{"id":373809,"date":"2026-04-11T01:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/373809\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T01:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:25:11","slug":"ryan-wood-brings-toyota-breakthrough-supercars-pole-at-taupo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/373809\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Wood brings Toyota breakthrough Supercars pole at Taupo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Wood celebrates taking pole position for the second Supercars race of the ITM Taupo Super440.<\/p>\n

There were jubilant scenes in the Walkinshaw TWG Racing garage as Wood topped the timesheets in the #2 Toyota Supra.<\/p>\n

The New Zealander set a 1:25.8734s to put 0.0169s on Triple Eight Race Engineering\u2019s Will Brown, who threatened to dethrone the hometown hero in the dying seconds of the two-part qualifying.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally cool. It\u2019s awesome. Big thank you to everyone, especially my team,\u201d said Wood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really tuned it up and that super soft [compound tyre] was tricky, so to rebound and work on my driving a lot in that session and get this pole means a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cCool to do it at home. Big thank you to all the fans. It\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wood\u2019s best lap wasn\u2019t completely clean. He flirted with the grass at Turn 9 and kicked up a bunch of dust through the high-speed right-hander.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I lost a little bit [of time]. I was pushing hard,\u201d said Wood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to be a little bit better but I\u2019m happy. Our race car needs a bit of work. We\u2019ll do the best we can. We\u2019re in a good two spots, so let\u2019s just go have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown was trailed by his teammate Broc Feeney, who had been the benchmark after the first run in the second part of qualifying.<\/p>\n

Brodie Kostecki paced the first leg of qualifying with a 1:25.8816s \u2013 the only driver to go under the 1m26s benchmark initially.<\/p>\n

However, he couldn\u2019t quite continue his timesheet-topping pace from the super soft compound tyre to the soft and wound up fourth.<\/p>\n

Fifth went the way of Blanchard Racing Team driver James Golding while the top 10 was completed by Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw TWG Racing), Anton De Pasquale (Team 18), Matt Payne (Grove Racing), Kai Allen (Grove Racing), and Cameron Waters (Tickford Racing).<\/p>\n

Chevrolet continued to struggle. No Camaro driver made the top 10 in qualifying for Race 1 and De Pasquale was the sole Camaro the top 10 in qualifying for Race 2.<\/p>\n

Matt Stone Racing driver Jack Le Brocq was once again on the cusp of making the top 10 but was 11th.<\/p>\n

Race 1 of the ITM Taupo Super440 gets underway at 10:20am AEST, the first 120km race of the weekend.<\/p>\n

Schedule changes due to the impending arrival of Cyclone Vaianu meant Supercars has brought the longer, 200km race forward to Saturday afternoon. Race 2 gets underway at 1:30pm AEST.<\/p>\n

Results: Repco Supercars Championship ITM Taupo Super440, Qualifying Race 2<\/p>\n

Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLap
\nDiff
\nGap<\/p>\n

1
\n2
\nRyan Wood
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:25.8734<\/p>\n

2
\n888
\nWilliam Brown
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:25.8903
\n0.0169
\n0.0169<\/p>\n

3
\n88
\nBroc Feeney
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:25.9328
\n0.0594
\n0.0425<\/p>\n

4
\n17
\nBrodie Kostecki
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:25.9432
\n0.0698
\n0.0104<\/p>\n

5
\n7
\nJames Golding
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.1274
\n0.254
\n0.1842<\/p>\n

6
\n1
\nChaz Mostert
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:26.1321
\n0.2587
\n0.0047<\/p>\n

7
\n18
\nAnton De Pasquale
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:26.2209
\n0.3475
\n0.0888<\/p>\n

8
\n19
\nMatthew Payne
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.2961
\n0.4227
\n0.0752<\/p>\n

9
\n26
\nKai Allen
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.4152
\n0.5418
\n0.1191<\/p>\n

10
\n6
\nCameron Waters
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.4337
\n0.5603
\n0.0185<\/p>\n

Q1<\/p>\n

11
\n4
\nJack Le Brocq
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:26.4994
\n0.626
\n0.0657<\/p>\n

12
\n55
\nThomas Randle
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.7619
\n0.8885
\n0.2625<\/p>\n

13
\n20
\nDavid Reynolds
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:26.7792
\n0.9058
\n0.0173<\/p>\n

14
\n3
\nAaron Cameron
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:26.8247
\n0.9513
\n0.0455<\/p>\n

15
\n31
\nJayden Ojeda
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:26.8717
\n0.9983
\n0.047<\/p>\n

16
\n8
\nAndre Heimgartner
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:26.9270
\n1.0536
\n0.0553<\/p>\n

17
\n9
\nJobe Stewart
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:26.9624
\n1.089
\n0.0354<\/p>\n

18
\n10
\nZach Bates
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:27.0099
\n1.1365
\n0.0475<\/p>\n

19
\n14
\nCameron Hill
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:27.0408
\n1.1674
\n0.0309<\/p>\n

20
\n99
\nCooper Murray
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:27.0481
\n1.1747
\n0.0073<\/p>\n

21
\n777
\nDeclan Fraser
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:27.1247
\n1.2513
\n0.0766<\/p>\n

22
\n38
\nRylan Gray
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.1918
\n1.3184
\n0.0671<\/p>\n

23
\n96
\nMacauley Jones
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:27.2709
\n1.3975
\n0.0791<\/p>\n

24
\n11
\nJackson Walls
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:27.3027
\n1.4293
\n0.0318<\/p>\n


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