Triple Eight give green light for Broc Feeney and Will Brown to battle it out for Supercars title
A chance to become the Supercars champion is on the line for Triple Eight drivers Broc Feeney and Will Brown - and the team will not be getting in the way of their title hopes.
It is the second consecutive time that the Triple Eight duo have found themselves within reach of the title, with both drivers currently sitting inside the top four.
Just one race separates the two drivers from becoming the driver who lifts the title, although each driver must withstand the power of Chaz Mostert and Kai Allen.
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Mostert, who drives for Walkinshaw Andretti United, has made clear his belief that Triple Eight will have to pick one driver to put their efforts behind if they want to win the title.
But the team has confirmed they have no intention of doing so.
Broc Feeney and Will Brown embrace. Getty
"For us there is no choice we need do to there," technical director Pete Ringwood said.
"We've got three races that we're going for. The points differ between the races, but there's so much jeopardy through the weekend with the rain and pit strategy.
"We feel there are some other teams in the finals that have the ability to run alternate pit strategies, there's a choice of tyres and strategies you can run.
"We don't have that, we're going for the best points with both drivers.
"There's absolutely no preference that we're handing out there, we're going for the championship with both of them."
Feeney made it clear in 2021 that he is not to be overlooked in the title race, going on to win the championship and become the youngest person to do so that year.
The 23-year-old has showed no signs of slowing down since that victory four years ago, recording 16 pole positions this season alone.
As for Brown, the 2024 champion, he has started 10th or worse in the past eight races.
"It's something we're still working through," Ringwood said of Brown's struggles.
"We've got full confidence in Will, but there are plenty of tools out there, whether they're evaluating simulators, evaluating different strategies we can do there to plan for the race weekend.
"If you look back at some of the events we've had, it's weather affected, tyre choice how we prep the tyre, what out laps got affected by who else was on out laps.
"There's certainly things we can do on the planning side, operationally in the garage, to make sure we're getting the best chance of clean, uninterrupted runs."
It was Cam Waters who stole the show during Thursday's practice, with the Tickford Racing ace clocking in at 1:19.5764, the fastest of the session, to put his rivals on notice.
David Reynolds was the second fastest in practice, while Mostert (sixth) posted the quickest time of the four in frame for the title fight.
The first of three races at the Adelaide Grand Final will begin from 4.20pm (AEDT) on Friday, November 28.