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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 during the ITM Christchurch Super440. Image: InSyde Media<\/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 during the ITM Christchurch Super440. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n
Kostecki pipped Grove Racing\u2019s Matt Payne by 0.0344s while Aaron Cameron qualified a standout third for the Blanchard Racing Team.<\/p>\n
It was an all-Ford top five with Friday afternoon\u2019s race winner Kai Allen fourth for Grove Racing while Triple Eight Race Engineering\u2019s Broc Feeney was fifth.<\/p>\n
\u201cStoked with that one. Put together a pretty good lap but the Grove cars are pretty fast again, so I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll have our work cut out for us in the race,\u201d said Kostecki.<\/p>\n
After Race 1, Kostecki lamented the end of Friday\u2019s race as he couldn\u2019t get past eventual race winner Kai Allen.<\/p>\n
He said Dick Johnson Racing made a day-to-day swing at the set-up in their quest to find more time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe actually changed the car quite a lot for today, trying to find a bit more stability for the race,\u201d Kostecki explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s 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\u2019ll see how it plays out in the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Despite leaving some time on the table, Wood did not do a second run and wound up sixth and 0.3108s in arrears.<\/p>\n
Will Brown (Triple Eight) was seventh ahead of James Golding (Blanchard Racing Team), Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing), and PremiAir Racing\u2019s Jayden Ojeda.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Cameron Waters narrowly missed out on making it through to the second leg of qualifying, setting the 11th fastest time in part one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably just a bit of balance really and getting the car to flow a little bit nicer than what it is,\u201d said Waters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we get into the race and we\u2019re not too bad. We\u2019re definitely stronger in race pace.<\/p>\n
\u2018I actually felt a bit better then and obviously it\u2019s super tight to get in the 10. Definitely could have been in the 10 then, for sure.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll keep learning and hopefully move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Champion Chaz Mostert was only 14th in the #1 Walkinshaw TWG Racing Toyota Supra.<\/p>\n
Mostert reported handling issues with his car and went off the road at Turn 3 on his final flying lap.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot sure at the moment, got a lot of stuff to go through,\u201d said Mostert.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust not that confident out there is my very biggest issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust got a bit too much stuff going on with the car. Under drive it, over drive it \u2013 just trying to find the flow for me has been a little bit tricky so far this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe tuned the car for today but still missing a piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle bit me, little bit car. Just not gelling right at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Action at the ITM Christchurch Super440 continues with Qualifying for Race 3 at 9:00am AEST.<\/p>\n
Results: Repco Supercars Championship ITM Christchurch Super440, Qualifying Race 2<\/p>\n
Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nCar
\nLap
\nDiff
\nGap<\/p>\n
1
\n17
\nBrodie Kostecki
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.0331<\/p>\n
2
\n19
\nMatthew Payne
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.0675
\n0.0344
\n0.0344<\/p>\n
3
\n3
\nAaron Cameron
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.2560
\n0.2229
\n0.1885<\/p>\n
4
\n26
\nKai Allen
\nGrove Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.2940
\n0.2609
\n0.038<\/p>\n
5
\n88
\nBroc Feeney
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.3349
\n0.3018
\n0.0409<\/p>\n
6
\n2
\nRyan Wood
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:21.3439
\n0.3108
\n0.009<\/p>\n
7
\n888
\nWilliam Brown
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.3885
\n0.3554
\n0.0446<\/p>\n
8
\n7
\nJames Golding
\nBlanchard Racing Team
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.4503
\n0.4172
\n0.0618<\/p>\n
9
\n8
\nAndre Heimgartner
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:21.6037
\n0.5706
\n0.1534<\/p>\n
10
\n31
\nJayden Ojeda
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:21.6543
\n0.6212
\n0.0506<\/p>\n
Q1<\/p>\n
11
\n6
\nCameron Waters
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.6530
\n0.6199<\/p>\n
12
\n14
\nCameron Hill
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:21.7291
\n0.696
\n0.0761<\/p>\n
13
\n55
\nThomas Randle
\nTickford Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.7348
\n0.7017
\n0.0057<\/p>\n
14
\n1
\nChaz Mostert
\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:21.7472
\n0.7141
\n0.0124<\/p>\n
15
\n777
\nDeclan Fraser
\nPremiAir Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:21.7680
\n0.7349
\n0.0208<\/p>\n
16
\n38
\nRylan Gray
\nDick Johnson Racing
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:21.8197
\n0.7866
\n0.0517<\/p>\n
17
\n18
\nAnton De Pasquale
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:21.8347
\n0.8016
\n0.015<\/p>\n
18
\n99
\nCooper Murray
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:21.9619
\n0.9288
\n0.1272<\/p>\n
19
\n10
\nZach Bates
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:21.9896
\n0.9565
\n0.0277<\/p>\n
20
\n4
\nJack Le Brocq
\nMatt Stone Racing
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:22.0505
\n1.0174
\n0.0609<\/p>\n
21
\n20
\nDavid Reynolds
\nTeam 18
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:22.1549
\n1.1218
\n0.1044<\/p>\n
22
\n9
\nJobe Stewart
\nErebus Motorsport
\nChev Camaro ZL1
\n1:22.1844
\n1.1513
\n0.0295<\/p>\n
23
\n96
\nMacauley Jones
\nBrad Jones Racing
\nToyota GR Supra A90
\n1:22.1918
\n1.1587
\n0.0074<\/p>\n
24
\n11
\nJackson Walls
\nTriple Eight Race Engineering
\nFord Mustang GT
\n1:22.4767
\n1.4436
\n0.2849<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brodie Kostecki during the ITM Christchurch Super440. Image: InSyde Media Kostecki pipped Grove Racing\u2019s Matt Payne by 0.0344s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,1732,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-385037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-slot4","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385037","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=385037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}