Brown apologises after Sandown spin and penalty

Triple Eight driver Shane van Gisbergen's teammate Chaz Mostert? No, the driver in question is Brown, who led the Sandown 500 after Lap 14 and held the front from the Lap 20 restart before Brodie Kostecki took the lead on Lap 36. Brown then spun at Turn 4 after locking his rear wheels, stalled, and later spun Brad Jones Racing driver Cameron Hill, earning a 15-second post-race penalty that dropped him from 18th to 20th.

Brown apologised to the team and fans, saying the ego had taken over as he chose to fight to the end rather than let the Red Bull Ampol Racing cars go. His teammate Broc Feeney, who had contended for the podium early, fell to 11th and sits one point above the Finals Series cut-off, while Brown is 88 points adrift of it.

Brown also pointed to a lack of pace for Triple Eight, a team that has previously regarded Sandown as a stronghold.