Brown leads Triple Eight Friday sweep
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 8 August 2025
Triple Eight already appears to be a cut above the rest, having a strong grip on the top two, with Will Brown ending Friday fastest at Queensland Raceway.
After Broc Feeney was fastest in the first Supercars session in Ipswich since 2019, it was Will Brown’s turn in Practice 2.
The teammates took turns in the lead until Brown landed the killer blow with a 1:04.4927 to clear Feeney by 0.1419s.
At one stage, wildcard Zach Bates made it a Triple Eight top three until he dropped to seventh.
However, the Super2 champion will still be thrilled to end the day seventh in a more representative session.
Ryan Wood was best of the rest two tenths back over Brodie Kostecki, while Kai Allen and James Courtney also go themselves into the top six.
The intensity had lifted as soon as Practice 2 start with Feeney immediately coming within two tenths of his Practice 1 chart topper.
But unlike earlier, he had company with Brown and Mostert just 0315s away, while Courtney put the #600 int eh top five.
Feeney warned of more speed by going purple in the opening sector of his following lap, but masked the pace by backing out and boxing.
His time stood for six minutes before De Pasquale snuck in an extra 0.0788s clear.
As the session entered the second half, things continued to escalate as Wood became the first driver to record a flat 1m09s lap time of the weekend.
His 1:09.0769 was so fast Feeney was forced to settle for second before he was again displaced by the #18 Camaro.
At the 18 minute mark Golding threw his name into the mix by shooting up to second and squeezing ahead of De Pasquale by 0.0051s.
Cameron also showed some strong speed in the #3 Mustang by shooting as high as second having gone purple in the second sector.
This put the rookie within 0.0343s of the lead in just his second Supercars session at the circuit.
It also ensured only 0.0759s covered the top four ahead of the final runs.
Murray was one of the first to put the foot down and he rocketed from 22nd to second despite a wild moment coming out of the final corner.
Mostert had even more speed and knocked his teammate off of top spot.
But the Triple Eight charge was coming with the teammates the first to dip into the 1m08s threshold.
Brown was the first to break the barrier, but Feeney went even faster by 0.0768s.
Bates joined the party to make it a Triple Eight top three briefly before Wood eclipsed the wildcard.
A host of Mustangs did the same, with Bates falling to still a strong seventh by the end, ahead of Macauley Jones, who would be happy with eighth.
It was not an easy day for the Victorian teams, making a return with Tickford not getting a top 10.
Meanwhile, the Red Bulls were still wrestling for the lead, and Brown hit back, finding a further tenth to end Friday as the driver to catch.
There is a lot to unpack from an hour of Friday practice as teams get reaccustomed with qualifying up next on Saturday morning.
Image: DMAC Photography
Supercars Ipswich Super440 Practice 2 results
1: Will Brown 1:08.4927
2: Broc Feeney +0.1419
3: Ryan Wood +0.2088
4: Brodie Kostecki +0.2409
5: Kai Allen +0.3519
6: James Courtney +0.3657
7: Zach Bates +0.3993
8: Macauley Jones +0.4219
9: Anton De Pasquale +0.4378
10: Chaz Mostert +0.4625
11: Cameron Hill +0.4859
12: Jack Le Brocq +0.5242
13: Cameron Waters +0.5327
14: David Reynolds +0.5585
15: Thomas Randle +0.5659
16: Aaron Cameron +0.5886
17: Cooper Murray +0.6174
18: Nick Percat +0.6190
19: James Golding +0.6550
20: Cameron Crick +0.6606
21: Matt Payne +0.6808
22: Andre Heimgartner +0.6935
23: Richie Stanaway +0.6939
24: Will Davison +0.7295
25: Bryce Fullwood +0.7960
26: Jaxon Evans +1.0192
2025 Ipswich Super440 (All Times AEST)
Friday 8 August
12:05pm, Practice 1 (30 mins)
2:35pm, Practice 2 (30 mins)
Saturday 9 August
9:30am, Qualifying Part 1 – Race 23 (10 mins)
9:50am, Qualifying Part 2 – Race 23 (10 mins)
10:20am, Qualifying Part 1 – Race 24 (10 mins)
10:40am, Qualifying Part 2 – Race 24 (10 mins)
12:45pm, Race 23 – 39 laps (120 km)
4:10pm, Race 24 – 39 laps (120 km)
Sunday 10 August
10:20am, Qualifying Part 1 – Race 25 (10 mins)
10:40am, Qualifying Part 2 – Race 25 (10 mins)
11:40am, Qualifying Part 3 – Race 25 Top Ten Shootout (30 mins)
3:15pm, Race 25 – 63 laps (200 km)
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