Overview
- Supercars, which runs Australia and New Zealand’s top touring car series, called off all Sunday sessions after Saturday’s consultation with New Zealand authorities confirmed an unacceptable risk in what the series called an unprecedented step.
- The race lost at Taupō will run on Friday at next weekend’s Christchurch Super440 at Ruapuna to keep the championship schedule whole.
- Before the cancellation, organisers reshuffled the weekend by moving the 200km feature from Sunday to Saturday, advancing start times, and dropping the Top 10 Shootout.
- MetService warned of a potentially life-threatening mix of severe winds, heavy rain, and coastal inundation, and a state of local emergency in the Waikato region reinforced the safety call.
- Ticketek NZ will contact Sunday ticket holders about refunds, giving fans clear options after the shortened two-day event.