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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe start of the fourth Repco Supercars Championship race at the Christchurch 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\tThe start of the fourth Repco Supercars Championship race at the Christchurch Super440.<\/p>\n
All four races delivered big results, with Kai Allen surviving an attack from Brodie Kostecki on Friday before flipping that script on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Matt Payne put on a show for his home fans on Saturday afternoon with a dominant display and backed that up on Sunday in the feature race.<\/p>\n
Broc Feeney won the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy in a spectacular conclusion to the weekend when Ryan Wood\u2019s Toyota Supra suddenly stopped before Kostecki\u2019s bingle with Chaz Mostert.<\/p>\n
There was plenty of bumper-to-bumper racing, which peaked on Sunday afternoon when Jobe Stewart, Jackson Walls, and Rylan Gray created a Supercars sandwich on the first lap.<\/p>\n
Surprisingly, for all the off-track moments at Pothole and the door-banging action \u2013 there were only two Safety Cars across 172 laps for first lap melee on Sunday and Wood\u2019s ill Supra.<\/p>\n Kiwi Supercars fans flocked to Ruapuna for the three-day event, with more than 60,000 lining the perimeter of the 3.3km circuit.<\/p>\n Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger, who raced in the Historic Touring Cars, hailed the event a success.<\/p>\n Mauger thanked Supercars for having \u201cfaith\u201d in Christchurch for putting the event on.<\/p>\n Christchurch fought off interest from Cromwell and its Tony Quinn-owned Highlands destination.<\/p>\n Quinn hosted Team 18 boss Charlie Schwerkolt at Highlands in the lead up to the Christchurch round, continuing their push for Supercars to race there in 2029.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always said, we\u2019ve got to roll out the red carpet for these guys because there are others who would like to see it,\u201d Mauger said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to make it so the teams, the drivers really want to come back. I think you\u2019ve heard it from Broc, he loves it here, so keep it going.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone that you saw going around had a smile on their face. It was outstanding. Everyone was over the moon. It was good.\u201d<\/p>\n A talking point over the weekend was the circuit\u2019s facilities, which were bare-bones and make-shift in parts.<\/p>\n Erebus Motorsport had to set up its pit boom next to a portable building while Triple Eight Race Engineering ended up pitting outside of the Supercars scales.<\/p>\n Plans are in place to construct a permanent pit building in time for Supercars\u2019 return in 2027 as part of a broader upgrade plan.<\/p>\n Mauger said Supercars and its drivers expect better facilities.<\/p>\n \u201cThese guys are professional race teams and they need to have similar what they should expect \u2013 what they see in other places, we get it here,\u201d Mauger added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re working very hard. I understand the building consent is going in next week or the week after and then we\u2019ll start to get things moving.\u201d<\/p>\n In this week\u2019s poll, we want to know what you thought of Ruapuna Raceway and the Christchurch Super440.<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/speedcafe.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1.webp\")
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