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Feeney Steals Ryco Sprint Cup After Payne's Engine Failure

The result alters Finals Series seeding with Feeney moving 30 points clear at the top of the championship.

Overview

  • Broc Feeney won Race 3 at Queensland Raceway on Sunday to clinch the Ryco Sprint Cup for a second straight year in his 150th Supercars start.
  • Matt Payne lost power on lap 33 of the 200km race, pitted and was forced to retire, a failure that erased his pre-race lead and directly handed the Sprint Cup to Feeney.
  • Feeney's victory returned him to the drivers' championship lead, 30 points ahead of Payne, while Brodie Kostecki finished second and Will Brown third in the deciding race.
  • Mechanical reliability proved decisive across the weekend, with Chaz Mostert also retiring with an engine failure and team stops and pit timing shaping multiple race outcomes.
  • The result significantly reshuffles the battle for the Supercars top-10 Finals Series places as the season moves to The Bend's endurance weekend and then the Bathurst 1000, where Enduro Cup winners outside the top 10 can auto-qualify for the Finals.