Brown Fights Back at Sandown but Finals Hopes End
Will Brown's Penrite Oil Sandown 500 weekend delivered both highs and lows, with the #87 Ford Mustang leading the opening race before a spin and a post-race penalty derailed his Saturday, and a strong recovery drive on Sunday falling just short of keeping his Finals campaign alive.
Race 33 - P20
Brown qualified fourth for the first race and took the lead of Race 33 during the first round of pit stops, passing pole-sitter Matt Payne and leading the restart on Lap 20. Knowing the Mustang didn't have the outright pace underneath him that he needed, he held on for around 15 laps before losing the lead into Turn 1 on Lap 36. Brown tried to respond at Turn 4, locked the rears and spun - admitting he'd been torn between letting the pursuers go and fighting to the end, and the racer in him won out.
Race 33 - P20
Brown qualified fourth for the first race and took the lead of Race 33 during the first round of pit stops, passing pole-sitter Matt Payne and leading the restart on Lap 20. Knowing the Mustang didn't have the outright pace underneath him that he needed, he held on for around 15 laps before losing the lead into Turn 1 on Lap 36. Brown tried to respond at Turn 4, locked the rears and spun - admitting he'd been torn between letting the pursuers go and fighting to the end, and the racer in him won out.
Race 33 - P20
Brown qualified fourth for the first race and took the lead of Race 33 during the first round of pit stops, passing pole-sitter Matt Payne and leading the restart on Lap 20. Knowing the Mustang didn't have the outright pace underneath him that he needed, he held on for around 15 laps before losing the lead into Turn 1 on Lap 36. Brown tried to respond at Turn 4, locked the rears and spun - admitting he'd been torn between letting the pursuers go and fighting to the end, and the racer in him won out.
Race 33 - P20
Brown qualified fourth for the first race and took the lead of Race 33 during the first round of pit stops, passing pole-sitter Matt Payne and leading the restart on Lap 20. Knowing the Mustang didn't have the outright pace underneath him that he needed, he held on for around 15 laps before losing the lead into Turn 1 on Lap 36. Brown tried to respond at Turn 4, locked the rears and spun - admitting he'd been torn between letting the pursuers go and fighting to the end, and the racer in him won out.