From second on the grid Feeney (Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro) needed to comply with polesitter James Golding (PremiAir Racing Chevrolet) for the opening three laps earlier than discovering a spot at Flip 6, and constructing a lead of as much as three seconds.
Because the opposition pitted, Feeney waited till mid-race to make his obligatory cease, rising with a lead of 1.62s. By the tip of 48 laps his profitable margin was 8.67s.
“I assumed I used to be going to have an aeroplane crash for a second,” mentioned 21-year-old Feeney after his big second on the opening lap.
“I knew I had a possibility so I bought it in there, I used to be pumped to get it completed so early.
“It looks like a reduction, the folks round me realize it has been a tough interval.”
Veteran Mark Winterbottom underlined his stellar document on the Darwin circuit by taking second within the Team18 Chevrolet, forward of Will Brown (Triple Eight Chevrolet).
“I want that they had the entire championship right here!,” mentioned ‘ Frosty’ “We had a couple of points, I had a sticking throttle underneath brakes. Broc was quick, decelerate younger fella!”
Contemporary from his NASCAR Cup debut at Sonoma in California Brown took his Triple Eight Chevrolet to 3rd.
“We had a fairly quick automobile however the boys did a tremendous job within the pits,” mentioned the factors chief.
“As soon as we bought near Frosty all of it heats up. A heat day, scorching within the automobile and I’m glad it isn’t an endurance spherical!”
Brown’s tenth podium in 11 races was aided by a swift pitstop and slower pit work by others.
Golding’s hopes of a podium end had been dealt a blow when he needed to wait within the pitlane after a two-tyre cease, dropping him again to a profession best-equalling fourth on the chequered flag.
Mark Winterbottom, Crew 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Picture by: Edge Photographics
Behind the trio of Camaros got here the primary of the Ford Mustangs in what was undoubtedly the drive of the race.
After a tough Friday qualifying session, Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert began twenty second and from the opening lap surged by way of the sphere, gaining 9 spots in 15 laps earlier than the pit cycle began.
By the tip of the race Mostert was in fourth, simply 0.6s behind Golding and exhibiting that the WAU Ford could be an enormous consider a race offering the group can tackle its qualifying issues.
“I’m super-gutted we didn’t qualify effectively now,” he admitted. “We bought the technique proper in the present day, a couple of guys are most likely aggravated with me, I might need leaned on folks fairly onerous!”
David Reynolds gave Team18 one other reward in sixth place forward of the opposite driver to be slowed within the pits, Nick Percat, who got here residence in seventh place, forward of Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing) and Tim Slade (PremiAir Racing).
With third place Brown has restricted the factors injury, main Feeney 1210-1095. Mostert is third on 1017 forward of Cam Waters, whose eleventh place got here after a five-second time penalty, on 778.