{"id":646209,"date":"2026-05-03T04:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646209\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T04:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T04:03:15","slug":"ta2-news-ryan-wood-takes-first-ta2-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646209\/","title":{"rendered":"TA2 news: Ryan Wood takes first TA2 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Wood took his first win in the TA2 Muscle Car Series Tag Team Enduro on Sunday morning. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

Piloting the Mustang shared with Pip Casabene, Wood led home Tim Slade in a yellow flag finish in the first Sunday sprint race for the TA2 Muscle Car Series Tag Team Enduro<\/p>\n

The victory ended the run of dominance for the Chevrolet Performance team shown all day on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Slade led the field away at the start despite an aggressive move from Wood to cover off Nash Morris when the green flag waved.<\/p>\n

As the field filed though Turn 1, Max Vidau found himself spun through the mid-corner when he was forced into Brad Gartner by a Jack Smith three-wide dive.<\/p>\n

As Vidau\u2019s Mustang pirouetted, Patrick Neville and Hugh McAlister were left with nowhere to go, both ending up beached in the gravel.<\/p>\n

McAlister\u2019s Mustang, shared with Mark Crutcher, suffered heavy front end damage.<\/p>\n

Slade led the field away at the restart, but with Wood pressuring, looking to take the lead at Turn 3.<\/p>\n

Jack Smith was spun by Gartner on the exit of Turn 5 on the restart lap, but recovered to finish 17th.<\/p>\n

Wood took the lead at the final corner half way through the race with a decisive move, building a gap on Slade.<\/p>\n

The yellow flag was waved when Diesel Thomas came to a halt on the penultimate lap.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, Nick Lange was helped off the road on the run to Turn 6, colliding with the tyre barrier protecting a light tower.<\/p>\n

The race finished under the control of the pace car, with Wood leading Slade across the line, and Morris rounding out the podium.<\/p>\n

Jarrod Hughes turned around a tough start to the weekend to finish fourth ahead of Super2 regular Ayrton Hodson,<\/p>\n

Trans Am front-runner Elliot Barbour came home in sixth ahead of Ben Grice.<\/p>\n

Tim Brook continued a solid weekend in eighth, ahead of Gartner and Oscar Targett rounding out the top 10.<\/p>\n

The TA2 Muscle Car Series returns at 1:00pm AEST for the final sprint race ahead of this afternoon\u2019s 40-minute Enduro\/<\/p>\n

All the afternoon action will be broadcast free-to-air on SBS On Demand \/ Viceland, or streamed on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n


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