Supercars Albert Park: Feeney wins race three as Payne, Waters collide

After Matt Payne snatched pole position by a tiny margin of 0.0073 seconds in morning qualifying, Cam Waters won the start and Payne snuck past after a lap.

But, before that lap ended, and under pressure from Broc Feeney’s Chevrolet Camaro, the two Mustangs clashed at the final corner.

Tickford Racing’s Waters ended up climbing out of his Mustang that was wedged against a concrete carrier while Payne, with broken suspension, was parked on the grass verge on the outside of the last corner.

Waters remonstrated with Payne before walking back to the pits, while a safety car led the remaining cars through the pitlane.

Cameron Waters, Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT (Photo by: Edge Photographics)

“Obviously I did not quite get the start I said I was going to get,” shrugged Payne.

“I didn’t think there was any need to hit me off at the second-to-last corner. I was there, he didn’t know I was there. Disappointing, but it is what it is.”

Waters had a different view: “He pulled a pretty cool pass on me at [Turn] 11, I tried to get him at 12.

“I came across, I don’t know if he didn’t know I was there; if he didn’t, it’s pretty bad spatial awareness. I will pick my bottom lip up and try again tomorrow.”

While the mess was being cleared away, Feeney, Brown and WAU’s Chaz Mostert led the remaining cars around and, with the race shortened to just 10 of the scheduled 14 laps, not even a strong challenge from Mostert could dislodge the Red Bull-backed T8 cars, Feeney winning by 1.79s.

“Another ripper start, which was great,” said Feeney, after his second win of the weekend. “Those boys were racing for sheep stations, I tried to capitalise when I could.

“That is the first time I think everyone had pushed flat-out. We have to pass a few more cars tomorrow.”

Brown was pleased with second, and to maintain his series lead, after starting from sixth on the grid.

Behind Mostert, David Reynolds had a great run to fourth in the Team18 Chevrolet, ahead of the Erebus Camaros of Jack Le Brocq and Todd Hazelwood, who gained eight places during the race.

Brown still leads the championship on 506 points, ahead of Feeney on 494 and Mostert on 423.

Sunday’s race will feature the two adversaries lining up second (Payne) and third (Waters), with Mostert starting from pole. After a troubled qualifying session, Feeney will start from sixth and Brown ninth. 

Supercars race 3 results:

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Cla	Driver		Car	Laps	Time	Interval	Retirement	Points
1	B. Feeney Red Bull Ampol Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	-			150
2	W. Brown Red Bull Ampol Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+1.791 1.7911	1.791		138
3	C. Mostert Mobil 1 Optus Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+2.723 2.7225	0.931		129
4	D. Reynolds Tradie Beer Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+3.176 3.1756	0.453		120
5	J. Le Brocq Erebus Motorsport Penrite		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+3.693 3.6926	0.517		111
6	T. Hazelwood Erebus Motorsport Penrite		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+4.670 4.6703	0.978		102
7	R. Stanaway Penrite Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+6.594 6.5944	1.924		96
8	T. Slade PremiAir Nulon Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+8.001 8.0014	1.407		90
9	N. Percat Bendix Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+8.507 8.5072	0.506		84
10	R. Wood Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+9.097 9.0970	0.590		78
11	J. Courtney Snowy River Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+9.695 9.6945	0.598		72
12	J. Golding PremiAir Nulon Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+10.562 10.5624	0.868		69
13	M. Winterbottom DEWALT Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+10.708 10.7075	0.145		66
14	W. Davison Dick Johnson Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+10.962 10.9619	0.254		63
15	C. Hill Tyrepower Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+11.100 11.0999	0.138		60
16	A. De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+12.066 12.0658	0.966		57
17	A. Love Brad Jones Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+13.131 13.1306	1.065		54
18	J. Evans SCT Motorsport		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+13.243 13.2433	0.113		51
19	M. Jones Pizza Hut Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+14.093 14.0927	0.849		48
20	A. Heimgartner R&J Batteries Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+14.450 14.4501	0.357		45
21	B. Fullwood Middy's Racing		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Gen3	10	+14.998 14.9978	0.548		42
22	T. Randle Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang GT	10	+29.106 29.1055	14.108		39
	C. Waters Monster Castrol Racing		Ford Mustang GT	1			Retirement	36
	M. Payne Penrite Racing		Ford Mustang GT	1			Retirement	33
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