Goodall raised eyebrows when he emerged in 13th on the opening lap, six places higher than his already impressive qualifying run.
However, he was soon handed a five-second time penalty for short cutting the track amid the congestion at Turn 2.
By the time he was required to serve it at his first pit stop, he was already due another 15-second punishment for turning around Zach Bates.
Goodall said he was “pretty disappointed” to be told of the shortcut punishment post-race, given the circumstances.
He was keen to point out he “probably got four spots off the start and braking” into Turn 2, rather than from the shortcut.
“I only found out [about the penalty] after I got out of the car. It was probably best that the team didn’t tell me,” he said.
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“I’m actually disappointed because I thought there was nothing wrong with what I did.
“Obviously in drivers’ briefing, we touched on that you’d be referred to stewards [if you shortcut the corner].
“But what it looked like to me was Broc [Feeney] was sort of sideways on the apex… so I just turned hard right over the kerb to avoid him.
“It’s not like I was completely going hard right against the wall, just gaining spots.
“I’ll have a look at the footage and see if there was anything else that I could have done.
“But obviously being my first wildcard program, I wanted to keep out of the dramas.”
A stewards summary explained the punishment was for “leaving the track and gaining an advantage”.
“The stewards reviewed broadcast vision in conjunction with the DSA (Driving Standards Advisor),” it read.
“The vision showed Car 5 left the track on the inside of Turn 2 and gained a position on Car 88 and gained positions on other cars.
“The stewards consider this driving conduct amounts to a breach of the rules and impose a penalty consistent with previous breaches of a similar nature.”
Goodall acknowledged his bump on Bates at the final corner was a clear breach.
“I mucked up,” he said.
“We were racing hard, he squeezed me up to the right [hander], and then I sort of tried to get under him the other way and just overcommitted.
“Apologies to Bates for that one.”
Goodall ended the race in 24th place, eight seconds behind Matt Stone Racing wildcard Aaron Seton.
Seton had a clean Saturday race after starting Friday with a 15-second punishment of his own for spinning Macauley Jones at Turn 2.
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