The Repco Supercars Championship continued the weekend on Saturday with Race 18 at Hidden Valley Raceway for race one of the betr Darwin Triple Crown in Darwin, Northern Territory. Broce Feeney started the race on the pole with Anton De Pasquale starting second.
Broc Feeney held off Anton De Pasquale on the opening lap. On the second lap, Matt Payne spun out Richie Stanaway, and no penalty was issued with Stanaway appearing to move under brakes.
Feeney began to distance himself from Pasquale on the ninth lap. By lap 20, Feeney had a 3.6-second lead. Anton went to pit road on lap 27, and Feeney was brought in a lap later. Feeney was now leading Brodie Kostecki. Matt Payne was in third place and De Pasquale was sitting in fourth place.
De Pasquale would pick off both Payne and Kostecki to get second place back on lap 30. Later in the race, Kai Allen passed Brodie Kostecki for third place.
With three laps to go, Thomas Randle tapped James Courtney at the hairpin as Courtney was attempting to pass Brodie Kostecki. Instead, Courtney hit Kostecki, who then hit David Reynolds, who was stranded to bring out the safety car and the race was over.
Randle was issued a 15-second penalty after the race. Broc Feeney won his seventh race of the season and second of the weekend. Anton De Pasquale, Kai Allen, Andre Heimgartner, and Brodie Kostecki rounded out the top five.
Bryce Fullwood, Will Brown, Matt Payne, Ryan Wood, and Cam Waters rounded out the top ten. The Repco Supercars concluded the weekend on Sunday. The action gets started in the United States on Saturday at 6:30 pm on YouTube.
