Sports · Motorsport · 11 hrs ago
Payne leads four-driver Supercars title fight into Adelaide
Matt Payne heads to Adelaide as the top seed after winning the second race of the Sandown Semi-Final.
He will contest the Supercars Grand Final with Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert.
Kostecki earned second seeding with a Saturday win, while Mostert took third on a tie-break after he and Feeney finished Sandown level on points.
For the Grand Final, each driver's points reset to 5,000, with seeding bonuses added: 150 for Payne, 120 for Kostecki, 96 for Feeney and 78 for Mostert.
Anton De Pasquale, Cam Waters and Will Brown were eliminated at Sandown.
The Adelaide final will decide the title, with Mostert aiming to defend his 2025 crown and Feeney getting another chance after his defeat a year earlier.
Matt Payne leads a four-driver Supercars title fight heading into the Adelaide Grand Final.
Payne earned the top seeding by winning the second race of the Sandown Semi-Final.
Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert are the other Grand Finalists.
The four drivers’ points were reset to 5,000 after Sandown, with seeding bonuses applied.
Anton De Pasquale, Cam Waters and Will Brown were eliminated from contention at Sandown.
- Who
- Matt Payne leads the four-driver title fight, alongside Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert.
- What
- The four drivers will compete in the Supercars Grand Final for the title.
- When
- The Grand Final is ahead; the sources do not state its date.
- Where
- Adelaide.
- Why
- They qualified for the Grand Final through the Sandown Semi-Final. The sources do not state further details.
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Brodie Kostecki won and secured his place in the Grand Final.
Points for the four Grand Finalists were reset to 5,000, with seeding bonuses applied.
Matt Payne won and secured the top seeding position for Adelaide.
Payne leads Kostecki, Feeney and Mostert in the standings.
- Top seed
- Matt Payne — 5,150 points
- Second seed
- Brodie Kostecki — 5,120 points
- Third seed
- Broc Feeney — 5,096 points
- Fourth seed
- Chaz Mostert — 5,078 points
- Seeding bonuses
- 150, 120, 96 and 78 points
- Eliminated at Sandown
- Anton De Pasquale, Cam Waters and Will Brown