Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
Broc Feeney is ready to go racing again with Supercars rival Ryan Wood – but that’s where the love ends.
Having struggled to move on after his career-best season ended in tears, competition heavyweight Feeney said he had no interest in instigating clear-the-air talks with fellow young gun Wood.
Triple Eight’s prodigious talent Feeney looked all but certain to clinch his first championship after netting 14 race wins and a record 19 pole positions, before the final Adelaide grand final race in November.
The 23-year-old had been leading the championship since round four, but it was fan-favourite veteran Chaz Mostert who broke through for silverware for Walkinshaw Andretti United, after pole-sitter Feeney finished 20th in the 250km decider.
Feeney’s race was derailed just seconds into the opening lap, spinning out after being tagged by Mostert’s teammate Ryan Wood.
The Triple Eight driver, who would have all but wrapped up the championship under the traditional points format, later suffered engine issues and finished the series third overall.
Two months on, Feeney and Wood – now driving for the re-named Walkinshaw TWG Racing outfit – will meet again on the track at the Bathurst 12-hour before the Sydney 500 season-opener.
But Feeney said he hadn’t spoken with Wood in the lead-up to qualifying at Bathurst on Saturday.
“No, I haven’t seen him. I don’t need to approach that. That’s up to him,” Feeney told AAP.
“I didn’t see him after the race or the (Supercars) gala. I’ve been pretty incognito since then.
“We’ll go racing. He’s just another guy on the grid.”
Feeney – in the No.64 HRT Ford Racing Mustang with Norway’s Dennis Olsen and Germany’s Christopher Mies – qualified third ahead of the deciding pole session at 4.15pm (AEDT).
It was Tickford ace Cam Waters who snared provisional pole, clocking a lap time of two minutes and 1.563 seconds in the No.222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes.
Waters shares the car with defending champion Mostert and Tickford teammate Thomas Randle.
In the No.193 Tempsta Racing by ARGT Ferrari, Wood missed out on the top 10 and will start in 17th.
Feeney – whose off-season reflections have resulted in the growing of a beard – said he returns to racing “refreshed and ready to go”.
“I’ve learned a bit about myself over the past few months,” Feeney said.
“It hurts, obviously, but you’ve got to move on. It’s probably not the easiest thing to do.
“For me now, I’ve got another opportunity to fight for another championship.
“That’s my goal. I keep trying to fight for a championship.
“When I don’t want to do that or when I don’t think I can fight for a championship, I’ll stop.
“But I feel like I’ve got a long time of trying to do that.”
