BROC Bradbury.
That’s the light-hearted nickname Broc Feeney has given himself amid a vein of good fortune this season.
Feeney dominated the 2025 championship only to miss out on a maiden title as a clash with Ryan Wood and a crippling engine problem conspired against him.
With 32 career race wins, he is far and away the winningest driver in ATCC/Supercars Championship history without either of the category’s biggest prizes (the title or the Bathurst 1000) under his belt.
The way things are tracking this year, that could be due to change.
Matt Payne has been the most consistent frontrunner all year. Brodie Kostecki has often been an unstoppable force.
Yet, it’s Feeney who won the Repco Sprint Cup against all odds, capitalising on a gut-wrenching engine failure for Matt Payne in the final pre-enduro race last Sunday at the Ipswich Super440.
It follows Feeney swooping to the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy in similar circumstances earlier this year, when Ryan Wood had one hand on the trophy before being deprived by a late engine failure.
Hence the reference to Steven Bradbury’s 2002 Winter Olympics heroics at Salt Lake City.
“It’s been one of those years. It has been so up-and-down and the position I was in 12 months ago to where I am today is very different,” Feeney said via MotorRacing 360.
“But to walk away with back-to-back Sprint Cups is awesome. It was tough to watch with Matty but as you guys know, I have certainly been on the receiving end of that.
“For some reason, maybe my luck is changing.”
With his finals ticket punched and a stack of playoffs points banked, Feeney now heads into the enduros looking to keep the good times rolling alongside new co-driver Nick Percat.
During his time paired with Jamie Whincup, Feeney won the Sandown 500 in 2023 but never bettered second in the Repco Bathurst 1000.
Percat, who retired as a full-timer at the end of last year, famously won the Great Race on debut in 2011.
Broc Feeney lets loose on a burnout. Pic: Ross Gibb