Penalty costs Courtney Race 4 Supercars podium

James Courtney has dropped from a second place finish to 22nd in Race 4 at the Beaurepaires Melbourne SuperSprint due to a post-race penalty.

The Tickford Racing driver followed only Erebus Motorsport’s Brodie Kostecki across the finish line but has now had 30 seconds added to his race time as punishment for his part in a first-corner incident.

Courtney was adjudged to have triggered the incident which ultimately saw David Reynolds become stranded in the gravel trap, with stewards finding he pushed team-mate Cameron Waters into the Grove Racing Mustang.

“Following a post-race investigation for the incident at Turn 1 on the first lap and admission to breach of Schedule B2 Article 2.1.1 – Careless Driving by Car 5 James Courtney, determined Car 5 initiated the contact to Car 6, resulting in Car 6 making contact with Car 26 David Reynolds coming to a stop in the gravel trap, loosing [sic] multiple positions, the Stewards imposed a thirty (30) second time penalty on Car 5,” read the stewards report.

While the 30-second penalty is standard, the effect was ballooned by the fact that Race 4 of the Repco Supercars Championship finished under Safety Car, and hence the field was tightly bunched.

Shane van Gisbergen is now officially the runner-up and his Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mate Broc Feeney moves onto the podium.

A little further back, PremiAir Racing’s James Golding lost a top 10 due to a post-race penalty of his own.

He took the chequered flag in 10th position but has now been classified 21st due to a 15-second penalty as a result of an unsafe release which impeded Brad Jones Racing’s Jack Smith.

“Following a post-race investigation and admission to a Pit Lane breach – unsafe release of Car 31 James Golding, impeded Car 4 Jack Smith, the Stewards impose a Fifteen (15) second time penalty to Car 31,” read the stewards report on that matter.

Reynolds remains 23rd in the classification, having qualified sixth but gone on to finish a lap down after Car #26 was dragged out of the gravel trap.

Results: Race 4, Beaurepaires Melbourne SuperSprint Updated

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Laps	Race time
1	99	Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus	Brodie Kostecki	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:28.6393
2	97	Red Bull Ampol Racing	Shane van Gisbergen	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:30.5610
3	88	Red Bull Ampol Racing	Broc Feeney	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:31.4365
4	25	Mobil 1 Optus Racing	Chaz Mostert	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:32.1967
5	11	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Anton De Pasquale	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:33.1467
6	9	Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus	William Brown	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:34.1050
7	14	Middy’s Racing	Bryce Fullwood	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:34.6894
8	55	Castrol Racing	Thomas Randle	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:35.3220
9	18	DEWALT Racing	Mark Winterbottom	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:36.8333
10	56	Tradie Racing	Declan Fraser	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:37.5511
11	17	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Will Davison	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:38.0627
12	96	Pizza Hut Racing	Macauley Jones	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:38.8014
13	23	Nulon Racing	Tim Slade	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:39.3033
14	4	SCT Motorsport	Jack Smith	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:40.0155
15	35	Truck Assist Racing	Cameron Hill	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:40.9199
16	8	R&J Batteries Racing	Andre Heimgartner	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:42.1220
17	19	Penrite Racing	Matthew Payne	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:43.6007
18	20	Resimax Group	Scott Pye	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:44.4093
19	6	Monster Energy Racing	Cameron Waters	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:44.7412
20	3	CoolDrive Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:45.0640
21	31	Nulon Racing	James Golding	Chev Camaro ZL1	8	21:51.0459
22	5	Snowy River Racing	James Courtney	Ford Mustang GT	8	21:59.7440
23	26	Penrite Racing	David Reynolds	Ford Mustang GT	7	21:45.9134
NC	34	Truck Assist Racing	Jack Le Brocq	Chev Camaro ZL1	5	14:43.3226
NC	2	Mobil 1 NTI Racing	Nick Percat	Ford Mustang GT

Fastest lap (no bonus): Scott Pye, 1:48.1818, Lap 6

Drivers’ championship Updated

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Chaz Mostert	391
2	Brodie Kostecki	375
3	William Brown	301
4	Shane van Gisbergen	294
5	Cameron Waters	291
6	Andre Heimgartner	262
7	David Reynolds	249
8	Mark Winterbottom	243
9	Broc Feeney	240
10	Anton De Pasquale	220
11	Jack Le Brocq	219
12	Bryce Fullwood	216
13	James Golding	211
14	Scott Pye	205
15	Matthew Payne	192
16	Thomas Randle	184
17	Will Davison	184
18	Tim Slade	178
19	Macauley Jones	160
20	James Courtney	151
21	Todd Hazelwood	145
22	Cameron Hill	142
23	Jack Smith	136
24	Declan Fraser	121
25	Nick Percat	67

Teams’ championship Updated

Pos	Num(s)			Team	Pts
1	9	99		Erebus Motorsport	676
2	88	97		Triple Eight Race Engineering	534
3	2	25		Walkinshaw Andretti United	458
4	18	20		Team 18	448
5	8	14		Brad Jones Racing	448
6	5	6		Tickford Racing	442
7	19	26		Grove Racing	441
8	11	17		Dick Johnson Racing	404
9	23	31	(400)	PremiAir Racing	389
10	34	35		Matt Stone Racing	361
11	55	56		Tickford Racing	305
12	4	96		Brad Jones Racing	296
13	3			Blanchard Racing Team	145