{"id":233983,"date":"2025-10-23T02:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/233983\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:54:11","slug":"how-triple-eight-supercars-signing-jackson-walls-can-emulate-broc-feeney-scott-pye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/233983\/","title":{"rendered":"How Triple Eight Supercars signing Jackson Walls can emulate Broc Feeney, Scott Pye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JUST two drivers in Triple Eight\u2019s history have won for the team at both Super2 and Supercars Championship level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2862-Jackson-Walls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Walls<\/a> will hope to become the third.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/rookie-scores-triple-eight-sct-mustang-drive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was last night revealed as the championship-winning outfit\u2019s newest main game racer<\/a>, starting 2026 in line with an expansion to accommodate the SCT Motorsport charter.<\/p>\n<p>While the SCT\/Triple Eight arrangement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/triple-eight-lands-two-year-sct-mustang-supercar-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been trumpeted as a two-year deal<\/a>, no contract length was specified for Walls \u2013 typically an indication of a single-season agreement.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SCT-Walls-8823-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238351\"  \/>Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Either way, he will be armed with a #12 SCT Mustang which Triple Eight has promised to be identical to the Red Bull Ampol Fords which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1292-Will-Brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Brown<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1545-Broc-Feeney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broc Feeney<\/a> will race.<\/p>\n<p>Walls has done his fair share of winning in junior categories, including finishing runner-up to Callum Hedge in 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia.<\/p>\n<p>He is now five rounds through his first and only Super2 season, during which he delivered Triple Eight victory at Queensland Raceway in August.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 11 drivers to race for Triple Eight thus far in Super2, Walls was the fifth to record a race win, following Andrew Thompson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-45-Scott-Pye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Pye<\/a>, Broc Feeney and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2633-Declan-Fraser\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Declan Fraser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Walls-Super2-podium-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231146\"  \/>Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>All of those four have made at least one start for Triple Eight in the main game, but only Pye and Feeney have subsequently tasted victory for the senior team.<\/p>\n<p>Walls will be given every opportunity to join the club, per this promise from Triple Eight boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1-Jamie-Whincup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Whincup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as Triple Eight are concerned, we\u2019re running a three-car team and for me as MD, it doesn\u2019t matter which car wins as long as it\u2019s one of the three,\u201d he said just last week.<\/p>\n<p>Inexperience hasn\u2019t prevented success for rookie drivers at top-half teams in recent years, with Feeney and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2716-Matt-Payne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Payne<\/a> winning in their respective first full seasons and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2726-Kai-Allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kai Allen<\/a> collecting four podiums and a finals ticket this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 The Bathurst 1000 Champion Edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JUST two drivers in Triple Eight\u2019s history have won for the team at both Super2 and Supercars 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