MOSTERT CROWNED SUPERCARS CHAMPION AT THE bp ADELAIDE GRAND FINAL

The bp Adelaide Grand Final delivered the drama that was promised, with Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert winning his first Repco Supercars Championship.

 

The championship showdown produced its decisive flashpoint at Turn 6 on the opening lap, when Mostert’s teammate Ryan Wood tangled with Triple Eight Race Engineering’s championship leader Broc Feeney.

 

Feeney was turned around and plummeted down the order, while Wood was handed a 15-second time penalty for the collision. With Feeney leading Mostert by 23 points entering the race, the championship picture was turned on its head with Mostert moving up to second place and the title advantage.

 

Feeney’s hopes of recovering from the collision came undone with engine gremlins, while Mostert held on to second place to secure the points he needed to win his first Supercars championship after 13 seasons, two Bathurst 1000 wins and three third places in the points standings.

 

Grove Racing’s Matthew Payne got the jump on pole-sitting Feeney and led from start to finish, claiming his second Adelaide 500/Grand Final round win.

 

Joining Payne and Mostert on the podium was Will Brown, who also finished third in the championship behind Mostert and Feeney with Kai Allen fourth in the race and the championship.

 

Anton De Pasquale, Brodie Kostecki, Andre Heimgartner, Cameron Hill, Thomas Randle and Bryce Fullwood rounded out the top 10.

 

DRAMA IN THE SUPPORT CATEGORIES

 

There was also championship drama in the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars, with the title fight going down to the last corner of the last race of the season.

 

Kody Garland and Joel Heinrich clashed exiting the final corner, sending Heinrich into the wall with Garland going on to win the race and the championship.

 

Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup also crowned a champion with Dylan O’Keeffe getting the better of title rival Harri Jones in the decider.

 

South Australian Bradley Vaughan scored an emotional win in the Dunlop Super2 Series – the first win for Brad Jones Racing in the second-tier series in more than a decade. Tickford Racing’s Rylan Gray had already wrapped up the Super2 title following his race win on Saturday.

 

Adelaide’s own Todd Hazelwood completed a clean sweep of the Trico Trans Am Series, on a weekend in which he secured his second consecutive championship win in the category.