{"id":51987,"date":"2025-08-08T03:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51987\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:54:09","slug":"supercars-news-broc-feeney-fastest-in-ipswich-practice-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51987\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Broc Feeney fastest in Ipswich Practice 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-08-125218-copy2.jpg\" alt=\"Feeney tops first Ipswich practice after strange stoppage\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn oil bottle fell from Jaxon Evans&#8217; car on the outlap during Practice 1 at the Ipswich Super440.<\/p>\n<p>Feeney set the pace early in the session on a 1:09.4166s before being bested by Anton De Pasquale in the #18 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro just short of halfway with a 1:09.4043s.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the closing minutes, Feeney put the #88 back to the top of the timesheets with a 1:09.3203s which he then bettered to a 1:09.2078s.<\/p>\n<p>De Pasquale was second (+0.1965s) ahead of Matt Stone Racing\u2019s Cameron Hill (+0.2271s).<\/p>\n<p>With the benefit of an extra set of tyres, wildcards Cameron Crick (MSR) and Zach Bates (Triple Eight) wound up fourth and fifth with a deficit of 0.2381s and 0.2393s respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Will Brown made it an all-Chevrolet top six, just 0.2592s off his chart-topping teammate.<\/p>\n<p>Walkinshaw Andretti United driver Ryan Wood was the best of the Ford contingent in seventh, three tenths off the pace while Brodie Kostecki was eighth for Dick Johnson Racing.<\/p>\n<p>Chaz Mostert was ninth in the other Walkinshaw Andretti United Mustang while James Courtney completed the top 10 for the Blanchard Racing Team in the #600 car.<\/p>\n<p>Practice lasted just three minutes before being stopped after a rogue oil bottle feel from Jaxon Evans\u2019 Brad Jones Racing Camaro.<\/p>\n<p>A post-session investigation into the #12 driver for a pit lane infringement was confirmed by race control.<\/p>\n<p>There were some surprises in the 26-car order, with top Ford team Grove Racing down in 19th and 24th with Matthew Payne and Kai Allen respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Ford team Tickford Racing struggled too. Cam Waters was 20th and Thomas Randle 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only Practice 1. Don\u2019t write me off,\u201d said Waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t been here for a long time and it\u2019s a lot of people\u2019s test tracks so they\u2019ve also got a nice set-up here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe rolled out with a couple of different cars and tried to learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty happy that it was dry then and we\u2019re not going into qualifying with no dry running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be all right, we\u2019ll have a think about it, we\u2019ve got another practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re drawing everything you know before you go to a race track and you put your best foot forward, for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaven\u2019t been here for a long time so things do change. It\u2019s a different car since last time we were here. I just haven\u2019t driven here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all good. We know we\u2019ve got a bit up our sleeve, for sure. We need to make the cars a little bit faster and we\u2019ll see where we end up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Practice 2 at the Ipswich Super440 is scheduled for 2:20pm AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Results: Century Batteries Ipswich Super440 Practice 1, Queensland Raceway<\/p>\n<p>Pos<br \/>\nNum<br \/>\nDriver<br \/>\nTeam<br \/>\nCar<br \/>\nLap<br \/>\nDiff<br \/>\nGap<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\n88<br \/>\nBroc Feeney<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.2078<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n18<br \/>\nAnton De Pasquale<br \/>\nTeam 18<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.4043<br \/>\n0.1965<br \/>\n0.1965<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n4<br \/>\nCameron Hill<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.4349<br \/>\n0.2271<br \/>\n0.0306<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n35<br \/>\nCameron Crick<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.4459<br \/>\n0.2381<br \/>\n0.011<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n888<br \/>\nZach Bates<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.4471<br \/>\n0.2393<br \/>\n0.0012<\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nWilliam Brown<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.4670<br \/>\n0.2592<br \/>\n0.0199<\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n2<br \/>\nRyan Wood<br \/>\nWalkinshaw Andretti United<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.5153<br \/>\n0.3075<br \/>\n0.0483<\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n38<br \/>\nBrodie Kostecki<br \/>\nDick Johnson Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.5302<br \/>\n0.3224<br \/>\n0.0149<\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n25<br \/>\nChaz Mostert<br \/>\nWalkinshaw Andretti United<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.5640<br \/>\n0.3562<br \/>\n0.0338<\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n600<br \/>\nJames Courtney<br \/>\nBlanchard Racing Team<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.5836<br \/>\n0.3758<br \/>\n0.0196<\/p>\n<p>11<br \/>\n62<br \/>\nRichie Stanaway<br \/>\nPremiAir Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.5927<br \/>\n0.3849<br \/>\n0.0091<\/p>\n<p>12<br \/>\n8<br \/>\nAndre Heimgartner<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.5952<br \/>\n0.3874<br \/>\n0.0025<\/p>\n<p>13<br \/>\n12<br \/>\nJaxon Evans<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.6292<br \/>\n0.4214<br \/>\n0.0340<\/p>\n<p>14<br \/>\n10<br \/>\nNick Percat<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.6492<br \/>\n0.4414<br \/>\n0.0200<\/p>\n<p>15<br \/>\n20<br \/>\nDavid Reynolds<br \/>\nTeam 18<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.7086<br \/>\n0.5008<br \/>\n0.0594<\/p>\n<p>16<br \/>\n9<br \/>\nJack Le Brocq<br \/>\nErebus Motorsport<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.7092<br \/>\n0.5014<br \/>\n0.0006<\/p>\n<p>17<br \/>\n31<br \/>\nJames Golding<br \/>\nPremiAir Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.7204<br \/>\n0.5126<br \/>\n0.0112<\/p>\n<p>18<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nAaron Cameron<br \/>\nBlanchard Racing Team<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.7554<br \/>\n0.5476<br \/>\n0.0350<\/p>\n<p>19<br \/>\n19<br \/>\nMatthew Payne<br \/>\nGrove Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.7646<br \/>\n0.5568<br \/>\n0.0092<\/p>\n<p>20<br \/>\n6<br \/>\nCameron Waters<br \/>\nTickford Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.7829<br \/>\n0.5751<br \/>\n0.0183<\/p>\n<p>21<br \/>\n17<br \/>\nWill Davison<br \/>\nDick Johnson Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.8088<br \/>\n0.6010<br \/>\n0.0259<\/p>\n<p>22<br \/>\n96<br \/>\nMacauley Jones<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:09.8225<br \/>\n0.6147<br \/>\n0.0137<\/p>\n<p>23<br \/>\n55<br \/>\nThomas Randle<br \/>\nTickford Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.8569<br \/>\n0.6491<br \/>\n0.0344<\/p>\n<p>24<br \/>\n26<br \/>\nKai Allen<br \/>\nGrove Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:09.8957<br \/>\n0.6879<br \/>\n0.0388<\/p>\n<p>25<br \/>\n99<br \/>\nCooper Murray<br \/>\nErebus Motorsport<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:10.0024<br \/>\n0.7946<br \/>\n0.1067<\/p>\n<p>26<br \/>\n14<br \/>\nBryce Fullwood<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:10.0104<br \/>\n0.8026<br \/>\n0.0080<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An oil bottle fell from Jaxon Evans&#8217; 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