Overview
- Brodie Kostecki sealed automatic Adelaide qualification by winning Saturday’s Sandown race, removing pressure on one finalist before Sunday’s decider.
- Grove Racing’s Matt Payne topped the two-part qualifying and will start Race 2 from pole, with Anton De Pasquale second and Broc Feeney inside the top ten.
- Will Brown spun in Saturday’s race, received a 15-second penalty and then qualified 19th on Sunday, leaving him effectively needing a win to advance.
- Cam Waters qualified 18th and sits in a similar do-or-die position where victory or a high finish is required to survive the cut to four.
- After Sunday’s race the field will be trimmed from seven to four and points will be reset with large bonuses — 150 points for first and 78 for fourth — that will shape the title fight at Adelaide.