Supercars Grand Final weekend: Title leader Broc Feeney claims win in season’s penultimate race
Triple Eight title leader Broc Feeney is a big step closer to his maiden Supercars championship, turning his 18th and “most important” pole of the year into victory in Adelaide. DETAILS.
Broc Feeney declared he is “not here to come second” after building on his championship lead over Chaz Mostert with victory in the penultimate race of the season ahead of Sunday’s title-deciding battle at the Adelaide grand final.
Setting the stage for a thrilling end to the season in Sunday’s finale, Feeney overcame early engine concerns to claim his 14th win for the year on Saturday after converting from pole position to extend his buffer over his closest rival Mostert to 23 points.
Feeney claimed the victory ahead of Mostert, whose Walkinshaw Andretti United teammate Ryan Wood slowed to allow him past on the final lap to hand the two-time Bathurst 1000 winner crucial extra points in the title battle.
Mostert fought his way onto the podium after recovering from a string of early race dramas from 12th on the grid following a qualifying stumble.
All four finalists finished in the top five on Saturday with defending champion Will Brown and Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen finishing fourth and fifth. Brown now sits 76 points behind Feeney and Allen is 88 points back.
There are 125 points on offer for the winner of Sunday’s race.
Feeney passed Wood for the lead on lap 51 of the 78-lap battle and pulled away late in the race to put himself in prime position to attack a maiden championship on Sunday.
“That was a tough one. I had a lot of adversity to overcome in that one,” said Feeney, who had held a 13-point lead over Mostert heading into Saturday’s race.
“I had a lot of issues in that first stint. I was surprised to come out and be able to have a crack at Woody there, it would have been pretty easy to sit behind and salvage a second.
“But I’m not here to come second. Stoked with another win. One down and one to go.
“Obviously I’ve had a great year, but we want to go out and do it in (in the same) fashion tomorrow.
“The goal is always just to try to win and when you’re winning, everyone else is behind you and you’re going to score the most points. So we’ll just focus on doing that again.”
Feeney earlier continued his extraordinary qualifying form to secure an 18th pole position for the season after eclipsing the series’ season pole record on Friday.
But admitted he had held fears his day could be over after experiencing engine troubles early in the race.
“I thought I was done,” Feeney said.
“There was a lot going through my head. It literally felt like my engine was going to blow up any minute.
“After a while it sort of cleared up and got going again, but for those first 10 laps I was really struggling and I feared for the worst.”
Also in pursuit of a maiden Supercars championship, Mostert produced an impressive drive as he overcame a brush with the concrete on the main straight after contact with Thomas Randle, another bump with NASCAR wildcard Austin Cindric and damage to the front of his Mustang after hitting the tyre bundles in an attempt to avoid more kerb strikes.
The Ford star said “everyone” was still in the title race on Sunday.
“The winner gets 125 points tomorrow. A DNF on any one of us is going to be pretty tough.
“Everyone is still in it all the way to the end race,” Mostert said.
“I don’t know what the weather is, but people have been telling me there might be rain tomorrow, it might be dry. Man, that track on Friday was bloody hard to drive around and keep it off the walls.
“If there is rain (on Sunday) it would be a fitting end to the championship.”
Asked for his take on his brush with Cindric, who finished 23rd, Mostert later said:
“Welcome to Australia,” he said.
While he said he would have loved to have pushed Feeney all the way to the finish, Wood hoped he could play a role again on Sunday helping the team’s championship bid.
“I’m just trying to support the team and Chaz the best way possible,” Wood said.
“We’ve had a good weekend so far and looking forward to tomorrow and just keep on with the momentum.”
There was heartbreak for Blanchard Racing Team rookie Aaron Cameron, whose race was over early after booking a spot on the front row of the grid in a career-best qualifying effort.
Cameron made an aggressive start off the line as he forced his way past Feeney and Wood in a tussle for the lead on the opening lap.
But it didn’t last long as Wood passed Cameron for the lead on lap five and four laps later the BRT driver’s race was over after clipping the wall at turn three.
