Feeney refusing to get swept up by red-hot form

The close margins of 2025 so far are evidence why Broc Feeney isn't keen on relying on current form to get him through the upcoming round in Perth.

The Triple Eight star took the points lead away from teammate and reigning champion Will Brown at the previous round in Tasmania. The points lead has changed four times in the last six races, across three drivers.

Feeney won both Saturday races and fell just 0.05s short on Sunday, and arrives in Western Australia with a 33-point lead over Brown. Penrite Racing driver Matt Payne, who won that Sunday race, is 75 points behind.

The 2025 season has been one for the ages, with teams and drivers grappling for consistency through the opening four rounds. Even Triple Eight has been caught out, failing to replicate its 2024 Taupō form with a podium-less run in New Zealand.

Triple Eight failed to win in Perth last year, with Feeney only fifth and seventh in the races. While he won a race at CARCO.com.au Raceway in 2023, and is on a hot streak after Tasmania, the 22-year-old isn't getting ahead of himself.

“I feel like it’s the first time that hopefully we’ve got a little bit of momentum, but it’s really just back to working hard," Feeney said.

"It’s been so close this year, you can’t rely on previous years or previous rounds to be strong. It’s just about exploring all our options and hitting the ground running.

"I felt like we found a good direction in the last couple of rounds, and hopefully we can carry that forward.”

Feeney has qualified third or better 10 times in 13 attempts this season, including a season-high five pole positions. Fans think he's the one to beat, Feeney topping a Supercars.com poll asking who will win the Repco Sprint Cup.

Brown does too, calling Feeney the "benchmark" in Supercars, while Supercars Hall of Famer Mark Skaife also has the #88 Red Bull Ampol driver down for the Sprint Cup.

Perth is do-or-die in qualifying, with the last seven races won from pole, and 69 of 97 races won from the front row. On that evidence alone, Feeney knows where he will make or break his weekend.

“I hope we can take what we learnt in Tasmania to Perth. The tracks are quite different in the sense of what you need to extract a good lap time, but it’s a short lap, and the field’s gonna be as close as ever once again," he said.

"I hope the car that we had in Tasmania, with a few tweaks, can be strong in Perth. Qualifying’s been a strong point this year, so I think if we can carry that forward, it’s just about having three good, consistent races and trying to sweep the weekend once again.

"I think we’ve been really fast this year, and Tasmania is probably the first time that we’ve actually converted it into race wins and results.

"Once again, though, it’s just going to be about executing and doing the best we can with what we’ve got.”

Track action commences in Perth on Friday. Tickets are on sale now.