Will Brown has completed another starring weekend by taking his second win in as many days at the NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint.
The Toowoomba-native beat Coca-Cola Racing team mate and pole sitter Brodie Kostecki off the line and drove a well-managed race to beat Red Bull’s Broc Feeney – winner of Race 11 earlier Sunday afternoon – by 3.9 seconds.
Proclaiming Erebus Motorsport’s 2023 flying form is “not a fluke”, Brown has now strung together five straight podium finishes, three of them being wins, and now sits second in the championship.
Kostecki fended off Kiwi Shane van Gisbergen in a spirited battle for the final podium spot, and holds an 87-point advantage in the championship on his 24-year old team mate.
After crashing out of Race 11 earlier Sunday afternoon, Red Bull Camaro driver van Gisbergen climbed from ninth on the grid to finish fourth in Race 12.
“For how my car looked after today’s first race – watching the guys put it back together to get me out on the grid, and noticing how much of the car still wasn’t right – it wasn’t straight and was obviously pretty bent,” commented van Gisbergen. “But to get it mechanically sound and safe and to be able to go out on track and get a decent haul of points is unreal, so a huge thanks to the guys there.
“The crew also did an amazing pit stop again – we came in early and jumped a few people and hung on to the end, so that was great. You certainly have to look at those positives after today. Onto Darwin now, and I’m looking forward to revealing our pretty amazing indigenous liveries.”
Truck Assist Camaro driver Jack Le Brocq equalled his season-best result with a fifth place finish in another strong weekend for Yatala-based Matt Stone Racing team.
Coming back from an 11th place start, Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert recovered to sixth, and as a result maintains third in the championship through 12 races.
Kostecki leads Brown by 87 points, with Mostert 166 points down in third. Van Gisbergen is fourth, 172 points down.
The Repco Supercars Championship next heads north for the Betr Darwin Triple Crown, the championship’s annual Indigenous Round. On-track action at Hidden Valley Raceway takes place June 16-18 in the Northern Territory’s largest sporting event.
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