Brown gets better of Feeney in final Ipswich practice
Will Brown gets better of Broc Feeney in final Ipswich practice
Reigning champion ended up nearly 0.15s clear at the top on Friday
Ryan Wood, Brodie Kostecki, Kai Allen round out top five
Will Brown got the better of Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Broc Feeney in the final practice session of the Century Batteries Ipswich Super 440.
The reigning champion, who is 220 points behind Feeney, clocked a 1:08.4927s to end up nearly 0.15s clear at the top.
Feeney, who topped the earlier session, was just 0.066s ahead of first Ford driver Ryan Wood, with Brodie Kostecki, Kai Allen, James Courtney filling positions four through six.
Triple Eight wildcard Zach Bates survived some wild slides to end up seventh, with Macauley Jones, Anton De Pasquale and Chaz Mostert rounding out the top 10.
Cam Waters was only 13th, with Matt Payne 21st, 16 positions behind Penrite Racing teammate Allen.
"We made a lot of changes. We rolled out not too bad, there was just a few things we didn't like that we were trying to get on top of," said Brown, who is one of 13 drivers making his Supercars debut at Queensland Raceway.
"We made a few changes that worked, a few that didn't, and we put it all together for the last run there and put a really good lap together.
"I don't run a time gain/loss, so I didn't know the second lap was going to be faster, but I just thought I'll keep up it and see what I come up with, and ended up first."
Feeney opened up with a 1:09.7637s, followed by teammate Brown's 1:09.8516s. Mostert quickly shot ahead with a 1:09.3612s, before Feeney (1:09.3297s) and Brown (1:09.3492s) reinstated a Triple Eight top two.
Feeney then pressed on and went fastest in the first sector, only to be brought into pit lane.
De Pasquale then laid down a 1:09.2509s to go to the top. Through the first runs, Feeney, Brown, Mostert, Courtney, Kostecki, Cameron Hill, Wood, Payne and Allen completing the top 10.
Wood led the way with a 1:09.2309s when drivers returned for their second runs, with the top three covered by just 0.098s. Wood (1:09.0769s) and Feeney (1:09.1834s) moved clear, before De Pasquale split them with a 1:09.1528s.
At the 19-minute mark, PremiAir Racing's James Golding soared to second with a 1:09.1477s, with Bates jumping to 10th before kicking up dirt at the exit of Turn 2.
After being left in the garage with a starter motor problem, Cameron returned and impressed with consecutive fast laps to rise to second.
Mostert (1:09.0156s) hit the top ahead of the final runs, with Brown (1:08.7917s) and Feeney (1:08.7149s) beginning to show the true speed of their Red Bull Ampol Camaros.
Brown ended up fastest of the two, with the Toowoomba local's 1:08.4927s ahead of Feeney's 1:08.6346s. Bates sat as high as third, making it a Triple Eight lockout, before Wood, Kostecki, Allen and Courtney improved.
Supercars return to the track for dual Boost Mobile Qualifying from 9:35am AEST, followed by Race 23 (12:45pm AEST) and Race 24 (4:10pm AEST). Live coverage commences on Foxtel/Kayo from 8:00am AEST.
