Feeney reflects on Sprint Cup domination
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 10 August 2025
Broc Feeney has credited his evolution behind the scenes as the reason he has dominated the inaugural Supercars Sprint Cup.
The start of the 2025 Supercars Championship appeared to be an even affair, with six winners from the first 10 races.
But since the Tasmania Super440, it has become a one-man show with Feeney winning 12 of the 14 races since then.
In his fourth Supercars season, the Triple Eight star has appeared to be the complete product.
In addition to his strong connection with engineer Martin Short and race craft, making him a dominant force once in front, the #88 has been near unbeatable over one lap.
Feeney has already won the qualifying award in 2025 with 13 poles.
He had already secured the Sprint Cup with victory in the Ipswich Super440, but the disappointment of a jump start costing him back-to-back wins in Race 24 fuelled a fire in Feeney.
On Sunday, he smashed the field by four tenths in the Shootout and controlled the race despite a mid-race Safety Car creating a massive headache and unexpected challenge.
All Feeney wanted to do was celebrate the Sprint Cup as a winner and he did just that.
“I really wanted to finish on a high and did not want to do burnouts after being fifth,” he said.
“To be the first to put my name on this trophy and get the bonus points is really special.
“I was not happy with how it played out at the time, but to come back from fourth and dominate was awesome.
“They were not easy guys to pass and I had not had to pass a car all weekend.
“I felt like we could have swept the weekend without my mistake and 100mm of tyre movement.
“Apart from that it was pretty much perfect with great speed and pit stops from our team as per usual.”
Feeney ended up taking the Sprint Cup by the massive margin of 337 points over teammate Will Brown.
It is a massive turnaround to 2024 when Brown won the title with a race to go in their first season together through sheer consistency.
Feeney cannot pinpoint the improvement to one thing, but rather a holistic progression since debuting in the main game at Triple Eight in 2022.
“There is not one thing I can point out as the big difference,” he said.
“It is just evolution over the couple of years and the work I am putting in.
“There are a handful of people that know what I do behind the scenes. I am very self critical and always trying to improve and everything is just clicking now.
“I felt a lot of it was there but I could not quite put it all together.
“It is special because of how close the category is.
“It is so easy to be 15th or 20th so to win 12 races and 13 poles is incredible.
“In 2022 and 2023 we had really fast race cars but struggled in qualifying.
“Last year we improved but this year has been a huge leap again.
“Everyone is in similar cars so I believe the one percenters behind the scenes are adding up on track.”
In his short career Feeney has only been able to compare himself with the best as his teammates have won a combined total of 11 titles between Jamie Whincup, Shane van Gisbergen and Brown.
He has learnt from all of them, but admitted the arrival of Brown has made him see things in a new light.
“I learnt so much from Shane over those two years and then driving with Jamie in the enduros helped me so much,” he said.
“But when will came into the team it was the first time I noticed a different driving style and it suited our car.
“I just think myself and Marty have found a great toolbox and I have been able to adapt my driving and know what I need to go fast.
“It is great to be a part of this team, but the championship is different this year and I need to do it at the back end.”
Image: Mark Horsburgh
2025 Ipswich Super440 (All Times AEST)
Friday 8 August
Practice 1 – 1: Broc Feeney 1:09.2078 2: Anton De Pasquale +0.1965 3: Cameron Hill +0.2271
Practice 2 – 1: Will Brown 1:08.4927 2: Broc Feeney +0.1419 3: Ryan Wood +0.2088
Saturday 9 August
Qualifying Race 23: 1 Broc Feeney 1:08.1301 2 Will Brown +0.1119 3 Ryan Wood +0.1866
Qualifying Race 24: 1 Broc Feeney 1:19.8014 2 Ryan Wood +0.4782 3 Will Brown +0.9097
Race 23 – 39 laps 1 Broc Feeney 2 Kai Allen +0.4739 3 Ryan Wood +1.1230
Race 24 – 39 laps 1 Will Brown 49:05.3349 2 Broc Feeney +0.8842 3 Ryan Wood +9.8118
Sunday 10 August
Qualifying Race 25 1 Anton De Pasquale 1:08.1543 2 Broc Feeney +0.0347 3 Zach Bates +0.1115
Top Ten Shootout 1 Broc Feeney 1:08.3493 2 Ryan Wood +0.4629 3 Will Brown +0.4807
Race 25 1 Broc Feeney Triple Eight 63 01:22:42.6615 – 2 Cameron Waters Tickford 63 +8.8096 +17 3 Kai Allen Grove Racing 63 +10.9325 +19
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