{"id":616942,"date":"2026-04-19T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616942\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:02:16","slug":"supercars-news-matt-paynes-wayward-wheel-draws-fine-points-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/616942\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Matt Payne&#8217;s wayward wheel draws fine, points penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Payne-Grove.jpg\" alt=\"Grove Racing cops penalty for Payne\u2019s wayward wheel\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Payne&#8217;s Mustang shed a wheel in Race 2.  Image: Fox Sports<\/p>\n<p>Payne\u2019s hopes of challenging for victory were dashed when his right-rear wheel parted company on an out lap from the pits.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiwi had run a long first stint and emerged directly behind leaders Brodie Kostecki and Kai Allen.<\/p>\n<p>However, the wheel was not fully tightened in the stop \u2013 ruining Payne\u2019s race and earning the team a corresponding sanction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stewards reviewed the relevant broadcast vision of the pit stop,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fcttn.com\/products\/v8s-in-nz-tee\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vision showed Car 19 was serviced in the pits and both rear wheels were changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe right rear was not properly secured and separated from the car once back on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stewards conclude that the car was released in an unsafe condition and the penalty is consistent with other penalties imposed for similar incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Payne limped his car back to the pits and finished 19th after a replacement right-rear was fitted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-christchurch-super440-matt-payne-pit-stop-problems-ryan-wood-comments-reaction-podium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Payne\u2019s podium thwarted by \u2018gut-wrenching\u2019 pit stop blunder<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/250635\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/250635.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Payne&#8217;s Mustang shed a wheel in Race 2. Image: Fox Sports Payne\u2019s hopes of challenging for victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,101817,101818,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-616942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-grove-racing","11":"tag-matt-payne","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}