{"id":448704,"date":"2026-05-28T01:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448704\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T01:50:26","slug":"news-payne-targeting-full-fitness-for-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448704\/","title":{"rendered":"news: Payne targeting full fitness for Darwin"},"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\tMatt Payne battled a wrist injury in Tasmania. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The Grove Racing driver sustained the injury when he crashed his mountain bike during the break between the Christchurch and Symmons Plains events.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Payne the injury never put his participation in Tasmania in doubt, however it did require significant rehab in the lead-up to the race weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even across the weekend there was clear management of the in jury with Payne often spotted putting a cooling sling on immediately after getting out of the car.<\/p>\n

Payne ended the weekend with an eighth, third and second from the three races and was pleased with how the wrist held up across three-days of on-track action.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now looking for more recovery in the coming weeks to ensure he\u2019s fully fit when the Supercars season resumes in Darwin on June 19-21.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of gear changes going on around [Symmons Plains] and there\u2019s some pretty quick laps, but yeah, I\u2019m really happy with it,\u201d Payne said of his wrist on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I\u2019m really happy to get through the weekend and being able to move on and have the next few weeks to get it even better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen it should be absolutely 100 percent for the next round.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of the effort that everyone\u2019s helped me with and the journey that we\u2019ve been on the last couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n


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