Brown and Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert performed a recreation of cat and mouse throughout a lot of the 40 lap race, Mostert cementing his early lead whereas Brown performed the lengthy recreation, establishing a shorter second pitstop to grab the lead with 10 laps to go. He went on to win by 1.55s.
“It means rather a lot, the primary spherical with the brand new workforce,” stated Brown after the race.
“I had Chaz pushing me alongside however I used to be in a position to save the tyres and get by means of to the tip. I used to be glad to get out in entrance of him, he was so fast down the hill.”
Mostert was disenchanted however philosophical after two podium outcomes.
“I’m slightly bit gutted, I knew I had about two seconds lead and I locked a wheel on the Chase,” stated Mostert, who was in his first weekend of working with the brand new race engineer in Sam Scaffidi.
“However in the event you instructed me I might have had two podiums, I’d have taken it. That’s all I had in the long run.”
Third was Saturday race winner Broc Feeney, who began from pole place however whose successful hopes had been dealt a blow when he obtained a five-second pitlane penalty after a conflict with James Golding on the opening lap.
Feeney, who was simply 1.1s from second place after 40 laps, was apologetic over the early race conflict.
“Sadly, apologies to him. There was a spot there and I went for it,” stated Feeney, who lamented his dangerous begins in each races.
“An amazing weekend general for the workforce. They [the starts] have been a shocker for us sadly, our qualifying tempo is nice. Hopefully we will enhance that for the long run.”
The primary essential second within the battle between the highest three got here in qualifying. Feeney took pole within the High 10 Shootout, 0.09s forward of Mostert, Brown and James Golding. In the beginning, from the racing line aspect of the monitor, Mostert and Golding bolted away whereas the Crimson Bull vehicles struggled.
However Mostert was hampered at his second cease. The supposed front-right wheel wouldn’t go on and the WAU crew grabbed a used, backup tyre. That misplaced two seconds and when he resumed, Brown (who took eight litres much less gasoline at his cease) was in entrance of him.
There was a fantastic battle exterior the highest three, Tickford Racing’s Thomas Randle holding out a recovering Golding and David Reynolds, who carried out miracles to make the High 10 Shootout in a single lap within the Team18 Camaro. Golding did effectively to get better to fifth after dropping to eighth after the conflict with Feeney.
Behind got here the Grove Racing Mustang Matt Payne, whose progress was aided by an early pitstop, and Jack Le Brocq’s Erebus Chevrolet. Nick Percat (Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet) and Will Davison (Dick Johnson Racing Mustang) rounded out the highest 10.
As soon as once more it was a tricky raceday for Cameron Waters, who certified 18th and completed sixteenth in Tickford Racing’s Ford Mustang.
After the opening two races Brown leads the factors with 288 from Feeney on 279 and Mostert on 267. With 567 factors Triple Eight leads the groups’ factors by 201 from Grove Racing, which means that the Crimson Bull vehicles will take over the primary storage within the subsequent spherical underneath Supercars’ controversial new ‘Dwell’ pitlane.
The Supercars groups will reconvene in 4 weeks’ time on the Albert Park Grand Prix circuit in Melbourne on 21-24 March.
