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Brodie Kostecki heavily damaged the front-end of his Shell Ford in a head-on hit with the barriers at Turn 2 during Saturday morning qualifying.<\/a><\/p>\n The team was allowed to take the car offsite for repairs \u2013 performing work at DJR headquarters and the nearby Pace Innovations<\/a> \u2013 before completing the rebuild overnight at the circuit.<\/p>\n While the repaired car contested the Sunday race, finishing 11th, DJR has deemed it\u2019ll need more work before returning to the track.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s some other remediation work that will need to take place with that chassis, so Brodie will slip into the spare car for Sandown and Adelaide,\u201d DJR co-owner Ryan Story told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n Kostecki is being moved into the team\u2019s other previously raced Erebus-built chassis, which teammate Will Davison campaigned from the Perth round through to The Bend.<\/p>\n It was sidelined ahead of the Bathurst 1000 following a request from Davison to switch back to the Pace-built chassis in which he\u2019d started the season.<\/a><\/p>\n Story affirmed no issues were found with the car that Davison stepped out of and expects a smooth transition for Kostecki.<\/p>\n Teen rookie to replace Will Davison in full-time DJR drive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The team co-owner also confirmed DJR\u2019s purchase of a spare Erebus-built chassis from the Blanchard Racing Team.<\/p>\n BRT, which currently fields Pace chassis, had planned to move to the James White-built Erebus examples but has changed strategy amid a 2026 tie-up with Triple Eight.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBRT bought an Erebus chassis and were in a position where they weren\u2019t going to build it up,\u201d Story explained.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven that\u2019s the spec we\u2019ve been racing, we hatched a deal. It\u2019s good for them, good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n The ex-BRT chassis is set to be repainted in DJR\u2019s chassis colour before being built into a complete car.<\/p>\n While the BRT deal gives DJR one more White-built chassis, the Shell team remains in an interesting position given Erebus\u2019 pledge to shut down its customer program.<\/p>\n DJR\u2019s much-vaunted switch from Pace to Erebus chassis occurred ahead of 2025 as Kostecki and race engineers George Commins and Tom Moore switched between squads.<\/p>\n While the Gen3 chassis are of a control specification, Kostecki has spruiked the tolerances and attention to detail on the construction of the Erebus chassis as superior.<\/p>\n Davison\u2019s Pace-built chassis underwent repairs post-Bathurst. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n However, Erebus boss Barry Ryan declared in June that the team regrets selling chassis to rival teams<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThat may well be the case, and we respect Barry and any business decisions they make,\u201d Story said when asked of future chassis plans.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we\u2019ve got three, we\u2019re happy with that and we\u2019ve got a good relationship with Pace Innovations. How we go forward from there, time will tell.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/564801232_1288825253258664_1720720707722289633_n.jpg\")
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