{"id":374030,"date":"2026-04-11T04:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/374030\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:25:11","slug":"supercars-news-triple-eight-chief-mark-dutton-critical-of-broc-feeney-chaz-mostert-clash-at-taupo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/374030\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Triple Eight chief Mark Dutton critical of Broc Feeney, Chaz Mostert clash at Taupo"},"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\tChaz Mostert and Broc Feeney banged doors during the Taupo Super440 opener.<\/p>\n

While Dick Johnson Racing\u2019s Brodie Kostecki left the field in his wake, the Triple Eight and Walkinshaw drivers fought hard over the remaining podium spots.<\/p>\n

The biggest flashpoint came between Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert, who had multiple bouts of side-to-side contact on the back straight.<\/p>\n

Feeney eventually won that battle but was then powerless to stop Walkinshaw\u2019s Ryan Wood from stealing the final podium spot.<\/p>\n

Wood subsequently engaged in another spirited Walkinshaw versus Triple Eight battle with Will Brown for second place.<\/p>\n

Brown hung on thanks to some robust defence at the Turn 11 hairpin in which there was again multiple bouts of contact.<\/p>\n

While Brown and Wood brushed off their clash post-race, Triple Eight team manager Mark Dutton was critical of Mostert\u2019s driving.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Chaz one was in my opinion out of order, because he just steered hard into him on the straight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one was a bit silly, a bit uncalled for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feeney ended up fourth having also earlier endured a scare when his engine briefly lost power.<\/p>\n

Dutton indicated that was the result of an electrical issue, with the team set to change a component \u2013 rather than the entire engine \u2013 before the second race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know why it\u2019s happened, but you can see what happened, so we\u2019re changing a component,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith these quick turnarounds, you don\u2019t have time to deep, deep dive, but we\u2019ll change the part that had the issue and then keep trying to understand later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feeney suffered an electrical issue at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final in which he memorably lost the championship to Mostert.<\/p>\n


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