2017 Bathurst winner, David Reynolds, was fifth throughout the opening laps of the 40-minute qualifying session at Mount Panorama when he misplaced management of the Team18 Chevrolet Camaro, crunching into the concrete wall at The Esses with 23 minutes remaining.
Consequently, he misplaced his greatest qualifying lap and dropped out of competition for Saturday’s High 10 Shootout. By the tip of the session, he had dropped to twenty first.
Reynolds instantly let his staff know he was unharmed and later defined the reason for the crash to the Supercars broadcaster.
“I used to be pushing actually laborious, the automotive was getting higher,” he stated. “I in all probability shouldn’t have stayed up for that second lap as a result of the automotive was beginning to go away and every little thing will get a bit extra skatey.
“I ought to have put the subsequent set on and gone however I used to be in all probability pushing too laborious for the situations and bought bitten dangerous.”
Confirming his situation, Reynolds added: “I’m fantastic, greater than fantastic. I’m truly simply actually indignant that it occurred. However we’re pushing the boundaries and each every so often that occurs.
Reynolds’s crash comes 24 hours after his co-driver Warren Luff – who works as a stunt driver – pirouetted the automotive on the identical part of observe whereas solely scratching the automotive.
David Reynolds, Crew 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Picture by: Edge Photographics
“Clearly, I’m not as expert as Luffy – he saved it yesterday and I crashed,” Reynolds joked.
Watching from the storage whereas his team-mate accomplished the qualifying session, Luff support of the incident: “He bought a bit of bit offline and when he took the kerb up the highest, it simply bought a little bit of an ungainly bounce and, sadly, he was only a little bit of a passenger.
“Not splendid, however that’s Bathurst. The boys will get caught in tonight and I’m certain we’ll flip the automotive round and can have a fast automotive on Sunday.”
Qualifying got here to an finish when Shell V-Energy Racing driver Will Davison grew to become the newest driver to be bitten by The Dipper – damaging all 4 corners of his Ford Mustang.
