With just four races remaining in the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship, Chaz Mostert has surged to the top of the standings for the first time this season, sealing his place in the bp Adelaide Grand Final after a commanding win in today’s Penrite Oil Sandown 500.
The popular Gold Coast driver now leads Red Bull Racing’s Broc Feeney by three points heading into Sunday’s second 250km race at Sandown.
Mostert’s triumph came after a thrilling battle with defending champion Will Brown, who stormed from 15th on the grid to finish second.
Third place went to Mostert’s Walkinshaw Andretti United teammate Ryan Wood, whose pole position start and relentless defense against a fast-finishing Brown proved pivotal in securing the victory.
Sunday’s race will determine the final four drivers heading into the bp Adelaide Grand Final in two weeks.
Mostert’s win guarantees his spot regardless of Sunday’s result. Behind him, Feeney sits second, Brown climbs to third, and Bathurst 1000 winner Matt Payne holds fourth.
Rookie Kai Allen is fifth, followed by Cam Waters and Thomas Randle.
If any of these contenders other than Mostert claim victory on Sunday , they will also secure a Grand Final berth.
Saturday’s result marks Mostert’s third consecutive win after his Gold Coast 500 clean sweep last month and his 28th career victory—equaling Supercars legends Greg Murphy and Marcos Ambrose for 13th all-time.
Mostert said of the win today: “Thanks to all the fans for coming out today, I tell you what I owe Woody a beer tonight, he saved my bacon out there.
“Just struggled for a little bit of rear tyre life, but just so glad to just hang on. It was awesome to be able to share the front row, Woody would have been a hard man to beat if he didn’t have to slow up for the old fella today.
“Like I said, I owe him, it’s a real team win so we’ll celebrate it hard after the weekend.
“It’s awesome, three in a row, it’s amazing. But like I said, today was a bit of a gift, bloody hard work on a Super Soft tyre around here for 250 k’s, so looking forward to a nice big carve up tonight and get on the other tyre tomorrow.”
Top Ten Finishers – Race 30: Chaz Mostert, Will Brown, Ryan Wood, Broc Feeney, Brodie Kostecki, Matt Payne, Kai Allen, Anton De Pasquale, Bryce Fullwood and James Golding.
Waters (12th) and Randle (16th) missed the top ten and will be pushing hard tomorrow.
Sunday’s action starts with Qualifying at 11:20am AEDT, followed by the Top Ten Shootout to decide the grid at 12:10pm.
Race 31 will start at 3:20pm AEDT.
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