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Brown was eliminated from Finals Series contention after finishes of 20th and seventh at the Sandown 500.
The driver of the #888 came into the weekend below the cut-off line in fifth and slumped to seventh by Sunday’s end.
Feeney, meanwhile, kept his head above water – starting the weekend in second and finishing in third.
“It feels like the season is done,” said Brown on Fox Sports. coverage after being eliminated from contention.
“I’m like, ‘oh well, I’m knocked out of the championship, I might as well go have some fun’. Turns out I do have to race at Adelaide.
“I’ll be there supporting Broc. I’ll do what I can to help the team out there.
“Obviously it’s great to have him in the Finals, disappointing that I’m not in there.”
Brown lamented his season, which was overshadowed in part by an undersized restrictor that nerfed his performance until the Ipswich Super440.
“It’s been a tough year for us,” said Brown.
“I’m disappointed, but at the end of the day, we’ve had a very tough stat to the season and we’re fifth in the points and clawed our way back up through.
“It’s probably where we deserve to be right now. Disappointing, but we’ll bounce back and put this year behind us and go hard again next year.”
When it comes to Adelaide, Brown will be Feeney’s rear-gunner. However, he said there would be no egregious driving to put his teammate in position to win.
“At the end of the day, we don’t want to do anything silly and take competitors out or anything like that,” Brown said.
“But obviously there’s no doubt about it, I’m sure people will be doing stuff to get the second car in front of people and stuff like that.
“I think you saw how hard I raced yesterday, me and Brodie (Kostecki), and throughout the season. I’ll make sure I race hard at Adelaide. There’s no point hiding that.
“I think everyone out there is going to do that try help their team. We’ll put our best foot forward. Try and get Broc the championship. Like I say, it’s one team, we’ll see what we can do.”
Feeney said he would have rather Brown been in the fight. Instead, he’ll have to overcome Matt Payne (Grove Racing) and Brodie Kostecki (Dick Johnson Racing) to take the title.
The Triple Eight driver infamously lost the championship to Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw TWG) in spectacular fashion on the streets of Adelaide.
The title-defining race began with a clash between Feeney and Mostert’s teammate Ryan Wood.
The Red Bull Ampol-backed driver ultimately had his hopes condemned by an engine issue that reared its head shortly after.
“It’s a hard one because obviously I’d rather have Will in there fighting with me, like we did last year,” said Feeney.
“He’s going to be very well looked after the next couple of weeks. Whatever he wants to do, wherever he wants to go, it’s on me,” he joked.
“It’s a shame for the team. We spoke about it pre-race, we were going to do whatever we could do. We’d sacrifice points make sure both cars were in.
“I’m gutted that we’re both not in there but I couldn’t have a better guy next to me.
“We’re not in the best spot going to adelaide, but we’re there, we have a shot. Anything can happen. We saw that this weekend, the racing has been hell for leather.
“Good to have him by my side.”
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