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Broc Feeney seals dominant Darwin Triple Crown clean sweep

The championship leader notched his fifth consecutive Supercars race win.
Jacob ShteymanBy Jacob Shteyman
Broc Feeney has won his fifth consecutive race.

Broc Feeney seals dominant Darwin Triple Crown clean sweep

The championship leader notched his fifth consecutive Supercars race win.
Jacob ShteymanBy Jacob Shteyman

Broc Feeney has claimed his fifth consecutive Supercars race win to seal a dominant Darwin Triple Crown clean sweep.

The championship leader could not have hoped for a better weekend, claiming all three poles and races to extend the gap at the top of the series standings to a yawning 183 points and home in on the inaugural Sprint Cup title.

He won Sunday’s 200km sprint by the biggest margin of the trifecta, crossing the finish line a full eight seconds ahead of runner-up Kai Allen.

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After winning the last two races of the previous round in Perth, Feeney looks unstoppable, and even Craig Lowndes’ eight-race record streak could be under threat if he keeps his form up.

“I’m so proud of this team,” Feeney told Channel 7.

“Even if you’ve got the fastest car, it’s very hard to put together a weekend like that.”

His Triple Eight teammate Will Brown had a disappointing weekend, failing to qualify in the top 10 for all three races.

The reigning champion recovered from 11th to finish fifth on Sunday.

He remains second in the standings, 14 points ahead of Grove Racing’s Matt Payne, who finished third.

Broc Feeney claimed all three race wins for a perfect Darwin Triple Crown outing.
Broc Feeney claimed all three race wins for a perfect Darwin Triple Crown outing. Credit: AAP

After holding off Erebus driver Jack Le Brocq at the starting line, Feeney went about opening up a gap on the rest of the grid.

He emerged behind Payne after pitting last on lap 30, but with fresher tyres immediately sped past the Grove Racing man back to the effective lead.

Payne and his teenage teammate Allen battled it out for second spot, with the rookie making the most of his fresher tyres to overtake Payne in the closing laps.

Allen enjoyed the best weekend of his rookie Supercars season, improving by one spot on his third-place finish on Saturday to secure his second podium.

Le Brocq’s fourth-place finish was his equal best of the season, but he will be disappointed not to have converted his second-place qualification to a podium.

Erebus has struggled since the departure of Brodie Kostecki to Dick Johnson Racing and jumped off the bottom of the team standings with the result.

Kostecki dropped 10 places on lap 18 after going on an excursion off the end of turn one, but filtered his way through the grid to cross the line in 11th.

Despite qualifying in ninth, championship contender Chaz Mostert was forced to start from pit lane in 24th position after stalling on the starting grid with clutch issues, eventually recovering to finish 12th.

Another big name to suffer calamity on Sunday was Cam Waters, who lost a tyre with three laps to go and limped home in last place on three legs.

Jaxon Evans was ruled out of Sunday’s action after his Brad Jones Racing Camaro suffered heavy damage in a crash on the first lap of Saturday’s opening race.

Race 19 results:

1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight Race Engineering)

2. Kai Allen (Grove Racing)

3. Matt Payne (Grove Racing)

4. Jack Le Brocq (Erebus Motorsport)

5. Will Brown (Triple Eight)

Championship standings:

1. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight)

2. Will Brown (Triple Eight)

3. Matt Payne (Grove)

4. Cam Waters (Tickford)

5. Chaz Mostert (WAU)

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