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[k31th]

Pretty good lap from Feeney, just pips Payne.

 

[k31th]

Randle didn't look really swift, but controlled... and pips Feeney; nice.

 

[Cromulant]

Waters is quick

Reckon Brown gets him though

 

[k31th]

Excellent lap from Waters to get over a tenth in front of Randle.

 

[k31th]

bit of wheelspin from Brown at turn 4... cost him a couple of tenths and he falls back to 5th...

 

[Cromulant]

Brown 5th.... car didn't look great

 

[Cromulant]

Stanaway out with concussion.

Kai Allen to race the 26, now that he's out of Super2 contention largely

 

[Cromulant]

Make that Dale Wood.

Egglestone pulled rank with a very short sighted call to bloke Kai from driving the main race

 

[ibd77]

Might want to check Feeneys fuel load after this race. Pretty sure he hasn't taken on the mandatory litres.

 

[Cromulant]

Might want to check Feeneys fuel load after this race. Pretty sure he hasn't taken on the mandatory litres.

Are we hopeful, or he hasn't??

 

[ibd77]

Are we hopeful, or he hasn't??

At the track and my general observations. He short filled the first stop to jump 2 positions and take the lead but his second stop didn't seem long enough for the full fuel requirement.

 

[BomberFan355]

At the track and my general observations. He short filled the first stop to jump 2 positions and take the lead but his second stop didn't seem long enough for the full fuel requirement.

Are you in the main Grandstand?

 

[Cromulant]

Well done to Brown on the title, those Bulls are just a bit too good

There's no real parity issues anymore, they just do a much better job especially with tyre life

 

[ibd77]

Well done to Brown on the title, those Bulls are just a bit too good

There's no real parity issues anymore, they just do a much better job especially with tyre life

A bit of Traction Control goes a long way.

 

[NSWCROW]

Feels like yesterday watching Will in the 86 series.
Well done

 

[Cromulant]

Feels like yesterday watching Will in the 86 series.
Well done

Still doesn't look old enough to have a winners beer

 

[BomberFan355]

Not an RB fan at all but I can’t not like Will Brown.

 

[k31th]

seemed a tad too easy for RB.. .but well done to Brown on solidifying the championship

 

[Cromulant]

Not an RB fan at all but I can’t not like Will Brown.

100%

I met him at a TCR round at the Bend, driving the i30 and I'd just bought one. Was super keen to have a chat and even wanted to check out my car. Ended up inviting the wife and I to watch the day in the pits. Great fella.... need more like he and Chaz.

Sad to see the Speed Series finish up too. More more relaxed meetings and you get opportunities like I did, for a fraction of the cost

 

[Cromulant]

Speaking of Chaz, did a pretty good job with no clutch all day.

 

[Vader]

Might want to check Feeneys fuel load after this race. Pretty sure he hasn't taken on the mandatory litres.

No mandatory fuel drops this year. Teams are free to put as little in the car as they think they need to reach the finish line.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

No mandatory fuel drops this year. Teams are free to put as little in the car as they think they need to reach the finish line.

Weird since they were talking so much about how much they needed to put in.

 

[ibd77]

No mandatory fuel drops this year. Teams are free to put as little in the car as they think they need to reach the finish line.

OK, must have missed that brief. So the undercut in the first round of pitstops was amazing. Passing 2 cars with a 10 second turn around even with being held up with traffic must have yielded great fuel economy to execute in the 2nd pitstop and maintain the lead.

 

[Vader]

Weird since they were talking so much about how much they needed to put in.

It's a matter of practical necessity vs regulation. They all need to use the same amount of fuel (more or less), and the commentators know how much that is - hence the time discussion. However, there's no regulated amount that they need to put in, as specified by Supercars.

 

[Vader]

OK, must have missed that brief. So the undercut in the first round of pitstops was amazing. Passing 2 cars with a 10 second turn around even with being held up with traffic must have yielded great fuel economy to execute in the 2nd pitstop and maintain the lead.

He cut it pretty fine, with Waters coming out just behind him after the 2nd stop - but yes, he made the most of the clean air after his 1st stop.

It helped that Randle's car got slower & slower as the race progressed, and Waters spent several laps being held up by him until the team orders were given and Randle moved aside. Those slow laps that Waters spent behind Randle were enough to give Feeney track position after the 2nd round of stops.

... mind you, with the way Waters fell off the pace in the last 15 laps, it probably wouldn't have made a lot of difference anyway.