'I didn't want do that': Allen, Brown weigh in on wild battle

Will Brown and Kai Allen have both reacted to their wild battle at the end of Saturday's bp Adelaide Grand Final race, which saw both cars sustain damage.

Reigning champion Brown and rookie Allen go into Sunday facing an uphill task to win the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship, sitting 76 and 88 points behind Broc Feeney.

With three laps to go, the race came alive as Allen attacked Brown into Turn 4. Allen tried again into Turn 6 and got into the rear of Brown's car, and checked up.

Close behind, Anton De Pasquale climbed over the back of Allen's Mustang, while Brown's Red Bull Ampol Camaro sustained rear bar damage from an Allen hit.

It brought Matt Payne, Thomas Randle and Cam Waters into play, with De Pasquale dropping back with damage. Brown denied Allen, the duo surviving the wild skirmish to claim crucial points.

Speaking post-race, Allen had no ill feeling towards Brown, telling Supercars.com: "He did his job. He kept me behind me. He did a really good job there.

“Obviously he was lacking a bit of pace, so I was getting pretty frustrated behind him and probably should have stuck it into him a bit harder into Turn 7.

"I just was sort of worried about the guys behind me a little bit, that I was gonna get stuffed. Anton obviously drove over the top of me, which is a bit unfortunate, but in that close racing it's so hard to judge what's going on.

“We did our job. I think we maximised points, but very disappointed because I felt like we had the pace for a podium for sure."

Brown lamented a lack of race pace, saying on the broadcast: "We were just super edgy into the corner and burnt the tyres off pretty quickly.

"At the end there, I just had to defend as hard as I possibly could and ending up staying in fourth position."

When asked if he feared damage or a puncture from the De Pasquale contact, Allen replied: "Yeah, initially I thought it could likely be an issue, but the old Ford's built tough. So, did a good job to hang on there and just marched on."

However, despite Brown's best blocking efforts, Allen refused to rough his rival up too much and risk atrracting a penalty, adding: "I was getting quite keen because Brown had some rear bar damage, he was lacking a bit of rear… he was blocking and causing me to slow up.

“The only way I could get past him was either move him out of the way, and I didn't want do that because I'd get a penalty. I was trying to be smart but at the same time, but he did his job, so good job to him.

“His race craft is very good and I've just gotta do a better job tomorrow, and push him out the way harder.”

When asked about Sunday, Allen poked fun at his plight in the Shootout, saying: “Nothing to lose. Just try and not have an engine issue in a Top Ten Shootout, put us up in front and then race hard after that."

When asked the same question, Brown replied: "I think it's about being up the front to make sure you're in the fight, but also we've got to work on ourselves a little bit. We struggled then in race pace.

"It'll take a bit of a miracle, but anything can happen."

Supercars action resumes on Sunday with Boost Mobile Qualifying at 10:00am local/10:30am AEDT, followed by the Boost Mobile Top Ten Shootout at 12:35pm/1:05pm. The 78-lap Race 34 follows at 3:15pm/3:45pm.