Racing Ford after Richie Stanaway confirmed delayed concussion signs after a crash in qualifying.
Supercars can be again in motion on Sunday, with the drivers taking to the monitor at 10:20am, Australian Central Daylight Financial savings Time, for a 15-minute qualifying session. The one-car high 10 shootout will begin at 12:35pm and the twenty fourth and remaining race of the 12 months, over 78 laps, is ready for 3:15pm.
