Broc Feeney outlines mission to win Bathurst
32-time race winner declares he's 'achieved nothing' in Supercars
Feeney leaned on Jamie Whincup's advice amid several Bathurst blows
They say the Mountain chooses it's winner. Time and again, when it looks to be Broc Feeney, Mount Panorama decides otherwise.
2022? Jamie Whincup spins on the opening lap. 2023? A heartbreaking gear shift failure with potential victory looming. 2024? A perfect race that was only good enough for second. 2025? In the fence as the rain arrives.
At just 23 years of age, his 32 career victories place him ahead of some of the sport's most iconic champions: Johnson, Richards, Bowe, Ambrose, Murphy, Ingall.
But, despite soaring up the record books, one win eludes Feeney, and it's the one that matters more than any other.
"I feel like I've achieved nothing in the sport, because I haven't won a Bathurst or a championship," Feeney declared in a special video feature.
"It's crazy how one race can literally define your career, and so many great people will unfortunately never get the chance to win at Bathurst. Some people are very lucky to win multiple.
"For me, it is life-changing. Obviously I haven't got to experience that yet, but for me I've not accomplished anything until I win a Bathurst or a championship.
"I'm still hunting my first for both, but it's a feeling that's hard to describe. It's our grand final, it's our biggest one of the year, but to rock up that week with a co-driver, a buddy in hand, and you gotta go drive a car for six hours and try and beat 54 other guys.
"It's a challenge, and that's what we love about it. You literally go into the history books. If you win, you become an immortal for the rest of your life.
"To be honest, I couldn't really care if I go into the history books or not, but for me personally there's two things I want to win in Supercars, and Bathurst is one of them."
For the first time since 2021, Feeney will be paired with a driver not named Jamie Whincup, the first time since 2001 that the sport's most successful driver will not be on the grid.
Despite tasting his fair share of Bathurst highs, there have arguably been more Bathurst lows for the seven-time champion, some self-induced, others not.
But, what it did provide Feeney with was a plethora of learnings, which came to the fore as an inconsolable Feeney openly sobbed in the garage, head in hands as his 2023 Bathurst chances faded into the setting sun.
"I've been lucky enough to drive with Jamie Whincup the past four years at Bathurst, and he's won four Bathurst's but hasn't won one in over 10 years, and he's the greatest of all time," added Feeney.
"He's come so close so many times, and that's probably what I learned a lot. I felt like we had a shot of winning it in 2023, and we lost it.
"He said, 'Mate, it's going to kill you at the moment, but there's going to be plenty more of these to come. There's a lot more heartbreak than there is joy at this place.'
"So it's respecting it, it's understanding what comes with Bathurst, but it's also trying to - it's very hard to - but trying to park the emotion that comes with the race.
"You've got to treat it like any other race, you've gotta get on with your business and not be distracted by what comes with it, and that's very hard to do.
"Understanding that there's going to be heartbreak with it over the years, and I suppose what is in common, all the guys that I have raced with that have won it have experienced heartbreak, probably before they have won it.
"Hopefully I've got my bad luck out of the way and I can go get a trophy now."
Feeney will be paired up with 2011 Bathurst winner Nick Percat, with the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000 to be held from October 8-11.
