Percat wins race, Brown the trophy

Matt Stone Racing’s Nick Percat has won the final Race 6 of the Repco Supercars Championship ahead of Will Brown and Broc Feeney at the Melbourne Grand Prix weekend.

Percat (#10 Bendix Chevrolet) benefited from an early clash between Chaz Mostert (#25 Mobil 1 Optus Ford) and Matt Payne (#19 Penrite Ford) to win his first race since Sydney 2020, with MSR claiming just its second Supercars win.

Brown raced from ninth to second to win the Larry Perkins Trophy ahead of Red Bull Ampol Racing teammate Broc Feeney.

“Going into today I was pretty keen to get the Larry Perkins Trophy,” commented Brown. “I’ve driven with Jack (Perkins) for three years and became great mates with him and met Larry through that. There’s been some great names win this trophy and I was just excited to win it.

“Overall, we had a great weekend. I got three seconds in a row, so it would’ve been nice to get another win but it was still an awesome bank of points and great results all round and a great start to the year.

“I felt like a lot of people were racing really hard out there going for that one win. There were a couple of mistakes made, so I was able to pick a few drivers off and get up the front. I was able to get past Broc and tried as hard as I could to get the win, but we didn’t have the tyres to maximise it unfortunately.”

Heading to the next round in New Zealand, Brown leads Feeney by 17-points, with Mostert demoted from fourth to fifth after copping a five-second penalty over the Payne incident. Mostert lock-up into Turn 9 led to contact, with the two Mustangs surfing through the grass, handing the lead to Nick Percat.

Richie Stanaway is the highest placed Kiwi driver in sixth with Payne in seventh.

The 2024 Repco Supercars Championship returns to New Zealand on April 19-21 for the ITM Taupō Super400.

Repco Supercars Championship Race 6 Results