Whincup 'filthy' over defeat in Tasmania finale

Missing out on victory in the Tasmania finale isn't sitting well with Triple Eight boss Jamie Whincup, who said he was "filthy" neither Broc Feeney or Will Brown took out Race 13.

Brown started from pole and finished third, while Feeney started fifth and fell just 0.05s of a clean sweep after being held out by Penrite Racing driver Matt Payne.

The Red Bull Ampol Camaros were the pace-setters all weekend, with Feeney winning both Saturday races to take the championship lead away from Brown.

Come Sunday, and Brown was faster in qualifying, only to drop to third in the opening corners before dropping to sixth after copping a hit from Cam Waters at the hairpin.

A mid-race Safety Car saw the team pit Brown for his second compulsory stop under yellow, just as Feeney had caught leader James Golding. Feeney jumped Golding in the stops and opened up a big margin, but Penrite Racing had played Payne into contention with a similar strategy to Brown.

Feeney charged through with a superior grip advantage, but was pipped to the post by Payne, who somehow delivered another strategic masterclass by Penrite Racing.

Speaking afterwards, Whincup insisted the entertaining finish was a victory for the sport, but couldn't hide his frustration in letting the race victory slip.

“I’m really torn at the moment,” Whincup said in the press conference.

“Of course it was a great weekend, it was a great day for the sport. It was a fantastic race.

“To have one car get Liberace’d at the hairpin... that was sort of the end of that.

“And the strategy-wise, of course, you roll the dice. I think the crew did a great job, we’ve got two cars for a reason, we need an each-way bet.

“When that Safety Car came out, we had one car that’d done two, and one car that had done one. Any Safety Car after that, it was the ones that have done one that were going to be in the box seat. But before that, it was the ones that had done two stops."

Whincup poked fun at the potential impact on the result of Penrite Racing technical boss Grant McPherson, who was previously an engineer at Triple Eight.

Regardless, the Supercars Hall of Famer insisted that missing out on victory was "gutting."

“There’s been three or four of those where the Penrite boys have beaten us on strategy, which pisses me off. It smells like Grant McPherson to me," Whincup said.

“That’s gutting that we didn’t get the win, but all in all, we’ll take all the good stuff out of the weekend, and see if we can do a better job next time.”

Feeney leads Brown by 33 points, with Payne 75 down, heading to Perth on June 6-8. Tickets on sale now.