Do or die as Finals fight gets fierce at Bathurst
By Andrew Clarke
Date posted: 9 October 2025
Only four Finals berths remain open after The Bend 500, with the cut to fall after the Bathurst 1000.
The teams will also roll into Mount Panorama with a revised pitlane order that could shape strategy for those in the bottom half of the lane.
Six drivers are already locked into the three-round Finals with Cam Waters, Chaz Mostert, Brodie Kostecki joining Broc Feeney, Matt Payne, and Will Brown as title contenders after solid outings at The Bend.
The bubble is headed by Anton De Pasquale in seventh, followed by Ryan Wood and Thomas Randle, with Kai Allen clinging to 10th by 18 points over Andre Heimgartner who had a costly last place finish at Tailem Bend.
The reset comes after the first leg of the Ryco Enduro Cup, where Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood banked maximum points to lead into Bathurst.
Supercars’ new Finals format takes the top ten after Bathurst, with automatic entries for the Sprint Cup and Enduro Cup winners, then runs through Gold Coast, Sandown and Adelaide to decide the title. With one long race left in the regular season, every point at Mount Panorama matters, especially for those sitting between seventh and twelfth.
The winner of the Sprint Cup (Feeney) and the winner of the Ryco Enduro Cup get an automatic run in the Finals, and then the rest down to 10th are made up from the points. Nick Percat is the highest-placing driver in the Enduro Cup not inside the top 10 of the points, so a good day at Mount Panorama could see him jump 10th in the points.
Finals snapshot after The Bend
Confirmed:
Driver Points Gap to Cut Line
- Broc Feeney 2130 995
- Matthew Payne 1972 837
- Will Brown 1942 807
- Cameron Waters 1824 689
- Chaz Mostert 1578 443
- Brodie Kostecki 1576 441
- Anton De Pasquale 1308 173
- Ryan Wood 1274 139
- Thomas Randle 1216 81
- Kai Allen 1135 0
- Andre Heimgartner 1117 -18
- Nick Percat 1098 -37
- Cameron Hill 1084 -51
- Jack Le Brocq 965 -170
- Bryce Fullwood 943 -192
- James Golding 915 -220
- Will Davison 868 -267
All other drivers are outside 300 points of 10th and can only make it by winning the Ryco Enduro Cup.
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