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\"Matt<\/p>\n

By Andrew Clarke<\/p>\n

Date posted: 1 August 2026<\/p>\n

Matt Payne completed a qualifying double at the Bosch Power Tools Perth Super440, taking pole for Race 2 at Wanneroo Raceway on 1 August to line up alongside Broc Feeney on the front row.<\/p>\n

The Grove Racing driver set a best of 54.0667s in the second part of the two-part session, finishing 0.22s clear of Feeney. Payne had earlier claimed pole for Race 1, giving him top spot for both of the afternoon\u2019s sprint races.<\/p>\n

A saved set of fresh tyres proved decisive. Payne and teammate Kai Allen sat in the lane at the end of the opening segment to keep a new set for the run that mattered, and the championship leader used them to go to the top with 10 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n

Feeney bounces back<\/p>\n

Feeney\u2019s front-row start marked a turnaround from the first session, where he had qualified 13th. The Red Bull Ampol driver briefly led the second part, going 0.14s clear of Rylan Gray before Payne\u2019s late lap settled the order. Kai Allen qualified third, ahead of Thomas Randle and Chaz Mostert.<\/p>\n

\"Broc<\/p>\n

Broc Feeney\u2019s Red Bull Ampol Racing Mustang during the Perth Super440. Image: Supercars<\/p>\n

Tyre strategy shapes the second part<\/p>\n

Both Tickford cars, Cam Waters and Randle, stayed in the lane for the first run of the second segment. Gray was the early pacesetter, going to the top on the first flying lap before Feeney and then Payne moved ahead.<\/p>\n

Andre Heimgartner qualified sixth, ahead of Brodie Kostecki, Waters, Gray and Anton De Pasquale, who completed the top 10.<\/p>\n

Wood misses cut by 0.006s<\/p>\n

The opening segment, run on the super soft tyre, set positions 11 to 24. Payne topped it on his first run with a 54.04s lap despite a poor exit from Turn 6. On the final runs, Randle, Feeney and Kostecki all went quicker than Payne, while De Pasquale displaced Allen to drop the Grove driver to sixth in that segment.<\/p>\n

Ryan Wood was the first car outside the top 10, missing the cut by just 0.006s to Heimgartner and lining up 11th. Will Brown qualified 12th, extending a difficult run of qualifying form.<\/p>\n

Kostecki penalised for Race 1<\/p>\n

In separate news confirmed during the session, Brodie Kostecki was handed a two-grid-spot penalty for the afternoon\u2019s Race 1 following a driving infringement. Stewards ruled he impeded Heimgartner on the run to the final corner in the earlier qualifying session. Kostecki had qualified sixth for Race 1 and drops to eighth, behind teammate Gray.<\/p>\n

Race 2 of the Perth Super440 is scheduled for 3.55pm local time, 5.55pm on the east coast, and follows the weekend\u2019s opening race at 12.45pm.<\/p>\n

Race 2 qualifying result<\/p>\n

Pos
\nNo.
\nDriver
\nBest lap<\/p>\n

1
\n19
\nMatt Payne
\n54.0667s<\/p>\n

2
\n88
\nBroc Feeney
\n54.2849s<\/p>\n

3
\n26
\nKai Allen
\n54.3563s<\/p>\n

4
\n55
\nThomas Randle
\n54.4108s<\/p>\n

5
\n1
\nChaz Mostert
\n54.4437s<\/p>\n

6
\n8
\nAndre Heimgartner
\n54.5044s<\/p>\n

7
\n17
\nBrodie Kostecki
\n54.5513s<\/p>\n

8
\n6
\nCam Waters
\n54.5561s<\/p>\n

9
\n38
\nRylan Gray
\n54.5804s<\/p>\n

10
\n18
\nAnton De Pasquale
\n54.6223s<\/p>\n

11
\n2
\nRyan Wood
\n54.1783s<\/p>\n

12
\n888
\nWill Brown
\n54.2491s<\/p>\n

13
\n777
\nDeclan Fraser
\n54.2918s<\/p>\n

14
\n7
\nJames Golding
\n54.3595s<\/p>\n

15
\n4
\nJack Le Brocq
\n54.3771s<\/p>\n

16
\n31
\nJayden Ojeda
\n54.3807s<\/p>\n

17
\n96
\nMacauley Jones
\n54.3880s<\/p>\n

18
\n20
\nDavid Reynolds
\n54.3997s<\/p>\n

19
\n9
\nJobe Stewart
\n54.4274s<\/p>\n

20
\n14
\nCam Hill
\n54.4371s<\/p>\n

21
\n11
\nJackson Walls
\n54.4652s<\/p>\n

22
\n10
\nZach Bates
\n54.4887s<\/p>\n

23
\n99
\nCooper Murray
\n54.5248s<\/p>\n

24
\n3
\nAaron Cameron
\n54.5826s<\/p>\n

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