{"id":840064,"date":"2026-08-02T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840064\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:40:15","slug":"supercars-news-kai-allen-escapes-perth-penalty-after-post-race-stewards-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840064\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Kai Allen escapes Perth penalty after post-race stewards hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kai-Allen-Grove.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"Allen escapes penalty after post-race stewards hearing\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKai Allen. Image: InSyde Media <\/p>\n<p>The #26 Grove Racing Mustang was alleged to have breached the 16psi minimum tyre pressure regulation, which can result in disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>Grove Racing CEO Brenton Grove and head of performance Al McVean were summoned to the stewards in the wake of the 200km contest.<\/p>\n<p>While stewards are yet to reveal details of the case, the lengthy hearing is believed to have centred on the accuracy of the reading.<\/p>\n<p>Grove Racing has confirmed to Speedcafe that the case was dismissed, with no further action to be taken.<\/p>\n<p>It was a somewhat ironic end to a day in which the sister Grove Mustang of <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-perth-super440-matt-payne-vs-broc-feeney-clash-wanneroo-raceway-video-reaction-comments-views\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Payne scored victory despite a damaged tyre.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allen put in a storming drive from 23rd on the grid after suffering a power steering failure during the morning\u2019s qualifying session.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old\u2019s rise up the field included a spirited early battle with Will Brown that sent Allen off track through the high-speed Turn 2\/3 section.<\/p>\n<p>Grove Racing kept Allen out for a long first stint that enabled the 21-year-old to make the most of his speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing because the car was ridiculously fast,\u201d Allen surmised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe worked with my mate Riccardo (Corte) to piece a really good car together, it was so unfortunate for the team \u2013 it\u2019s no one\u2019s fault, the power steering let us down in qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew we had a fast car, especially what we worked on overnight, and we just put it all together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very patient in the first stint, Will Brown was doing Will Brown things, so I thought \u2018you do what you need to do\u2019 and we trucked on really strongly in the middle and end stints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m knackered. They were legit qualifying laps, the times were so close to qualifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen continues to sit fifth in the Supercars Championship standings, which are being led by teammate Payne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kai Allen. Image: InSyde Media The #26 Grove Racing Mustang was alleged to have breached the 16psi minimum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,101817,160567,806,805,803,804,12357,85],"class_list":["post-840064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-grove-racing","tag-kai-allen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840064","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=840064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}