Wood wins Supercars in Taupo for Toyota
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Wellington's Ryan Wood has claimed a breakthrough win at the Taupō 400 Supercars - Toyota's first Supercars race winner.
After claiming the teams first pole position earlier in the day, 22-year-old Wood dominated most of the 60 laps in Race 9.
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he nearly came unstuck when he lost his lead to team-mate Chaz Mostert in the final pit stop sequence on Lap 43 but quickly recovered.
With eight laps to go Wood edged ahead of Mostert and never looked back. Broc Feeney came second and Mostert third, to round out the podium.
Australian driver Brodie Kostecki won saturday's first race to extend his Supercars Championship lead.
Sunday's racing was cancelled due to the cyclone in the North Island.
Supercars now heads to Christchurch and Ruapuna raceway next weekend.