Feeney claims pole position
Title leader Broc Feeney continued his extraordinary qualifying form to secure his “most important” pole position of the year so far at the Adelaide grand final.
As he aims to extend his championship advantage after his closest rival Chaz Mostert fell short in qualifying and will start from 12th for Saturday’s 250km race, the Triple Eight star claimed his 18th pole for the year to bolster his hopes of cementing a maiden crown.
Feeney nailed his 1:19.97 Top 10 Shootout lap and will start his Camaro on the front row alongside Aaron Cameron, who produced his best qualifying performance to put his Blanchard Racing Team Ford in second position.
Feeney’s closest rival in the four-way title battle was his Red Bull teammate Will Brown, who will start from fifth on the grid.
Grove Racing young gun Kai Allen could only manage the eighth fastest time in the shootout after encountering an engine problem on his lap.
Mostert was earlier left gutted after missing the Top 10 Shootout after mechanical dramas cost him his early running in the second part of qualifying.
It means Feeney now has a big opportunity on Saturday to capitalise and strengthen his title position heading into the final race of the season on Sunday.
“I’m stoked, it’s probably the most important one of the year so far,” Feeney said.
“To get it done, obviously it was tricky conditions out there, I think the track was just getting better and better and it was so hard to know what you were going to get.
Brodie Kostecki collects the wall in his shootout lap 💥#RepcoSC#Supercarspic.twitter.com/2RkbRV8lBl
— Supercars (@supercars) November 29, 2025
“I’m just looking forward to getting after it this afternoon.
“The pole is awesome, but it just puts us in a great spot for this race this afternoon … we’re in the best spot to go and convert.”
Feeney holds a 13-point lead over Mostert in the championship standings, while Brown is 48 points behind his teammate and Allen 53 points back.
Earlier, Mostert exploded in his car after missing the Top 10 Shootout, forcing him to start in the midfield for the first of the weekend’s two 78-lap races.
“It cost me a run to build into it and I had to put it all on the line, so it costs you everything,” the Walkinshaw Andretti United star said.
“I’ve got nothing else to say.”
Mostert ‘gutted’ after 50k miss but bigger prize at stake
Chaz Mostert closed the championship gap on Supercars title frontrunner Broc Feeney and Will Brown took a hit as Brodie Kostecki landed a $50,000 payday after triumphing in a rain-shortened opening race at the Adelaide grand final.
In a wet and wild start to the title-deciding round on Friday, Kostecki upstaged the four drivers remaining in the title hunt to claim his third victory for the year ahead of Walkinshaw Andretti United pair Mostert and Ryan Wood.
The 32-lap race was red flagged with 10 laps to go after Thomas Randle slammed into the wall at the notorious turn eight as the conditions deteriorated, hitting the concrete so hard it pushed back the barriers.
Track officials worked to put the barriers back in position in time for a restart, but race control announced shortly afterwards the race would not be resuming due to the damage.
Triple Eight young gun Feeney finished fourth after starting on pole to hold onto his title advantage, but Mostert closed the gap from 20 points to 13 points.
Defending champion Brown, who started 12th after another qualifying stumble, has slipped to 48 points behind Feeney in the standings after finishing ninth.
Brown was forced to fight his way back through the field after he was spun on the second lap by Randle, who copped a 15-second penalty for his part in the incident.
Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen, the fourth seed in the finals, finished fifth and now sits 53 points behind Feeney with two 250 km races on Saturday and Sunday to go.
After he was eliminated from the finals, Kostecki received a nice consolation prize, earning $50,000 as the winner of Friday’s race, which ended with all the drivers in pit lane.
“It was pretty grim there for a while, but I’m glad we got three quarters of the race in,” Kostecki said.
“It got pretty treacherous towards the end of that stint there and right before Thomas crashed and I almost went in myself.
“I saw Chaz was hustling me for a bit there and kudos to those guys, one step closer to them.
“What an awesome way to start the weekend, 50 grand and hopefully the team owners take it to the Maldives or something for a holiday.”
