The Repco Supercars Championship held Race 6 at Albert Park in Melbourne, Victoria, on Saturday in the Melbourne SuperSprint as part of the F1 Australian Grand Prix weekend.
The race was set for 19 laps for the third time. Broc Feeney started the race on the pole with Aaron Cameron starting second. This race can only be described as chaos.
On the opening lap, Feeney held off Cameron for the lead. Behind them is where all the carnage began. It started on the opening lap when Jayden Ojeda was tipped for a spin, which led both Zach Bates and Rylan Gray to go onto the grass to avoid an accident.
Meanwhile, teammates James Golding and Matthew Payne were battling for position when Golding ran Payne off the track, causing him to hit the wall at Turn 2. The result for Payne was three flat tires that forced him to retire from the race. Golding also sustained damage.
On the second lap, Chaz Mostert attacked Will Brown in turns 9 and 10, forcing Brown onto the grass. Heading into the braking zone, Jack Le Brocq attempted to get by Brown, but both made contact, and Murray got sent into the gravel, which brought out the first safety car.
During the safety car, Brown hit Mostert’s car to show his displeasure. When the race restarted on lap 6, Brodie Kostecki picked off Aaron Cameron for second place. On the next lap, Ryan Wood, Macauley Jones, and Thomas Randle were in a battle heading into Turn 5 when Wood made slight contact with Randle, sending him hard into the wall. Randle went about 100 meters before coming to a stop and led the second safety car.
When the race resumed, Cameron Waters got by Aaron Cameron for third place before getting taken out by Will Brown at Turn 4 on lap 11. Both cars sustained damage and were forced into the garage.
Up front, Brodie Kostecki was all over Broc Feeney. He had several chances to pass him for the lead. Due to the two safety cars, the race was shortened by four laps. While both Feeney and Kostecki were in a heat battle, Cameron Waters quietly made his way into the battle for the lead.
Kostecki’s best chance to take the lead was on lap 12 when Feeney went onto the grass, but he managed to stay ahead of him. Behind them, Kai Allen caught Cameron Waters and battled him for third place. On the final lap, Feeney blocked Kostecki several times and was able to hold him off to win his third race of the season by 0.1447 seconds.
Cameron Waters, Kai Allen, and Chaz Mostert rounded out the top ten. Anton De Pasquale, David Reynolds, Cameron Hill, Andre Heimgartner, and Jack Le Brocq completed the top ten.
The Repco Supercars Championship concludes the weekend with Race 7 on Sunday. United States viewers can watch the race on Saturday at 6 pm on YouTube.
