Mostert toast of Supercars Gala Awards
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 18 November 2024
Chaz Mostert might have fallen short of Adelaide glory, but he was the man of the hour at the Gala Awards, taking all the big awards.
Not only did Mostert become the first driver to win the new “best and fairest” Jim Richards Medal, but he also won the coveted Barry Sheene Medal and the Drivers’ Driver Award.
It makes Mostert the sixth multiple Barry Sheene medalist, having gone back to back and also winning it last year.
The WAU driver was also voted by the fans as the most popular driver.
The Supercars night of nights saw the big stars of the sport dress up at the Adelaide Convention Centre just one day after the VAILO Adelaide 500.
Aaron Cameron with his Mike Kable Young Gun Award.
The Jim Richards Award is the newest addition to the Supercars Gala Awards, and was voted on race-by-race by select competition officials in similar style to the Brownlow or Allan Border Medals.
Mostert equalled his career best championship finish of third in 2024 having taken wins at Wanneroo and Sydney Motorsport Park and was the leading Ford driver.
Despite being second best in the fight for the Super2 title, Aaron Cameron was awarded with the special Mike Kable Young Gun Award having impressed in his first full Dunlop Series season after performing in S5000 and TCR.
The man who won the title, Will Brown, was celebrated as champion.
Will Brown celebrating his Supercars title.
There was a special addition to the Supercars Hall of Fame with the late Wayne Cattach inducted.
Cattach passed away in August, but was a vital figure behind the rise of the category in the early 2000s working alongside Tony Cochrane, while he also worked with DJR in the 2010s.
After a crowd of 259,400 watched on and sung along with Crowded House and Cold Chisel, the VAILO Adelaide 500 was named as the event of the year.
Popular and longtime photographer Mark Horsburgh received the Supercars Media Award having been at every round since 1997.
Full Supercars Gala Award winners list
Barry Sheene Medal: Chaz Mostert
• Jim Richards Award: Chaz Mostert
• Drivers’ Driver: Chaz Mostert
• Repco Supercars Champion: Will Brown
• Dunlop Team Champion: Triple Eight Race Engineering (Red Bull Ampol Racing)
• Mike Kable Young Gun Award: Aaron Cameron
• Dunlop Super2 Series Champion: Zach Bates
• Dunlop Super3 Series Champion: Cody Burcher
• Dunlop Super2 Series Champion Team: Eggleston Motorsport
• Boost Mobile Pole Award: Cam Waters
• Boost Mobile Dunlop Series Pole Award: Zach Bates
• Champion Manufacturer: Chevrolet
• Fans Choice – Best Presented Team: Red Bull Ampol Racing Team
• Fans Choice – Most Popular Driver: Chaz Mostert
• Best Event of the Year: VAILO Adelaide 500
• Best Volunteer Group: ITM Taupō Super400
• Supercars Media Award: Mark Horsburgh
VAILO Adelaide 500 Supercars
Practice 1: 1: J. Courtney 1:19.6835 2: D. Reynolds +0.1553 3: N. Percat +0.3242
Practice 2: 1 D. Reynolds 1:19.4804 2: C. Waters +0.0840 3: C. Mostert +0.1023
Qualifying – 1 W. Brown 1:19.4425 2: C. Waters +0.3631 3: T. Randle +0.4123
Practice 3 – 1 W. Brown 1:19.7649 2 B. Feeney +0.1894 3 T. Randle +0.2517
Top 10 Shootout – 1 C. Waters 1:19.9628 2: T. Randle +0.1182 3: B. Feeney +0.1847
Race 23 1: B. Feeney 2: W. Brown +12.8028 3: C. Waters +13.7810
Qualifying – 1 B. Feeney 1:19.5460 2: C. Waters +0.0405 3: R. Wood +0.1947
Top 10 Shootout – 1 B. Feeney 1:19.9721 2 C. Mostert +0.1539 3 T. Randle +0.2147
Race 24 – 1 W. Brown 2 C. Mostert +9.1234 3 T. Randle +9.7295
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