Filsell would take one final pole position to round out the year, with a 1:21.106 pipping teammate Andrew Gilliam by 9 hundredths of a second.

Two drivers would be making their final Main Driver starts before moving off into retirement in Ian Ford and Shawn McNamara who would start out of 23rd and 27th respectively.

Lights out and the field would trade blows up and down the order during the opening stanza of the race as everyone attempted to find their rhythm. Aggression and Tire Saving would be the two biggest points of the night.

Early issues for Matthew Bowler at Turn 4 on Lap 1 would be followed by Lachlan Caple at the same corner next lap getting into Wayne Bourke as they both went tumbling down the field.

Trans Tasman Racing have some discussions amongst themselves scheduled for the offseason after Jake Moloney and Josh Anderson would trade blows down at Turn 9, blocking the road for Brady Meyers and James Scott and handing Tyson Broad 4 spots for free!

Brady Baldwin would become the first driver in the pro series history to trigger the Safety Car at Adelaide in the Biggest Crash of the season. Maybe there’s a Hall of Fame entry to come for that one! 

Pitstops all around for those yet to partake of a fresh set of tires as the Safety Car was right on the first pit window. Surprisingly, the field would stay green for the rest of the night.

The bottleneck post restart would center on Dylan Rudd who had elected to stop before the Safety Car searching for an undercut and would now pay the price for that decision.

The next 10 laps would see a big display of elbows out racing for spots around the top 10. Hopeful at the start of the year to see this track on the schedule, the patience would pay off as the racing kept stepping up again, and again… and again.

The front group would set sail on the pack with Filsell, Rattray-White, Rosella, Gilliam and Woods with the next round of stops deciding track position for the run home.

Rattray-White would throw the undercut at Filsell with 24 laps to go, and a dive at the first turn on Filsell’s pitlane exit would get him the lead before being unable to pull the car up and forced to give the position back.

Rattray-white would then lose time to Rosella before ceding second spot on the run to the flag.

Jarrad Filsell would claim the final race win of the year to take 11 wins from the 14 races and put forward the most dominant season of the series to date. 

Qualifying for the 2026 season begins in mid January, with the Qualifying Series starting from the 21st of January. Will we see you on the grid next year?