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Broc Feeney was one of three drivers forced to retire in a first-corner crash, as Brodie Kostecki takes the Supercars title lead with victory in Melbourne.
Brodie Kostecki has claimed the Larry Perkins Trophy and Supercars championship lead, after a morning of carnage left Broc Feeney a victim of a massive first-corner pile up.
The smash-up happened before turn two.Credit: Mark Horsburgh/EDGE Photographics
Kostecki took his third win from four races at Albert Park this weekend on Sunday, after the Dick Johnson Racing star passed pole-sitter Will Brown on the penultimate lap to take the lead.
Thomas Randle held off Jack Le Brocq for third spot, but the story was the mess that that group left behind them in the opening corner of the race.
Incumbent championship leader Feeney was one of three drivers to retire before the field even reached turn two, with at least 10 cars caught up in the collisions.
At least 10 cars were caught in the pile-up.Credit: Mark Horsburgh/EDGE Photographics
After Ryan Wood and Kai Allen made contact off the grid, the latter was then tagged by Macauley Jones before the first corner.
Jones went into the back right of Feeney, who lost a wheel and went pin-balling across the track.
Feeney was then collected by Cooper Murray as the 24-year-old tried to take evasive action across the grass, before being ploughed into by Zach Bates.
Behind them, veteran David Reynolds was also spun around by Rylan Gray, ruining both of their races.
Championship contender Matt Payne also passed Randle on the next lap to take third, before his front-right tyre punctured a few corners later and dilapidated quickly to leave the Grove Racing driver back in 20th.
It’s all over.Credit: Mark Horsburgh/EDGE Photographics
Cameron’s day was also ruined when squeezed into the pit lane by Chaz Mostert, adding to a horror weekend on which he has spun out of contention in each of the first three races.
But for Kostecki, this weekend has been a dream, even with the illness that left the 2023 champion vomiting in his helmet during a flying lap on Thursday.
His best move of the weekend was arguably his last, feigning to overtake Brown at turn 11 on the penultimate lap, forcing the Triple Eight Race Engineering star to lock up.
Kostecki then reacted quickly to swing to the inside and take the lead, making it three victories and a second-place finish for the weekend to win the SuperSeries event.
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