Feeney Targets Tassie Pace as Triple Eight Faces Test — V8 Supercars Tasmania
v8 supercars tasmania returns with Triple Eight under a sharper spotlight than usual. The championship is back after a five-week break, and Broc Feeney arrives at Symmons Plains leading the standings while trying to turn a strong venue into a strong weekend.
Feeney’s Tasmanian benchmark
Triple Eight has won over half the races at the venue since 2007, but that record has softened in the Gen3 era to three wins from eight races. Feeney was also denied a clean sweep there last year by 0.05 seconds, a margin that leaves little room for error on a track where small mistakes usually show up fast.
Feeney said the group is treating the round as a chance to reset its direction. "I don’t want to say the championship starts now, but we’re certainly heading to tracks that are a lot more familiar for the rest of the year" he said ahead of the Tasmania Super440.
Triple Eight’s Mustang read
The team has leaned a lot on last year’s notes in its preparation for the weekend’s three races, while still trying to get a firmer handle on the Mustang package. Feeney put that plainly: "We just want to get back to our consistent way and just really understand the package."
That need is why Tasmania stands out. Symmons Plains has been traditional Triple Eight territory, yet the latest form has been mixed enough to leave no guarantee that past numbers will carry over. Feeney enters as the championship leader, but he and Will Brown both went through the six-race stretch in New Zealand without a win.
Practice 1 at 2:05pm AEST
Feeney said the team wants proof, not promise, from this weekend. "We want to be the fastest car here this weekend, we want to go and win races, and they’ll give us a lot of confidence for the next few rounds coming up" he said. Practice 1 at the Tasmania Super440 gets underway at 2:05pm AEST, and the opening run should show quickly whether Triple Eight’s preparation has closed the gap on its own expectations.
Feeney also carried momentum from New Zealand, where he won the Jason Richards Trophy for scoring the most points across the two events. He scored his first podium at Symmons Plains in his rookie 2022 season, so Tasmania has already produced both a breakthrough result and a near-miss for him. "We’re not the fastest car, so we’re gonna do what we can to make sure that we are, and hopefully this weekend’s that turning point."
