{"id":57569,"date":"2025-08-10T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57569\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:03:11","slug":"supercars-news-will-brown-ryan-wood-react-to-awkward-ipswich-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57569\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Will Brown, Ryan Wood react to awkward Ipswich clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWill Brown gave Ryan Wood the bird after Race 3 of the Century Batteries Ipswich Super440 at Queensland Raceway. Image: Fox Sports<\/p>\n

The pair clashed several times following the mid-race Safety Car in the 200-kilometre QR finale, the first coming at the last corner as Brown muscled past Wood for fifth place.<\/p>\n

Wood then tipped Brown into a spin at Turn 3 which dropped the reigning champion to the back of the field.<\/p>\n

The Walkinshaw Andretti United star was subsequently hit with a 15-second penalty for that contact, which dropped him to 22nd in the final standings.<\/p>\n

Brown, meanwhile, recovered to 16th.<\/p>\n

The clash didn\u2019t end with the chequered flag, though, with a cool-down lap altercation that included Brown flipping Wood the bird, and some panel rubbing.<\/p>\n

More angles from THAT contact between Cars 1 & 2!<\/p>\n

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As for the in-race incidents, Wood was left feeling hard done by with his penalty, given what he considered rough treatment from Brown in the lead-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like we got pretty hard done by,\u201d he told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrown races pretty hard, but felt like I got moved out of the way. I felt like that was pretty average.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then a couple of laps later, I didn\u2019t think too much of it, but I got in a bit harder than my normal spot at [Turn 3].<\/p>\n

\u201dThey just checked up and I just got Brown at the turning point, and unfortunately, turned him around.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I\u2019m really sorry to them, but I felt like he shouldn\u2019t have even been in front of me at that point of the race because of what he had done to me at the last corner.\u201d<\/p>\n

HOW DID THEY AVOID THIS!<\/p>\n

Will Brown is turned following contact from Ryan Wood.<\/p>\n

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Brown was adamant that both his initial pass was within the rules, and that the Turn 3 contact from Wood was deliberate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he kind of deliberately hit me,\u201d Brown told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he meant for it to completely turn me around, but I guess he\u2019s got that sort of rookie red mist at the end of the day that just comes over him, and he decided to hit me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I gave him a little bit when I passed him, but at the end of the day, that\u2019s the new racing rules. We\u2019ve been allowed that if you get alongside someone, you can rub them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get a penalty for it. I think I did a good job for the rules we have to pass him.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately it\u2019s just one of those things, to be honest. I\u2019m not on the bubble to lose out and end up out of the top 10 [in the points]. He\u2019s very close. I think he\u2019s only 20 or 30 points off.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could have had a really solid result there, probably fourth place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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