{"id":295152,"date":"2026-02-21T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/295152\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:15:13","slug":"supercars-news-toyota-supra-strikes-engine-trouble-at-sydney-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/295152\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Toyota Supra strikes engine trouble at Sydney 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Andre-Heimgartner-Supra.jpg\" alt=\"Early engine failure halts Andre Heimgartner Toyota\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndre Heimgartner with his stranded Supra. Image: Fox Sports<\/p>\n<p>The #8 Brad Jones Racing Supra suffered a suspected engine failure at the exit of Turn 8 while running 12th on lap nine.<\/p>\n<p>Heimgartner brought the car to a stop on the circuit, with a trail of what appeared to be oil behind.<\/p>\n<p>That drew the first Safety Car of the season and triggered the field to dive into pitlane.<\/p>\n<p>Heimgartner had been the star for Toyota during the marque\u2019s debut Supercars race on Friday night, finishing eighth.<\/p>\n<p>All five Toyotas made it to the chequered flag on Friday, marking a major achievement after a last-minute rush to get the cars complete.<\/p>\n<p>Heimgartner\u2019s teammate Jones drove his Supra to the garage under the early Safety Car, albeit due to damage rather than a mechanical issue.<\/p>\n<p>Jones had damaged the undertray and a brake duct during an off-road excursion at the exit of Turn 7 in the early laps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285241\" 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\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/285241.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andre Heimgartner with his stranded Supra. Image: Fox Sports The #8 Brad Jones Racing Supra suffered a suspected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[39415,17819,111,139,69,9335,213],"class_list":["post-295152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-andre-heimgartner","tag-brad-jones-racing","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot2","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}