Brodie Kostecki has backed up his Bathurst 1000 win by conquering the streets of Surfers Paradise, whereas Crimson Bull drivers Will Brown and Broc Feeney have staged a pulsating showdown.
Erebus driver Kostecki was largely unchallenged as he pulled off a masterclass drive on Sunday to transform pole place into his first Gold Coast win after avoiding carnage early within the race.
It was the reigning champion’s second race win of the season, having dominated Mount Panorama with co-driver Todd Hazelwood earlier this month.
Sequence chief Brown prevailed over a cut-throat Feeney in an exciting duel between the 2 Crimson Bulls to complete second and keep atop the standings.
Feeney stays Brown’s solely opposition within the championship race, with Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters now out of competition after the 2 missed out on the rostrum.
The Crimson Bull drivers are separated by 180 factors.
After successful Saturday’s race, Waters tried to function as a spoiler however fell quick in fourth after sustaining injury to the entrance of his Tickford Mustang.
Mostert, then fifth, was pressured to return to the pits to refuel after an error in his final go to and was made to accept eleventh place.
With solely 300 factors out there within the remaining spherical in Adelaide, Mostert and Waters can be unable to shut the hole to Brown.
Waters’s Tickford teammate, Thomas Randle, got here fifth after ending runner-up on Saturday.
There was chaos within the opening lap when Anton De Pasquale’s Dick Johnson Camaro despatched Walkinshaw Andretti United rookie Ryan Wooden into the tyre barrier at flip 11.
Starting to spin out, De Pasquale was then shoved into the other wall by James Courtney to create an eight-car pile-up and convey out the security automobile.
De Pasquale didn’t return to the race, whereas Courtney was final and Wooden twenty first out of the 23 drivers.
PremiAir Nulon driver James Golding endured one other disastrous pit cease after a go to to the storage in Saturday’s race price him a podium end.
After his pit crew struggled to exchange his left rear wheel within the first Gold Coast race, Golding’s Camaro on Sunday was dropped too early earlier than a brand-new right-rear wheel was fitted on.
Golding crossed the end line thirteenth after beginning ninth.
The sequence heads to Adelaide from November 14-17 to settle the championship race.
Championship standings
- 1: Will Brown (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 2772 pts
- 2. Broc Feeney (Triple Eight) -180
- 3. Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw Andretti United) -309
- 4. Cam Waters (Tickford Racing) -428
- 5. Matt Payne (Grove Racing) -909
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