SYDNEY — After 52 laps, 200 kilometers and nearly 90 minutes of racing, Cam Waters won Saturday’s second round of the Repco Supercars season by a mere .03 seconds.
In what looms to go down as one of the greatest Supercars races of all time, Waters and Broc Feeney survived a late-race clash to be split by nothing in a drag race to the line at the Thrifty Sydney 500.
After being left to pass Brown and Chaz Mostert following the second stops, Waters ate away a seven-second deficit to range up behind Feeney. On lap 49, the duo collided, leading to a redress attempt by Waters.
Brown caught the leaders, setting up a dramatic end to the race that saw Waters get down the inside at the final corner, out-dragging Feeney to the finish line.
While the results sheet will show Waters winning from pole position for a second day running, it marked the closest top-three finish in ATCC/Supercars history.
“That was absolutely awesome, I had so much fun then,” said Waters. “Obviously we lost the track position with that first pit stop, but we fought hard, we never gave up.
“I had a crack on Broc, but I gave it back to him, there were a few tactics getting played, but I gave it my all, and that was an epic finish wasn’t it?”
Mostert and Matthew Payne completed the top five.
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