Larry Perkins Trophy winner in Melbourne 🏆

Round 2 - Supercars Championship

MELBOURNE, Victoria - The immense momentum continued for Red Bull Ampol Racing’s Will Brown at Round 2 of the 2024 Supercars Championship, with the talented Queenslander claiming the iconic Larry Perkins trophy as he captured the AusGP round victory.

Consistently fast across the four races completed during the round, Brown finished no lower than second position, with the #87 Camaro storming to an impressive race win in Race 4’s 19-lap encounter on Friday.

The Triple Eight Race Engineering cars were fast the moment they hit the Albert Park circuit, with Brown posting qualifying times that would see him line up in P4 and P2 for Race 3 and 4 following back-to-back qualifying sessions.

A measured climb in each race, which represented RBAR’s strong race pace, saw Brown make his way up the grid and secure P2 and P1 in the opening two races of the event.

Another dual qualifying session greeted drivers early Saturday morning, with the back-to-back nature of the sessions providing both drivers and teams with a high level of intensity. Finishing further down the order in P6 and P9, Brown’s racecraft would be on full display if he were to make his way back towards the podium come race time.

In true championship-contender fashion, that’s exactly what Brown would do, as he clawed his way through the field to finish the final two races of the round with dual second-place results, which was enough to earn car #87 the ever-special Larry Perkins trophy.

Brown keeps the orange numbers on his Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro heading into Taupo, leading the championship by 97 points.

“Overall, we had a great weekend here in Melbourne,” recalled Brown. “I got three second-place finishes, so it would’ve been nice to get another win but it was still an awesome bank of points and great results all round and a great start to the year. I felt like a lot of people were racing really hard out there going for that one win. There were a couple of mistakes made, so I was able to pick a few drivers off and get up the front. Ready to take things into the next round.” 

Next Event (Round 3): April 19-21 – Taupō, New Zealand

Supercars Championship Results Race 3 (Melbourne SuperSprint):

  1. Broc Feeney, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)
  2. Will Brown, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)
  3. Matthew Payne, (Ford)

Supercars Championship Results Race 4 (Melbourne SuperSprint):

  1. Will Brown, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)
  2. Mark Winterbottom, (Chevrolet)
  3. Matthew Payne, (Ford)

Supercars Championship Results Race 5 (Melbourne SuperSprint):

  1. Broc Feeney, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)
  2. Will Brown, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)
  3. Chaz Mostert, (Ford)

Supercars Championship Results Race 6 (Melbourne SuperSprint):

  1. Nick Percat, (Chevrolet)
  2. Will Brown, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)
  3. Broc Feeney, Red Bull Ampol Racing (Chevrolet)

Supercars Championship Results after 2 of 12 rounds

  1. Will Brown, 575 points
  2. Broc Feeney, 558
  3. Chaz Mostert, 478
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