Kostecki and Hazelwood claim big win at The Bend
2025-09-14 19:30:00
Hazelwood's opening stint was near perfection, and saw the co-driver put the #38 Mustang take the lead from pole sitter Jamie Whincup, a lead the #38 SHell V-Power Mustang would never give up.
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The victory marks a back-to-back enduro wins for Kostecki and Hazelwood who famously won last year's Repco Bathurst 1000 in the Chiko Erebus Camaro, before the pair switched to Ford for 2025.
Hazelwood's opening stint was near perfection, and saw the co-driver put the #38 Mustang take the lead from pole sitter Jamie Whincup on Lap 15.
Whincup then suffered a re-fuelling issue in pit lane which saw his Camaro, shared with Championship leader Broc Feeney lose its hopes of a win in the first ever enduro race at The Bend.
The win is Ford's first in a Supercars endurance race since the 2019 Bathurst 1000, which was also won by a Shell V-Power Mustang.
It is also Kostecki's fourth straight win at The Bend, following his sprint race sweep in 2023.
Waters and Mark Winterbottom, along with Matt Payne and Garth Tander, completed an all-Ford podium.
Broc Feeney and Jamie Whincup, however, had a tough race, finishing a distant 18th. Their race was plagued by mistakes and the costly fuel delivery issue. The pair who started from pole position finished back in 19th place.
Heading into the Repco Bathurst 1000, Feeney's championship lead has been reduced to 158 points over Payne.
Reigning champion Will Brown is 188 points behind in third position.
Waters remains in fourth place, but has secured his spot in the Repco Supercars Finals Series, as have Chaz Mostert and Kostecki.
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After the race, Kostecki said he wasn't nervous, but that the car was a little "nervous on entry to the corners."
"I wasn't nervous, just the car was a little nervous on entry to the corners," said Kostecki, who claimed career win No.10.
"You can't be nervous when you drive for such a great team like Shell V-Power Racing, and I get to share the car with a bloke like this who did an awesome job, gave us a good margin to settle into the race.
"The stint before last the car was a little bit too edgy for me, so we tuned it up and were able to just manage the gap to Cam and bring it home. Super stoked for everyone at Shell V-Power Racing."
Will Brown and Scott Pye recovered from 16th to finish fourth, the first Camaro to cross the finish line. Matt Stone Racing veterans Nick Percat and Tim Slade jumped from 11th to fifth.
Chaz Mostert and Fabian Coulthard, who were early leaders, finished eighth after a four-stop strategy. Ryan Wood and Jayden Ojeda finished sixth, ahead of Cooper Murray and Jobe Stewart in seventh.
Mostert and Coulthard, Thomas Randle and James Moffat, and Anton De Pasquale and Harri Jones rounded out the top 10.
There is now just one event to go before the Top 10 drivers begin the inaugural finals series on the Gold Coast - the greatest race of all, the Repco Bathurst 1000.
It runs at the spiritual home of motorsport in Australia, Mount Panorama from 9-12 October.
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