Randle aquaplanes into the wall at Turn 8 💥#RepcoSC#Supercarspic.twitter.com/xlq8cZ5fFw
— Supercars (@supercars) November 28, 2025
We have a red flag in Race 32 due to Turn 8 repairs 🚩#RepcoSC#Supercarspic.twitter.com/jKNv9ItXQN
— Supercars (@supercars) November 28, 2025
The rain rolled in after qualifying for Friday’s race and caused havoc for the Supercars support categories with the Carrera Cup race red-flagged after several cars hit the wall at turn eight, while Super2 qualifying was also abandoned due to the water on the track.
The start of the Supercars race was delayed by 20 minutes as officials attempted to clear away standing water off the street circuit.
Feeney and Mostert started on the front row, but Kostecki took the lead from Mostert, who had already picked off Feeney, on lap three.
“I actually almost stalled it (at the start), so I just made a bit of a boo boo,” Kostecki said.
“But I knew (engineer) George (Commins) had given me a pretty good car and I could pick them off one by one.
Murray is spun in the wet 😵â€ðŸ’«#RepcoSC#Supercarspic.twitter.com/EJrYxylkNs
— Supercars (@supercars) November 28, 2025
“Obviously those two front guys are racing for a championship, so I didn’t want to do anything too silly. But I knew the car had pace and I’m just really happy to pull this off.”
Mostert was disappointed not to land the 50k cheque, but he still has a bigger prize to fight for this weekend as he chases a maiden championship.
“I’m pretty stoked. That was obviously going to be pretty tough. Glad to stay on the black stuff,” Mostert said.
“Brodie was super quick there, especially at the start. Then I found my rhythm a little bit, but I’d already lost the track position.
“It was cutthroat. The track when it rains out there and you don’t get it sweeped, the water just kind of sits on top and you aquaplane on it.
“Gutted not to get the 50 grand, it would have been nice, but I’m really happy with second, especially after day one here.”
THE GRAND FINAL IS ON AND WOW WHAT AN OPENING LAP 😱#RepcoSC#Supercarspic.twitter.com/LMDBZ4QoUq
— Supercars (@supercars) November 28, 2025
Feeney earlier eclipsed the record for most pole positions in a season as he continued his qualifying dominance this year.
The Red Bull ace claimed his 17th pole for the season and will start on the front row alongside his title rival Chaz Mostert for the 100km battle on Friday.
Feeney’s pole took him past triple series champion turned IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin’s 2017 benchmark of 16 poles.
“To think that we’ve got 17, it’s something truly special to break the record. It’s obviously incredible,” Feeney said.
“I just want to thank the whole crew … chuffed to get 17, but all eyes on the road ahead. “These laps around here are bloody fun. Having a lot of fun out there and stoked to tick over to 17 and get a new record.”
MOSTERT STAKES TITLE CLAIM IN ADELAIDE PRACTICE SESSION
He missed out on the final four, but Tickford Racing star Cam Waters showed he could still have a say in how the title-deciding round plays out after setting the pace in the opening practice session for the Adelaide grand final as Chaz Mostert led the title contenders.
Waters was eliminated from the championship race after finishing sixth in the standings at the end of the Sandown semi-final, but put his Ford back on top as the Supercars hit the streets of Adelaide for the first time on Thursday afternoon.
The two-time championship runner-up was fastest in the first half-hour session ahead of Team 18’s David Reynolds and Dick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki, who brushed the concrete at Adelaide’s infamous turn eight early in the session.
Walkinshaw Andretti United star Mostert was the fastest of the four finalists ahead of Triple Eight’s defending Supercars champion Will Brown.
Top seed and title leader Broc Feeney was 11th, while the fourth finalist, Grove Racing rookie Kai Allen, was 18th.
Waters was happy with his start to the weekend and said there was still plenty to fight for in Adelaide.
“The car is pretty pacey so it is a good start,” Waters said.
“It is what it is, Sandown weekend, and there’s 50 grand up for grabs tomorrow so we will go for that and try and win some trophies and finish the year off strong”.
NASCAR star Austin Cindric, racing in a Tickford wildcard this weekend, was 23rd in his first Supercars hitout.
