When the Walkinshaw Andretti United’s crew launched Mostert from the pitlane after a tyre change, he drove into the trail of Tickford’s Thomas Randle, forcing him to hit the brakes.
A ensuing five-second penalty left Mostert to attempt to construct a lead over fellow Ford Mustang driver Waters, however a margin of simply 2.58s handed Waters his first win of the season.
Waters had snatched pole place by a slender 0.03s, however a slip on the finish of the opening lap noticed him run huge and Mostert was by and away to the lead he would keep till the penalty was decided.
“It is superior to get just a few trophies this weekend and get a win within the race,” stated Waters. “I received my head down and closed the hole to Chazzie. It was solely two or three years in the past I misplaced a race for a five-second penalty so it was good to get one again!”
Mostert put his hand as much as take the blame for a race win misplaced.
“That sucks. I didn’t anticipate us to be that near any person else,” he stated. “I hesitated somewhat bit, that was my mistake, I am going to take that one.
“I did not actually race the race I wished to race. I most likely burnt the tyres somewhat bit attempting to get [back] that penalty. He [Waters] eased into it, he drove a wise race.”
Chaz Mostert, Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang GT
Picture by: Edge Photographics
Triple 8’s Will Brown secured third place on the highway, taking the place from Randle on lap 49 of the 55-lap race. However in doing so he helped Randle off the highway and earned a five-second penalty of his personal, which he overcame by simply over one second to carry onto his second podium results of the weekend.
“I used to be working arduous to get to him, I believed he moved beneath brakes. Unlucky for him,” he stated. “For us to be third and second on a tough weekend, not too unhealthy a weekend.”
Randle dropped again to fifth place, splitting the Dick Johnson Racing Ford duo of Will Davison and Anton de Pasquale, who completed sixth.
It was a troublesome Sunday for Triple 8’s Broc Feeney, who certified outdoors the highest 10 and will solely make it to seventh place. WAU’s Ryan Wood was eighth forward of fellow Ford driver Matt Payne (Grove Racing) and David Reynolds (Team18 Chevrolet).
The outcomes imply that Brown has prolonged his factors lead over team-mate Feeney to 136 factors.
The 2024 Supercars season will resume in 4 weeks, when the groups assemble for the fifth spherical of the championship at Hidden Valley, in Darwin, on 15-16 June.