Feeney inherited first position when Payne and Waters both ended up in the wall on Lap 2 at Turn 14 and was not headed thereafter.

Will Brown (#87 Camaro) staved off Walkinshaw Andretti United’s Chaz Mostert on the final lap to make for a third Red Bull Ampol Racing one-two of the season, although the third-placed #25 Mobil 1 Optus Mustang earned the five fastest lap bonus points.

Payne’s #19 Penrite Mustang and Waters’ #6 Monster Energy Mustang were the only two DNFs of what became a time-certain, 10-lap encounter.

Brown continues to lead the drivers’ championship, by a reduced, 12-point margin over Feeney.

Grove Racing’s Payne had taken a career-first pole position but Tickford Racing’s Waters beat him to the first corner from the other side of the front row.

The Triple Eight Race Engineering duo made strong starts as Feeney took up third and Brown fourth, with Jack Le Brocq (#9 TFH Hire Camaro) fifth and Mostert dropping to sixth.

Le Brocq got inside of Brown at Turn 3 and made the pass through the Lakeside Stadium car park but then slid wide exiting the complex and handed the position back.

Payne passed Waters for the lead at Ascari on Lap 2, but then the Tickford driver gave the #19 Grove entry a nudge at Turn 13.

Payne ran deep due to the contact but, when he moved back to drivers’ left to open up the Turn 14 and there was a bigger hit between him and Waters.

It caused Car #6 to ride up on the wall and Car #19 to go spinning into it, as Feeney (#88 Camaro) and Brown inherited a one-two.

Waters showed his displeasure when he opened and then slammed Payne’s passenger door, as the Grove car sat stricken against circuit direction and the barriers.

Race Control, though, advised of no further action as the field trundled around under Safety Car, with Feeney leading Brown, Mostert, David Reynolds (#20 Tradie Beer Camaro), Le Brocq, Tim Slade (#23 Nulon Camaro), Todd Hazelwood (#99 TFH Camaro), Richie Stanaway (#26 Penrite Mustang), Ryan Wood (#2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Mustang), and Nick Percat (#10 Bendix Camaro).

The restart came on Lap 7 and a moment for Mostert through Turn 8 allowed the Triple Eight duo to break several tenths clear.

By the end of the next lap, however, the WAU pilot had gapped Reynolds and caught back up to Brown.

He showed the nose at Car #87 on Lap 10 at Turn 3 but Brown opened up the steering then ensured there was no way around the outside for Mostert at Turn 4.

Feeney skipped away to a victory of 1.7911s, from Brown, Mostert, Reynolds, Le Brocq, Hazelwood, Stanaway, Slade, Percat, and Wood.

The final race of the weekend starts tomorrow at 10:25 local time/AEDT.

Results: Race 5, MSS Security Melbourne SuperSprint

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Laps	Split
1	88	Red Bull Ampol Racing	Broc Feeney	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:32.2808
2	87	Red Bull Ampol Racing	William Brown	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:34.0719
3	25	Mobil 1 Optus Racing	Chaz Mostert	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:35.0033
4	20	Tradie Beer Racing	David Reynolds	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:35.4564
5	9	Erebus Motorsport	Jack Le Brocq	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:35.9734
6	99	Erebus Motorsport	Todd Hazelwood	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:36.9511
7	26	Penrite Racing	Richie Stanaway	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:38.8752
8	23	PremiAir Nulon Racing	Tim Slade	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:40.2822
9	10	Bendix Racing	Nick Percat	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:40.7880
10	2	Mobil 1 Truck Assist Racing	Ryan Wood	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:41.3778
11	7	Snowy River Racing	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:41.9753
12	31	PremiAir Nulon Racing	James Golding	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:42.8432
13	18	DEWALT Racing	Mark Winterbottom	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:42.9883
14	17	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:43.2427
15	4	Tyrepower Racing	Cameron Hill	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:43.3807
16	11	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Anton de Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:44.3466
17	3	CoolDrive Racing	Aaron Love	Ford Mustang GT	10	26:45.4114
18	12	SCT Motorsport	Jaxon Evans	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:45.5241
19	96	Pizza Hut Racing	Macauley Jones	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:46.3735
20	8	R&J Batteries Racing	Andre Heimgartner	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:46.7309
21	14	Middy’s Racing	Bryce Fullwood	Chev Camaro ZL1	10	26:47.2786
22	55	Monster Castrol Racing	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	10	27:01.3863
NC	6	Monster Castrol Racing	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	1	1:55.9947
NC	19	Penrite Racing	Matthew Payne	Ford Mustang GT	1	1:56.4943

Fastest lap (bonus): Chaz Mostert, 1:48.3891s, Lap 8

Drivers’ championship

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	William Brown	506
2	Broc Feeney	494
3	Chaz Mostert	423
4	Nick Percat	330
5	David Reynolds	316
6	Richie Stanaway	307
7	Matthew Payne	302
8	Jack Le Brocq	295
9	Todd Hazelwood	273
10	Mark Winterbottom	270
11	Will Davison	252
12	Bryce Fullwood	243
13	James Golding	242
14	Thomas Randle	239
15	Cameron Hill	232
16	Tim Slade	222
17	Andre Heimgartner	213
18	James Courtney	208
19	Cameron Waters	199
20	Anton de Pasquale	178
21	Macauley Jones	160
22	Jaxon Evans	153
23	Aaron Love	111
24	Ryan Wood	97

Teams’ championship

Pos	Num(s)			Team	Pts
1	87	88		Triple Eight Race Engineering	1000
2	19	26		Grove Racing	609
3	18	20	(100)	Team 18	586
4	9	99		Erebus Motorsport	568
5	4	10		Matt Stone Racing	562
6	2	25		Walkinshaw Andretti United	520
7	23	31		PremiAir Racing	464
8	8	14		Brad Jones Racing	456
9	6	55		Tickford Racing	438
10	11	17		Dick Johnson Racing	430
11	3	7		Blanchard Racing Team	319
12	12	96		Brad Jones Racing	313