{"id":874764,"date":"2026-08-31T07:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874764\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T07:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:42:16","slug":"supercars-analysis-fords-ipswich-super440-grand-slam-a-rarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/874764\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars analysis: Ford&#8217;s Ipswich Super440 grand slam a rarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE extent to which Ford dominated the Repco Sprint Cup decider should not be underestimated, per a deeper dive into the stats archives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blue Oval took a Supercars \u2018grand slam\u2019 of sorts, sweeping every pole position, fastest lap, win and podium placing on offer across the three races at the Ipswich Super440.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poles went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-2716-Matt-Payne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Payne<\/a> (two) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1292-Will-Brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Brown<\/a>. Fastest lap bonus points were scooped up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1545-Broc-Feeney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broc Feeney<\/a>, Brown and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1301-Brodie-Kostecki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brodie Kostecki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown (three), Kostecki (three), Feeney (two) and Payne collectively accounted for the nine podiums.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Ford\u2019s best Bathurst chance?<\/p>\n<p>THE Undercut returns, breaking down the latest news in the world of Supercars racing!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the first time since Supercars shifted to awarding podiums on a race basis (rather than round) that a manufacturer has singlehandedly cleaned up all those accolades at a three-race meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that period, it has occurred once on a four-race weekend, the 2013 Austin 400, which was blitzed by Holden through Triple Eight, Brad Jones Racing and Tekno Autosports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been three instances of a two-race grand slam in that same span, all of which were achieved by General Motors: 2013 Homebush (Holden), 2016 Homebush (Holden) and 2024 Darwin (Chevrolet).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/1-18-scale-ford-100-years-in-australia-special-edition-ford-mustang-model?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=buy-button&amp;utm_content=buy-button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788162136_851_ACD18F25SE2.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for Ford, you have to go more than three decades back to its last grand slam (replacing the podium criteria with top-three finishes) of a multi-race round!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That happened twice in the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship, at the Phillip Island and Eastern Creek rounds, both of which involved a single qualifying and two races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast forward to 2026 and Ford is now on streaks of 13 poles in a row, six straight fastest laps and nine race wins on the trot.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Repco Supercars Championship accolades by manufacturer:<\/p>\n<p>ManufacturerPole positionsRace winsPodiumsFastest lapsChevrolet1266Ford23236919Toyota4393<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE extent to which Ford dominated the Repco Sprint Cup decider should not be underestimated, per a deeper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-874764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874764","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=874764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}