Wood tops test
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 12 August 2025
WAU Kiwi Ryan Wood has carried on his good form by ending the Supercars mid-season test at Queensland Raceway on top.
Wood was the only driver to record a 1m08s lap time across the entire eight-hour day that included co-drivers with the enduros on the horizon.
The Kiwi’s 1:08.8415 was set at the back end of the day and was a massive three tenths clear of the rest in the afternoon session.
Next best was Craig Lowndes, who showed good speed in his return to the #888 Supercheap Auto wildcard, being 0.3183s off the pace.
Andre Heimgartner edged out Broc Feeney and Jamie Whincup after they topped the morning session, which stood as the second fastest time of the day.
Rounding out the top five were Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood.
But one of the biggest stories was the speed of the wildcards.
In addition to Lowndes and Zach Bates, Cameron Crick and Aaron Seton secured sixth, while Tickford Super2 racers Rylan Gray and Lochie Dalton ensured all three wildcards were in the top 11.
After seven entries raised a century of laps in the morning, only two achieved it in the afternoon, being Feeney and Whincup, plus Aaron Cameron and Zak Best.
Bates continued his form by going fastest in the first 90 minutes of the session by a slim 0.0098s over Heimgartner.
Then things stepped up at the death when Wood put the foot down.
Critically, Erebus youngster Jarrod Hughes gritted his teeth and got some laps in the #9 he will share with Jack Le Brocq.
With the test out of the way, teams are fully in enduro mode ahead of the AirTouch 500 at The Bend on September 12-14.
Image: Mark Horsburgh
Supercars test afternoon session results
2025 Ipswich Super440 (All Times AEST)
Friday 8 August
Practice 1 – 1: Broc Feeney 1:09.2078 2: Anton De Pasquale +0.1965 3: Cameron Hill +0.2271
Practice 2 – 1: Will Brown 1:08.4927 2: Broc Feeney +0.1419 3: Ryan Wood +0.2088
Saturday 9 August
Qualifying Race 23: 1 Broc Feeney 1:08.1301 2 Will Brown +0.1119 3 Ryan Wood +0.1866
Qualifying Race 24: 1 Broc Feeney 1:19.8014 2 Ryan Wood +0.4782 3 Will Brown +0.9097
Race 23 – 39 laps 1 Broc Feeney 2 Kai Allen +0.4739 3 Ryan Wood +1.1230
Race 24 – 39 laps 1 Will Brown 49:05.3349 2 Broc Feeney +0.8842 3 Ryan Wood +9.8118
Sunday 10 August
Qualifying Race 25 1 Anton De Pasquale 1:08.1543 2 Broc Feeney +0.0347 3 Zach Bates +0.1115
Top Ten Shootout 1 Broc Feeney 1:08.3493 2 Ryan Wood +0.4629 3 Will Brown +0.4807
Race 25 1 Broc Feeney Triple Eight 63 01:22:42.6615 – 2 Cameron Waters Tickford 63 +8.8096 +17 3 Kai Allen Grove Racing 63 +10.9325 +19
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