{"id":143567,"date":"2025-11-19T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/143567\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:48:24","slug":"supercars-news-mosterts-ominous-adelaide-grand-final-warning-to-triple-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/143567\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Mostert\u2019s ominous Adelaide Grand Final warning to Triple Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Mostert\u2019s
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBroc Feeney (right) and Chaz Mostert are first and second in the standings heading to the Adelaide Grand Final. Image: Mark Horsburgh<\/p>\n

Broc Feeney and Will Brown have qualified for the Finals Series decider in first and third respectively alongside second-placed Mostert and Grove Racing\u2019s Kai Allen in fourth.<\/p>\n

The two-time Bathurst 1000 winner believes it\u2019s not a case of strength in numbers, however.<\/p>\n

With Ryan Wood out of contention and Matt Payne the latest victim of the Finals Series, Mostert and Allen have the benefit of being the preferred driver at their respective teams.<\/p>\n

Feeney and Brown face the risk of there being no clear favourite, at least in Mostert\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really starting to understand this Final Series as the race goes on,\u201d Mostert told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you said before Gold Coast, \u2018What do you expect from Finals?\u2019 I had no idea, we\u2019d never done one, but now we\u2019re two rounds in and you\u2019re kind of feeling like you are understanding how you\u2019ve got to attack it and position it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been lucky enough to win three out of the four races, which I take a lot of confidence from, especially how the year has gone.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Sandown] really proved pivotal for me in how [Ryan] Woody really helped me as well. We have, I feel like, the perfect hand to go to Adelaide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have that team dynamic. We\u2019ve been learning race in, race out, and they know that in our team that we have to, for the #25, do everything we can to try and get that position.<\/p>\n

\u201cTriple Eight\u2019s still gotta be cautious. Who are they picking? That\u2019s gotta be the real question. Who are they saying is their guy to go win the championship?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an interesting dynamic in that team come [Adelaide] and what they\u2019re gonna do and how Broc and Will work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s been all friendly and saying, \u2018Oh, we don\u2019t care about getting the Final Four\u2019, but there\u2019s no ticket to go past Adelaide. This is it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be interesting to see if finally, in the history of Triple Eight, if they\u2019ll actually let two cars race or not. So it\u2019ll be interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brown came up short of victory in Saturday\u2019s Supercars race at the Sandown 500 thanks largely to Wood\u2019s roadblock efforts.<\/p>\n

Brown looked like he had enough pace to overtake Wood and hunt down Mostert, but the #2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Mustang held the #1 Red Bull Ampol Racing Camaro at bay long enough.<\/p>\n

Mostert said Wood is not expected to be a \u201crear gunner\u201d but his absence from the Finals Series picture will give Walkinshaw Andretti United absolute clarity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just certainty of knowing what you\u2019re gonna do in certain situations,\u201d Mostert explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk massively about double stacking and all that kind of stuff. If you\u2019ve got a car in the finals, you try and prioritise a car to make sure it\u2019s not double stacking.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou normally do that from whatever grid position you start or vice-versa, you\u2019ve got strategy A and strategy B.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir strategy (Feeney and Brown) is beat each other, so it makes it clear cut for us and our communications \u2013 what we need to do to try and win this championship for everyone at Walkinshaw Andretti United.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll try and do that and Kai will be exactly the same. And no doubt we\u2019ll also see in the exciting last races, is there any Ford blue blood in drivers, is there any GM blood, all that cool rivalry that\u2019s been in our championship for so many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Chaz<\/p>\n

Chaz Mostert in the #25 Mobil 1 Optus Racing Ford Mustang at Sandown.<\/p>\n

On paper, Broc and Brown are the biggest threat to Mostert\u2019s title bid. Feeney won the Sprint Cup and has the most race wins and pole positions of any driver this year.<\/p>\n

Brown has two wins to his name and nine podiums on top of that.<\/p>\n

Although Allen is winless in his rookie season, Mostert said he can\u2019t be discounted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a lot of you guys in the media really pump up certain drivers and certain hype about it, but it\u2019s a really cool spot to see where Gen3 [is] and where the drivers we have in this championship [are],\u201d said Mostert.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you\u2019re a rookie like Kai, the credentials speak for themselves. You can\u2019t discount someone because they\u2019re early in their career or not \u2014 or guys like Woody or guys that have been in the championship for 10 years, this format has really opened that up for all different experience levels for guys in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s do-or-die out there in races. You\u2019ve gotta put your 100 percent into it and you can\u2019t really focus on the last race you come from either.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just cool to see how close qualifying\u2019s been this back part of the year. Like Bathurst, you couldn\u2019t predict that the first six cars would be in one-tenth of a second of each other. Tell me the last time Bathurst was that close.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys that have got into the final four, it\u2019s not really down to luck. It\u2019s really about everyone\u2019s own story and what they\u2019ve been able to do to get themselves there and one lap and one race at a time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all had to fight tooth and nail to get here and some people\u2019s story didn\u2019t happen, but that just showed how competitive the top 10 was in this Final Series.\u201d<\/p>\n


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