Brown-Pye lead Triple Eight one-two at Sandown
Triple Eight Race Engineering dominates at Sandown with victory to Will Brown and Scott Pye.
Will Brown has beaten Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Broc Feeney to victory in the Penrite Oil Sandown 500, with the championship leader and Scott Pye scoring their first Supercars endurance race victories.
The points leader beat Feeney, who won the 2023 race with Jamie Whincup, by half a second, in a Sandown endurance event that ran time certain to 154 laps and featured five safety car periods.
It marked Brown’s first win since New Zealand in April, while Pye claimed just his second career win and first since Albert Park in 2018. It was Triple Eight Race Engineering’s ninth win in the Sandown 500 endurance race.
Brown will head to the Repco Bathurst 1000 with a 189-point lead over Chaz Mostert with Feeney 222 points behind.
James Golding/David Russell delivered a maiden Supercars podium for PremiAir Nulon Racing. Matt Payne/Garth Tander finished fourth ahead of Triple Eight wildcard Cooper Murray/Craig Lowndes, with Cameron Waters/James Moffat sixth.
Chaz Mostert/Lee Holdsworth came home seventh, with the championship contender surviving an early-race spin for Holdsworth to limit the damage to Brown in the title fight.
“Those last laps were nerve wracking, I thought don’t put a foot wrong, because Broc’s going to be there and I know he’ll pounce, but it was awesome,” said Brown.
“I’m just so stoked to get this, a win here at Sandown, the first round of the enduros, it’s a bloody good way to start it, so thanks to all the guys and girls at Red Bull Ampol Racing.”
The Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood and Richie Stanaway/Dale Wood entries were the only retirements from the race, with a record-equalling 20 cars finishing on the lead lap.
The 2024 Repco Supercars Championship will resume at Mount Panorama for the Repco Bathurst 1000 on October 10 to 13.
