Penrite Racing’s Matt Payne has ended the season with victory, but Chaz Mostert has secured his maiden Repco Supercars Championship at the bp Adelaide Grand Final in second.
It was in controversial circumstances die to teammate Ryan Wood making contact with championship leader Broc Feeney at Turn 4 on the opening lap resulting in the Red Bull Ampol Racing Camaro spinning.
Feeney dropped 21st, but scythed his way through the field until intermittent engine problems put an end to it as he finished a lap down in 20th.
Mostert’s championship victory means the new Toyota Supra will wear the #1 for its debut season.
Starting from pole, Payne led into the Senna Chicane and held on as the chaos ensued behind as Feeney spun due to contact from Wood.
Behind this initial incident, Nick Percat was launched in the air after hitting James Golding following contact from Jack Le Brocq. In his final Erebus Motorsport start, Le Brocq was forced to retire due to extensive front-end damage.
A safety car gave Feeney a chance to catch up, leaving Payne to lead on the restart on lap 5 from Wood, Anton De Pasquale, Mostert and Macauley Jones.
A hairy moment at Turn 8 for Andre Heimgartner occurred when the R&J Batteries Racing Camaro grazed the outside concrete wall, but he continued.
Mostert made an important pass prior to the first pit stops when he demoted De Pasquale to fourth.
Erebus Motorsport’s final race of the 2025 season came to an early end when Cooper Murray’s Camaro was re-arranged after contact with James Courtney.
Feeney’s race went from bad to worse when a he was the last to pit and it was slow as he re-joined in 16th.
Mostert held the advantage now as he sat third ahead of fellow Finalists Brown and Allen, but again moved past De Pasquale to put a small margin in the title race.
Further into the second stint, it was disappointment for Feeney when his engine started to run amiss and his fight for the title was over.
At the second round of pit stops, Wood was out when a broken front-right shock absorber needed to be replaced and despite this occurring, he returned to the garage.
Despite this drama, Payne controlled at the front to take the victory from Mostert, Brown, Allen and De Pasquale.
Shell V-Power Racing Team’s Brodie Kostecki was sixth ahead of Heimgartner, Cam Hill in his last start for Matt Stone Racing, Monster Castrol Racing’s Thomas Randle and Bryce Fullwood in his last race for Brad Jones Racing.
In their final full-time starts, Will Davison was 13th, James Courtney 14th and Nick Percat was 22nd.
The Repco Supercars Championship starts its 2026 season at Sydney Motorsport Park on February 20-22.