Kiwi driver Matthew Payne leads Supercars title race into Sandown Finals

Matthew Payne leads the championship as it heads to Sandown. Photo / Edge Photographics Kiwi Supercars driver Matthew Payne has some unfinished business at Sandown this weekend, where the penultimate round of the 2026 championship – the semi-finals of the competition’s Finals – is being held. Twelve months ago, Payne looked comfortably placed to progress to the Adelaide Grand Final until an unnecessary scrap with Cam Waters ended with both cars damaged and the Kiwi’s championship hopes in tatters. “It sucked at the time,” Payne told the Weekend Herald.