Broc Feeney secures his fourth victory of the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship after holding off the field in Race 16 in Tyrepower Tasmania Super 440. The Triple Eight driver, who extends his championship lead to eighty points, was able to survive a challenging Symmons Plains. Behind him, Matthew Payne and Kai Allen secured a double podium for Penrite racing as the Finals fight heats up.
So far this Weekend
Race 14 saw Chaz Mostert deliver Toyota a breakthrough victory at Symmons Plains after converting pole position into his first win of the 2026 season. The opening race of the Tasmania Super 440 was heavily influenced by changing conditions, with several championship contenders struggling during qualifying.
Race 15 later in the day produced another major result for Toyota, with Andre Heimgartner securing Brad Jones Racing’s first victory with the manufacturer after holding off Broc Feeney and Matt Payne in a tense finish.
Sunday morning’s qualifying sessions then saw Broc Feeney return to the top by claiming pole position for Race 16 in the Top Ten Shootout. Matt Payne joined the Triple Eight driver on the front row, while Jayden Ojeda impressed with a career-best third-place result.
Feeney holds at Lights Out
It was lights out on the final race in Tasmania and it was Payne who got the best start of the field. While he wasn’t able to make his move past Feeney, the pressure was on. Behind, Will Brown showed his experience, passing Ojeda through the opening corner. Ojeda’s woes kept coming as the Rookie dropped down to tenth after the opening lap.
Further back in the field, a wheel dip in the grass by Cooper Murray backed up Rylan Gray and David Reynolds. Mostert passed Cameron Hill for 15th after a subpar qualifying performance by the reigning Champion. The field began to settle with the field conserving their tyres.
Heading into Lap 6, Cameron Waters and Jackson Walls were the first to pull the gun on pitstops. With three compulsory pit stops over the 84 Laps, strategy was key in Race 16. Two laps later, Anton De Pasquale dove down the inside of Brown, before Brown attempted to take the position back and cutting across the grass. With two seconds separating second from ninth, Brown was forced to drop behind Kostecki into fifth.
Ojeda, Ryan Wood and Kai Allen caught in the middle of the Brown-De Pasquale battle, they decided to take an early pit stop and race through cleaner air. With Symmons Plains as one of the shortest circuits on the calendar, traffic became one of the most used words on the radio, with Kostecki pitting to cover Allen. However his cover didn’t last long, with Allen passing the former champion a few laps later.
Kostecki suffers Fuelling Issue
By Lap 18, Kostecki’s engineer was vocal on the DJR radio asking the championship contender to fuel save until their next pitstop. Allen was one of the biggest winners of an early stop, passing not only Kostecki, but racing ahead of De Pasquale and Brown. With Feeney and Payne forced to pass back markers, Allen was in prime position to battle for the lead following the first round of stops.
Kostecki’s race went from bad to worse as he dropped behind Brown and De Pasquale. Elsewhere on track, Aaron Cameron held off Wood, while his teammate James Golding was handed a five second penalty for a driving infringement. With Payne and Feeney pitting laps apart, Allen was now two seconds behind his teammate in second.
Wood was forced to let Mostert pass, the 2025 Champion was showing his skills, now up to eighth after starting 17th. Ahead, Cameron dived through the hairpin past Thomas Randle, seconds ahead of Mostert.
Second Pit Stops proved Crucial
Kai Allen was one of the first to pull the gun on his second mandatory pitstop on Lap 39. Kostecki was finally able to pit, filling up his Mustang and now able to race properly. Now halfway through Race 16, it was Brown who was next into the Pit Lane, attempting to cover Kostecki and De Pasquale.
Payne was the first of the frontrunners to pit for their second pitstop, before Feeney pulled in one lap later. Kostecki was forced behind Mostert after the two came together in the entrance to the Turn 4 Hairpin. One lap later, Wood Passed Kostecki in the same corner for ninth overall.
While Wood was stuck fighting with Cameron, Kostecki was struggling with braking, running wide through the hairpin. For Dick Johnson Racing, their race strategy counties to harm their drivers, with Gray, who is down in 15th, also being told to conserve fuel. Ahead of him, Cameron made a pass around Mostert for seventh.
At the front of the field, Kostecki began to pull away from the field. The Red Bull Ampol driver was now four and a half seconds ahead of Payne. The fight at Penrite was beginning to heat up, as Allen closed within 2.7 seconds of his teammate. Down in sixth, Ojeda was send sidewards at the hairpin by Randle.
Sprint for the Flag
After a strong middle sting, Le Brocq was forced into the garage for repairs. Back on track, Brown had caught up to De Pasquale, the two battling into Turn 4. Cam Hill forced Jackson Walls into the grass on the main straight. The rookie able to regain control of his Mustang moments later.
With 13 Laps to go, Feeney pulled into his final pitstop, almost skidding out on the exit. With Race 16 coming to a close, Feeney’s lead could translate to an eighty point gap in the Supercars Championship Standings. While the top three were clear of any drama, Wood had brought himself back into the fight with Walkinshaw teammate Mostert. The two Supras were quick to swap places with Wood now sitting in eighth.
With five laps to go, the gap between Feeney and Payne had grown to six seconds, as the Triple eight driver regained the fastest lap. With Payne struggling with Traffic, Allen was able to close within two seconds of the Kiwi. Further back, the battle for sixth was closing, as Cameron came within one second of Ojeda.
As the last lap loomed at Symmons Plains Raceway, it was Feeney who took the checkered flag in Race 16 for his 30th win in the Supercars Championship. Behind him, it was an all Ford Mustang podium with Penrite Racing’s Payne and Allen locking out second and third. Off the podium, De Pasquale held off Brown for fourth, ahead of Ojeda and Cameron in six and seventh.
After an amazing start to the weekend for Toyota with two victories, they had to settle for a Walkinshaw eighth and ninth as their highest placed cars. Behind it was Waters who rounded out the top ten. While Kostecki’s Championship fight dimmed with the former Champion having to settle for twelfth. Golding was one of the biggest movers in Race 16, picking up seven positions to finish thirteenth.
Final Supercars Race 16 classification and results from Tasmania
- Feeney
- Payne
- Allen
- De Pasquale
- Brown
- Ojeda
- Cameron
- Wood
- Mostert
- Waters
- Randle
- Kostecki
- Golding
- Heimgartner
- Jones
- Reynolds
- Fraser
- Walls
- Hill
- Bates
- Murray
- Stewart
- Gray
- Le Brocq
The 2026 Repco Supercars Championship returns next month. The Championship will head to the Northern Territory for the 2026 betr Darwin Triple Crown beginning on the 19th of June.
