Brown Wins Adelaide Junkyard Fight

With both championships wrapped up, a fight for the ages unfolded in the final race of the Supercars Season in Adelaide. Cars were spun and hit walls, while race control weren’t short of penalties to give out, and drivers to give them to.

The bumps and bruises started almost immediately when Matthew Payne buried his Mustang into the wall at turn 12, after an altercation with Nick Percat. Payne got going again with the hood falling off as he crawled back to pitlane.

Reigning champion Brodie Kostecki then gave his successor, Will Brown, an unwanted present when Kostecki span Brown’s Red Bull. By the time Brown had re-entered the race, he was 23rd. Kostecki ended up with a 15 second penalty.

Countless other drivers were involved in their own incidents, including Waters and the retiring Winterbottom, who ended up also ended up with 15 second penalties.

However, the second half of the race produced just as much incidents as the first half.

On Lap 49, as all the drivers completed their second round of pitstops, Mostert and Feeney came together in the pitlane. Feeney was adjudged to have been unsafely released and given a 15 second penalty for his troubles.

Toward the end of the race, as the laps continued down, Mostert and Feeney found themselves locked in wheel to wheel combat. Feeney’s car looked fastest, but Mostert wouldn’t give in, and what happened on lap 61 was almost inevitable.

Feeney was trying to overtake Mostert under breaking at turn six, he misjudged the gap, and hit Mostert, who’s Mustang ended up lodged in the barrier.

With Feeney’s 15 second penalty from the pitstop remaining unserved, race control gave him a second serving for the incident at turn six, and with 30 seconds to be added to his time, Feeney was taken out of contention for the win.

Brown had been working his way back up the order since he was turned around by his old teammate toward the start of the race. He was now behind Mostert.

On lap 66, Brown overtook the struggling Mostert, the move was for second the road, but as the car ahead was Feeney, that move meant Brown would win the race.

Third place went right down the last lap. Mostert, Randle, and Davidson all had the position at points throughout the final laps.

Mostert was able to drag his car across the line, finishing third on the road, but second overall as Broc Feeney’s penalties were applied.

Randle closed out the podium, as Will Brown set smoke into the air to celebrate the season that was.