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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrove Racing’s Matt Payne during the Gold Coast 500. Photo: Rhys Vandersyde\/InSyde Media<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGrove Racing’s Matt Payne during the Gold Coast 500. Photo: Rhys Vandersyde\/InSyde Media<\/p>\n
Seven drivers remain in contention to win the Supercars crown with Matt Payne<\/a> leading the seeding on 4150 points.<\/p>\n He will carry a 30-point advantage over Broc Feeney<\/a>, who won Sunday\u2019s race on the Gold Coast, while Brodie Kostecki<\/a> rounds out an all-Ford top three with a 54-point deficit to Payne heading to Sandown.<\/p>\n Chaz Mostert<\/a>, who guaranteed a Sandown berth by winning Saturday\u2019s Gold Coast race, will be fourth in the seeding on 4078 points.<\/p>\n Will Brown<\/a> will head to Sandown under the cut line, sitting fifth on 4066 points. He will be joined in the drop zone by Cam Waters (4057) and Anton De Pasquale<\/a> (4048).<\/p>\n De Pasquale\u2019s inclusion in the final seven comes after a controversial Gold Coast finale that saw Ryan Wood, Kai Allen and Jack Le Brocq eliminated.<\/a><\/p>\n The latter struggled for speed all weekend and was left on the back foot by a Race 1 spin after being hit by Cam Hill.<\/p>\n Kai Allen<\/a> had his own Saturday issues, finishing last due to an alternator failure, and couldn\u2019t recover enough points on Sunday.<\/p>\n De Pasquale, meanwhile, looked to be in strife early in Sunday\u2019s race when he was forced to pit at the end of the first lap due to a puncture.<\/p>\n That opened the door for Wood to put himself right in contention to snatch the seventh slot, particularly after teammate Mostert dropped back to hand him a crucial third position.<\/p>\n De Pasquale, meanwhile, managed to climb high enough to force a tie-breaker before making two more positions when Jarrod Hughes and Cooper Murray<\/a> both made unscheduled stops for fuel from top 10 positions late in the race.<\/p>\n Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eliminated<\/p>\n 8 9
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nPoints\/Diff<\/p>\n
\nMatt Payne
\nGrove Racing
\n4150<\/p>\n
\nBroc Feeney
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\n30<\/p>\n
\nBrodie Kostecki
\nDick Johnson Racing
\n54<\/p>\n
\nChaz Mostert (advanced)
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\n72<\/p>\n
\nWill Brown
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\n74<\/p>\n
\nCam Waters
\nTickford Racing
\n93<\/p>\n
\nAnton De Pasquale
\nTeam 18
\n102<\/p>\n
\nRyan Wood<\/a>
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing<\/p>\n
\nKai Allen
\nGrove Racing<\/p>\n