A weekend in Tasmania; The 2026 Tasmania Super 440
- Cassandra Nicholls
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It was a weekend of unexpected results and dramas. The Symmons Plains raceway is a fast track, with lap times close to 55 seconds, so the races are always one to watch given the difference in track length compared to Melbourne SuperSprint and similar tracks.
Race 14:
Race 14 saw Chaz Mostert win his first ever race with Toyota during the 2026 season, driving a brilliant race with close to a 5 second gap to P2. Mostert’s race start was anything but pretty, experiencing wheel spin off the start finish line which dropped him behind Anton De Pasquale. His teammate Ryan Wood had a tough time, all the way down in P14. However, the weekend in Tasmania would not end up too bad for the Walkinshaw pairing.
David Reynolds impressed the field, finishing behind Mostert in P2. The Team 18 driver has already proven his capability based on previous experience, but Supercars always prove that anything can happen.
Brodie Kostecki was the P3 finisher for race 14. Having a quiet start with no positions gained or lost until De Pasquale was moved aside by Andre Heimgartners Supra on lap 2. Broc Feeney was following closely behind Kosteckis Shell V-Power Mustang hoping he would make a mistake, but given the experience for Kostecki, it was very unlikely. Feeney eventually would have to settle for P4, just behind Kostecki.
Andre Heimgartner had a great result in race 14, finishing in P5. He was able to prove his ability in driving, given he is often overlooked. The weekend in Tasmania was a win for him. By the final lap, he was roughly 1 second behind Feeney and drove a near perfect race. There was even earlier fight for track position against Anton De Pasquale as well, where he pushed to the absolute limit for the overtake, which eventually paid off.
P6 was Anton De Pasquale who after the earlier incident with Mostert, Reynolds and Heimgartner were still able to keep within the top 10. After the near perfect race start though, it would not have been as fulfilling, losing 4 positions from his original starting position of P2.
P7 was the Supra of Cam Hill, who had a quiet race to himself. The Supra’s have started to appear to be a real competitor, after they’ve been able to work through the difficulties of the new cars. We have seen from both Brad Jones Racing and Walkinshaw TWG Racing, that they are beginning to work their magic with the cars.
P8 was Matt Payne who began with a miserable starting position in P19 after a difficult qualifying session. By the end of race 14, he had made up 11 positions for that P8 result. His teammate Kai Allen had a race he would much rather forget only making it to P19.
The P9 result went to a hardworking Will Brown. Starting out of the top 10, on a track that is quite difficult to overtake on, he managed to make up 3 spots to finish within the top 10. Although like De Pasquale, the result would be tough especially compared to the success of their teammates.
Our last spot in the top 10 went to a young driver, Jayden Ojeda. Ojeda had a great race making up 3 positions as well and showing off his ability as a driver. We haven’t been able to see his true pace so far in the 2026 season, so this result was able to clarify a bit more for who he is.
Race 15:
Race 15 was a big one celebrating 100 races down at Symmons Plains raceway. The race itself was also a great one to watch.
We were able to witness an Andre Heimgartner P1 result after a perfect start to his race, he was able to hang on and secure that top spot. With an early battle and a determined Broc Feeney breathing down his neck, he kept it cool, calm and collected.
Broc Feeney was the driver in P2. He really put all his effort into aiming for the front of the field, however despite all the hard work and determination during race 15, P2 was the most he could secure. Red Bull Ampol Racing had a great race 15, with Will Brown making it to P4 and scoring some essential points for the team. The team still has a very healthy lead in the constructors, but any points are good points.
P3 ended up going to Matt Payne. Although starting on the front row alongside Heimgartner, he had a tough start, which resulted in the Feeney overtake. For Payne though, it was still another podium finish to add to his continued positive results.
Anton De Pasquale had another strong result with a top 5 finish in race 15. It was a tough qualifying, but he was able to make up some good positions during the race itself which he ultimately benefitted from.
P6 was another good result, this time for Penrite Racing with Kai Allen also scoring points. He was one of the most impressive drivers during the race, given there was close to 11 positions gained for the young driver.
The Tickford duo was able to get double points during race 15. Race 14 was difficult, but they were able to improve on their results finishing P7 for Cam Waters and P10 for Thomas Randle.
Ryan Wood was able to secure some big points for the Walkinshaw crew, finishing in P8. These results were also helped by an issue with Brodie Kostecki’s car, due to an incident early on between Reynolds, Kostecki and Wood which saw Kostecki drop down to P24.
P9 was another Supra, belonging to Cam Hill who drove a great race, securing vital big points for Brad jones Racing. Hill was down 2 positions than the original qualifying spots, however proving that BJR are looking to work and become more of a threat to the mid pack in the constructors.
Race 16:
The last race at Symmons Plains for the 2026 season. The longest race of the weekend with 84 laps of racing to go on.
Broc Feeney was our big winner on the Sunday, securing plenty of points to continue his healthy lead in the championship fight. He was also able to keep a decent distance to the drivers behind, with just over 7 seconds to the driver in P2. Despite a good fight from teammate Will Brown, he would only manage to finish P5, although showed plenty of promise right off the bat starting on lap 1. This still ensures 68 points between Red Bull Ampol Racing and Penrite Racing in the championship fight.
The remaining podium places went to the drivers down at Penrite Racing. Matt Payne was able to secure the P2 spot, ahead of teammate Kai Allen. An impressive result for Penrite, given the difficult start to the weekend itself.
Anton De Pasquale finished ahead of Will Brown in P4, although a quiet weekend for him, especially in race 16, with 5 seconds between himself and Brown on track, there wasn’t much going on for him.
Two drivers that I didn’t expect to see in the middle of the top 10 were Jayden Ojeda who drove brilliantly to finish P6 and was being chased down by a very determined Aaron Cameron who finished in P7. Aaron Cameron has had some of the most difficult results so far, with race incidents that weren’t his fault taking him out of top 10 contention, it was about time for a decent result.
Walkinshaw TWG Racing were able to secure more points for the team with their driver pairing both scoring in race 16. Ryan Wood was able to finish P8, whilst his teammate Chaz Mostert gained 9 positions to finish P9.
The final driver within the top 10 for race 16 was Cam Waters. Although his teammate was behind him, he was experiencing a race like De Pasquale. A very quiet one, but with a still positive result.
Our current top 5 after the race weekend in Tasmania looks like this:
1. Broc Feeney – 1211pts
2. Matt Payne – 1121pts
3. Brodie Kostecki – 1038pts
4. Cam Waters – 934pts
5. Kai Allen – 917pts
We move on and head up to Darwin this weekend for the Triple Crown weekend. During the weekend we see some beautiful liveries and experience some of the best racing you often see in Supercars. The on-track action begins on June 19.
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