Waters Fastest, Mostert’s Near Miss

The Supercars have roared in Adelaide and across the first two practice sessions, there have been some massive storylines.  

Turn eight, like it did in 2024, nearly claimed another victim, while a fired up Waters is fastest heading into qualifying.  

In Practice two, Championship contender, Chaz Mostert, put his 25 Mustang offline heading into turn eight.  He made heavy contact with the outside wall and his car was brought into the pitlane as Adelaide’s most infamous corner had a subplot in 2025’s fanatic finale.

Cam Waters’ 1:19:576 was the fastest time from Thursday’s first practice session, but his best time was topped by the first 21 drivers on Friday morning. Waters himself bettered his time by nearly seven hundredths of a second, recording a 1.18.7884.  

“I love coming to Adelaide,” Waters said. 

“It's an amazing event.

“The weather's usually pretty good and I love driving around here.

“It's a cool place, obviously a great way to start our weekend.” 

Friday afternoon's race has a prize pool of $50,000 dollars, and those not in championship contention have made it pretty clear that they are interested in lining their pockets.   

“It'd be nice to go home with 50k and a couple of race wins and go into the offseason with a bit of positivity in our lives,” said Waters.

“That's what we're going to try and aim for.”  

With a maximum of 15mm of rain expected across the city of churches, it could be a wet and wild Friday afternoon.

“It's a really slippery track, (in the wet), it's not a fun place,” said Team 18’s David Reynolds, who finished second on Thursday, and eighth in Friday’s first runs.  

“There's a lot of white lines and a lot of like just s*** everywhere. 

“The curbs, the walls, like you can't make mistakes. 

“It's going to throw a spanner in the works. 

“That's what we love.” 

Fresh off a contract extension through to the end of 2030, Dick Johnson Racing’s Brodie Kostecki also gave his thoughts on the track evolution.  

“The track's going to change a lot once all the categories get out there and lay some rubber down,” the 2023 champion said. 

“I'm sure it'll be completely different by tomorrow and we'll see if the rain comes.” 

With attention quickly turning to 2026 for all but the top four, Kostecki was quick to open up on the contract he signed post Sandown.  

“I’ve been a part of the team now for almost a season and it's been a journey,” said Kostecki. 

“We need to get back to that dominant form and we've had spurts of that this season at certain venues. 

“We haven't been consistent so once we can work on that and hopefully solve a few small things and we should be at the front next season hopefully every single round.”

Kostecki made it clear there was no added pressure from his side.

“No, (There’s no extra pressure),” he said,  

“I keep it very simple and just focus on what the job is ahead and that's to drive the car this weekend and do the best job I can and hopefully bring home 50 grand and three trophies.”