THE FINAL FOUR ARE LOCKED IN FOR THE bp ADELAIDE GRAND FINAL

Matt Payne, Brodie Kostecki, Chaz Mostert and Broc Feeney will fight for the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship on the streets of Adelaide after a dramatic Penrite Oil Sandown 500.

Seven drivers arrived at Sandown Raceway with title hopes alive. Two 250km races later, only four remain, and the 2026 champion will now be crowned at the bp Adelaide Grand Final from 26 to 29 November.

Payne heads to Adelaide as the top seed after the Penrite Racing driver capped a commanding weekend with victory in Sunday’s finale. The New Zealander led after the first round of pitstops and held his nerve through the closing laps, beating Anton De Pasquale by just seven tenths of a second. De Pasquale needed to win to keep his title hopes alive and closed to within a second in the final laps, but ran out of time. It was Payne’s first win since the Perth Super 440 in August, and it came at exactly the right moment.

Kostecki had already booked his ticket a day earlier. The 2023 champion won a wild Saturday race, surviving two safety car periods and a late fuel-saving challenge. Under the ‘win and you’re in’ finals format, that result guaranteed him a place in Adelaide regardless of what followed on Sunday.

Saturday was a difficult day for the Red Bull Ampol Racing pair. Will Brown spun out while fighting Kostecki for the lead, then copped a 15-second penalty for a clash with Cameron Hill. Feeney ran as high as third before slipping out of the top ten late, leaving him just one point above the cut-line overnight.

Feeney responded on Sunday, finishing fourth to secure his place, while Mostert came home fifth to keep his title defence alive. Brown, Cameron Waters and De Pasquale were the drivers left on the outside.

The four finalists bring very different stories to Adelaide. Mostert is chasing back-to-back championships after winning the inaugural grand final last year. Kostecki is hunting a second title. Payne and Feeney, two of the most consistent front-runners of the past few seasons, are each chasing their first.

Three races on the Adelaide Street Circuit will decide it all. With four championship contenders from four different teams, every qualifying session, pitstop and lap of the streets will count. After the drama of Sandown, Adelaide is set for a finish worthy of the title.

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