Overview
- Payne converted pole into victory in Race 2 at Sandown on Sunday, holding off Anton De Pasquale by 0.7 seconds to clinch the top seed for the Adelaide Grand Final.
- The four finalists are Matt Payne, Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert; their totals were reset to 5000 points and seeding bonuses of 150, 120, 96 and 78 were applied, leaving Payne 30 points ahead of Kostecki.
- Kostecki had already guaranteed his place with Saturday’s win but received a drive-through penalty in Race 2 for switching off his engine before reaching his grid box, which dropped him down the order.
- Anton De Pasquale, Will Brown and Cam Waters were eliminated at Sandown because De Pasquale needed a win but finished second and Brown and Waters suffered poor qualifying and race results.
- Teams now turn to the three-race Adelaide Grand Final on Nov. 26–29 where seeding bonuses and team tactics will shape race plans and could decide the championship outcome.