Brodie Kostecki during the ITM Christchurch Super440. Image: InSyde Media
Kostecki pipped Grove Racing’s Matt Payne by 0.0344s while Aaron Cameron qualified a standout third for the Blanchard Racing Team.
It was an all-Ford top five with Friday afternoon’s race winner Kai Allen fourth for Grove Racing while Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Broc Feeney was fifth.
“Stoked with that one. Put together a pretty good lap but the Grove cars are pretty fast again, so I’m sure we’ll have our work cut out for us in the race,” said Kostecki.
After Race 1, Kostecki lamented the end of Friday’s race as he couldn’t get past eventual race winner Kai Allen.
He said Dick Johnson Racing made a day-to-day swing at the set-up in their quest to find more time.
“We actually changed the car quite a lot for today, trying to find a bit more stability for the race,” Kostecki explained.
“It’s quite tricky with the parc ferme conditions. George (Commins, engineer) and co did a great job of getting the car balance back out with all the changes overnight. We’ll see how it plays out in the race.”
Ryan Wood set the pace on a 1:21.4401s when part two of qualifying began, even with a mistake at Pothole when he ran wide onto the grass.
Despite leaving some time on the table, Wood did not do a second run and wound up sixth and 0.3108s in arrears.
Will Brown (Triple Eight) was seventh ahead of James Golding (Blanchard Racing Team), Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing), and PremiAir Racing’s Jayden Ojeda.
Ojeda was a standout as the best Chevrolet in qualifying, having made it through to the second leg of qualifying with the eighth fastest time in part one.
Cameron Waters narrowly missed out on making it through to the second leg of qualifying, setting the 11th fastest time in part one.
“It’s probably just a bit of balance really and getting the car to flow a little bit nicer than what it is,” said Waters.
“I think we get into the race and we’re not too bad. We’re definitely stronger in race pace.
‘I actually felt a bit better then and obviously it’s super tight to get in the 10. Definitely could have been in the 10 then, for sure.
“We’ll keep learning and hopefully move forward.”
Champion Chaz Mostert was only 14th in the #1 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Toyota Supra.
Mostert reported handling issues with his car and went off the road at Turn 3 on his final flying lap.
“Not sure at the moment, got a lot of stuff to go through,” said Mostert.
“Just not that confident out there is my very biggest issue.
“Just got a bit too much stuff going on with the car. Under drive it, over drive it – just trying to find the flow for me has been a little bit tricky so far this weekend.
“We tuned the car for today but still missing a piece of the puzzle.
“Little bit me, little bit car. Just not gelling right at the moment.”
Action at the ITM Christchurch Super440 continues with Qualifying for Race 3 at 9:00am AEST.
Results: Repco Supercars Championship ITM Christchurch Super440, Qualifying Race 2
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
17
Brodie Kostecki
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.0331
2
19
Matthew Payne
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.0675
0.0344
0.0344
3
3
Aaron Cameron
Blanchard Racing Team
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.2560
0.2229
0.1885
4
26
Kai Allen
Grove Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.2940
0.2609
0.038
5
88
Broc Feeney
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.3349
0.3018
0.0409
6
2
Ryan Wood
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:21.3439
0.3108
0.009
7
888
William Brown
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.3885
0.3554
0.0446
8
7
James Golding
Blanchard Racing Team
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.4503
0.4172
0.0618
9
8
Andre Heimgartner
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:21.6037
0.5706
0.1534
10
31
Jayden Ojeda
PremiAir Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:21.6543
0.6212
0.0506
Q1
11
6
Cameron Waters
Tickford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.6530
0.6199
12
14
Cameron Hill
Matt Stone Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:21.7291
0.696
0.0761
13
55
Thomas Randle
Tickford Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.7348
0.7017
0.0057
14
1
Chaz Mostert
Walkinshaw TWG Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:21.7472
0.7141
0.0124
15
777
Declan Fraser
PremiAir Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:21.7680
0.7349
0.0208
16
38
Rylan Gray
Dick Johnson Racing
Ford Mustang GT
1:21.8197
0.7866
0.0517
17
18
Anton De Pasquale
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:21.8347
0.8016
0.015
18
99
Cooper Murray
Erebus Motorsport
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:21.9619
0.9288
0.1272
19
10
Zach Bates
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:21.9896
0.9565
0.0277
20
4
Jack Le Brocq
Matt Stone Racing
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:22.0505
1.0174
0.0609
21
20
David Reynolds
Team 18
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:22.1549
1.1218
0.1044
22
9
Jobe Stewart
Erebus Motorsport
Chev Camaro ZL1
1:22.1844
1.1513
0.0295
23
96
Macauley Jones
Brad Jones Racing
Toyota GR Supra A90
1:22.1918
1.1587
0.0074
24
11
Jackson Walls
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Ford Mustang GT
1:22.4767
1.4436
0.2849