Tasmania Super 440 – Qualifying (Race 13), Top Ten Shootout & Race 13 Results
Will Brown – Car #1
Qualifying (Race 13) – 1st (50.7620)
Top Ten Shootout – 1st (51.4905)
Race 13 – 3rd
Drivers’ Championship Standings – 2nd (861 points)
“It was great to finally get that pole position today. Then from there to the race, I’m super disappointed in myself with the start. I stuffed up there, and then I was running second right off the bat. Then I feel like Cam just shuffled me up the road, and I wasn’t where I wanted to be, but that happens. Sometimes you give it, sometimes you get it. From there, I just got shuffled and ended up a fair way back. So we opted to go a different strategy because we were a bit behind, and thankfully it worked out for us.”
“We ended up third. Broc (Feeney) did a fantastic job. But good points for us today. We’re one-two in the Championship. I’ve dropped to second, which is a bit disappointing, but it’s good for both cars to be one and two in the Championship currently.”
“I definitely think the team is feeling good. I think that we’re a lot stronger this week than we were in Taupo. I don’t think I have a lot better results to show for it, but we’re definitely feeling a lot stronger. I think I can say I’ve bounced back and we’re ready to go again in Perth.”
Broc Feeney – Car #88
Qualifying (Race 13) – 2nd (50.8057)
Top Ten Shootout – 5th (51.6953)
Race 13 – 2nd
Drivers’ Championship Standings – 1st (894 points)
Teams’ Championship Standings – 1st (1755 points)
“We had a pretty good qualifying, like yesterday, we’re still super fast… Then in the shootout I just some mistakes in the first couple of corners and sort of lost a couple of tenths. So, ending up fifth there after all that was pretty disappointing. It was probably my worst lap of the weekend, and it came at the worst time for me. But after that the race was pretty cool, I made a few positions up the start and then just picked cars off one by one for the next few laps.”
“We got James (Golding) in the pits, and I suppose we chose to do the strategy to pit again sooner, while others did their second under the safety car. I think most in our position would have done the same thing, so I’m not disappointed really with the choice that we made there. But it was clear that the speed we had was incredible. We were gapping the cars behind by eight seconds in that second stint, and the last stint was heaps of fun. It was literally just qualifying laps, fifty-one-second laps for most of the stint.”
“I knew it was going to be close with Matty at the end. I knew I’d probably get him with a lap or two to go. But he did a good job. He positioned himself in the right spots and made it pretty hard for me. So, had there been a couple of extra laps it might’ve been a little bit different, but overall, it was a great weekend.”
“I’m stoked to lead the Championship. But it’s a shame not to get the sweep. At the same time, I am really proud of the whole team. We made a huge jump forward this weekend. I think that people had a lot of questions about us after the last round, and I think we put all that chatter to bed. The car this weekend was ridiculous! The pace that we had in that race was incredible! So we might not have the race win next to us for today, but I think when we all go back and look at it, we’ll be pretty proud of what we achieved there.”
