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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrodie Kostecki’s #17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang at the Taupo Super440.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrodie Kostecki’s #17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang at the Taupo Super440.<\/p>\n
Kostecki topped the first leg of qualifying and backed up that effort in the second part, logging a 1:26.8966s to put 0.1361s on his nearest rival Broc Feeney.<\/p>\n
A mistake by the Triple Eight Race Engineering driver at Turn 9 on his flying lap cost him valuable time, lamenting the fact post-session.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just looking at how much it cost me. To be honest, it probably would have been pretty close [to pole position], which would have been great,\u201d said Feeney, who ran wide.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyway. I\u2019m stoked with the front row. From where we were yesterday and even the first couple of runs this morning, that\u2019s awesome.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad a crack out there. Stoked to put it on the front row and we\u2019ll try and learn from that and go one better.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was an all-Ford top four with Matt Payne third in the Grove Racing Mustang while Will Brown was fourth in the other Triple Eight Mustang.<\/p>\n
Win a limited edition 1:18 scale model #8 BJR Camaro. Enter Now. <\/a><\/p>\n Ryan Wood was fifth in the first of the Toyota Supras for Walkinshaw TWG Racing.<\/p>\n The top 10 was completed by Kai Allen (Grove Racing), Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw TWG Racing), Thomas Randle (Tickford Racing), Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing), and James Golding (Blanchard Racing Team).<\/p>\n No Chevrolet Camaros made the top 10, with Jack Le Brocq the first of them in 11th for Matt Stone Racing.<\/p>\n Kostecki said he was surprised to score pole position, noting the form of the Triple Eight cars on their final run on used tyres.<\/p>\n \u201cJust really capitalised on the first run and you get limited tyres here,\u201d said Kostecki.<\/p>\n \u201cThe car is feeling really strong so far this weekend. I didn\u2019t really think it was going to be that great in qualifying, but stoked to get the Boost Mobile pole and we\u2019ll see how we go off the line.<\/p>\n \u201cThose Red Bull cars were quite good on the re-runs. I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll have our work cut out for us.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to regroup and go again and reset our brains for the new tyre.\u201d<\/p>\n Kostecki was particularly quick through the final sector, with the best split of any driver.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been focusing pretty much from the end of last year, trying to fix that up,\u201d Kostecki explained.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like we were really weak last year compared to our competitors. We seemed to have made all the right steps so far. There is always room for improvement.<\/p>\n \u201cRacing is a funny thing. Some things you tried two or three years ago didn\u2019t work, now it works.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re still working all that out and just stoked for everyone at Shell V-Power Racing and this Ford Mustang has been fast since Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n It was a session of rocks and diamonds for DJR with Kostecki\u2019s teammate Rylan Gray last of the 24 cars.<\/p>\n The second qualifying session to determine the grid for Race 2 gets underway at 8:35am AEST.<\/p>\n Results: Repco Supercars Championship ITM Super440, Qualifying Race 1<\/p>\n Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q1<\/p>\n 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLap
\nDiff
\nGap<\/p>\n
\n17
\nBrodie Kostecki
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.8966<\/p>\n
\n88
\nBroc Feeney
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.0327
\n0.1361
\n0.1361<\/p>\n
\n19
\nMatthew Payne
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.1552
\n0.2586
\n0.1225<\/p>\n
\n888
\nWilliam Brown
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.3182
\n0.4216
\n0.1630<\/p>\n
\n2
\nRyan Wood
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:27.5129
\n0.6163
\n0.1947<\/p>\n
\n26
\nKai Allen
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.5594
\n0.6628
\n0.0465<\/p>\n
\n1
\nChaz Mostert
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:27.6223
\n0.7257
\n0.0629<\/p>\n
\n55
\nThomas Randle
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.6792
\n0.7826
\n0.0569<\/p>\n
\n8
\nAndre Heimgartner
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:27.7674
\n0.8708
\n0.0882<\/p>\n
\n7
\nJames Golding
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.8738
\n0.9772
\n0.1064<\/p>\n
\n4
\nJack Le Brocq
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:27.5327
\n0.6361<\/p>\n
\n3
\nAaron Cameron
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.5489
\n0.6523
\n0.0162<\/p>\n
\n6
\nCameron Waters
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.6364
\n0.7398
\n0.0875<\/p>\n
\n11
\nJackson Walls
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.6572
\n0.7606
\n0.0208<\/p>\n
\n18
\nAnton De Pasquale
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:27.7014
\n0.8048
\n0.0442<\/p>\n
\n20
\nDavid Reynolds
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:27.7186
\n0.8220
\n0.0172<\/p>\n
\n14
\nCameron Hill
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:27.8046
\n0.9080
\n0.086<\/p>\n
\n31
\nJayden Ojeda
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:28.0365
\n1.1399
\n0.2319<\/p>\n
\n99
\nCooper Murray
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:28.0429
\n1.1463
\n0.0064<\/p>\n
\n777
\nDeclan Fraser
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:28.1554
\n1.2588
\n0.1125<\/p>\n
\n9
\nJobe Stewart
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:28.1662
\n1.2696
\n0.0108<\/p>\n
\n96
\nMacauley Jones
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:28.2445
\n1.3479
\n0.0783<\/p>\n
\n10
\nZach Bates
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:28.3668
\n1.4702
\n0.1223<\/p>\n
\n38
\nRylan Gray
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:28.4893
\n1.5927
\n0.1225<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Speedcafe-Comp-1_2026_Speedcafe-Graphics_Leaderboard_WIP1.jpg\")
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