Supercars will hit the track again on Friday for another practice session, followed by qualifying and the first of the weekend’s three races, a 100km battle.
WOOD READY TO BE SUPERCARS’ ‘ULTIMATE WINGMAN’
Ryan Wood has vowed to do what he can to help deliver “Supercars icon” Chaz Mostert a maiden championship in the Adelaide grand final and lock in the chance for Walkinshaw Andretti United to start next season for Toyota with cars No. 1 and No. 2 on the grid.
After playing the ultimate wingman in the semi-final at Sandown last round to help propel Mostert into the final four, Wood said he was ready to play his role to “give Chaz the best opportunity to win this championship”.
Chasing a maiden Supercars crown, dual Bathurst 1000 champion Mostert will attack the title-deciding final round in Adelaide in second position in the standings, 20 points behind Triple Eight’s Broc Feeney.
Kiwi young gun Wood, who slipped out of the finals after the Gold Coast, said he would do what he could to support Mostert’s title bid.
“My role is clear. It’s still go out there and do what’s best for myself and for the team and that’s trying to win races,” Wood said.
“But at the end of the day, I’ve still got to be smart and make sure we have the best possible outcome for our team and that’s making sure that we give Chaz the best opportunity to win this championship.
“It would be pretty special for myself to help play a role, hopefully helping Chaz win a championship.
“But more than just that. He puts in so much to our sport, he is a real icon of Supercars and a great human being and I think he really deserves this opportunity.
“Having a great weekend ahead of him is exciting for all of us at WAU. That is the bigger picture as well, seeing how far we have come as a group over the last couple of years, even before I joined, and to hopefully reward them with the big trophy at the end of the year is something that we are all striving for.”
Wood showed how valuable he could be to Mostert’s title bid at Sandown with a stunning display of defensive driving against their rivals.
The young Kiwi staged a thrilling late-race battle with Triple Eight’s defending champion Will Brown to hold off the Red Bull Camaro as long as he could to protect the two-time Bathurst winner’s lead.
Mostert went on to take a third consecutive win with the victory securing his ticket to the grand final in Adelaide, later saying he owed “Woody a beer”.
“To be a part of – and play a little piece of that puzzle – defending Browny was super cool and I’m looking forward to doing more of the same this weekend, but hopefully he doesn’t get past,” Wood said.
“That will be the change hopefully and just looking forward to being in some cool battles.
“I don’t want to ruin anyone’s championship, but I definitely want to give Chaz the best opportunity.
“There is only so much you can do and to be honest, I just want to make sure I do what’s best for myself and for our team as well and be fair to everyone else.”
Feeney jumps Mostert in the wet!#RepcoSC#Supercarspic.twitter.com/Wp20ONBFCB
— Supercars (@supercars) November 16, 2025
The Adelaide grand final will be the team’s final round representing Ford before the team’s big switch to new Supercars manufacturer Toyota from 2026.
Wood said WAU was eager to finish on a high with the Blue Oval and to try and secure the champion’s No. 1 for Mostert to sport on his new Supra next year.
“The last round with Ford is special. We have always said we want to end the relationship the best we can and that’s (to) give them the title,” said Wood, who drives the #2 Mustang.
“We’ve got that opportunity to do that this weekend and, I tell you what, having a Toyota Supra car (No.) 1 and a Toyota Supra car (No.) 2 would look pretty special rolling out next year and that’s our goal.”
Wood said he and Mostert had tried to approach the Adelaide grand final the same as any other round of the season and he was confident the 33-year-old star and the team could get the job done.
“Me and Chazzy get along like a house on fire and it’s no different, it’s just another race weekend,” Wood said.
“It’s like another club day in go-karting. We just want to enjoy it.
“For me and him, we don’t talk too much about racing, and if we do it’s all business. This weekend is all business and we will be trying pretty hard to make sure we give it our all.
“I’m always confident in our team and obviously Chaz has won the biggest race that the championship has in Bathurst twice.
“I’m excited to see what he does behind the wheel. I’m just here for the ride, for now.”
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