{"id":611677,"date":"2026-04-16T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611677\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:57:17","slug":"supercars-news-team-18-reveals-new-number-for-reynolds-milestone-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611677\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Team 18 reveals new number for Reynolds\u2019 milestone race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-Reynolds-EV03-26-MH7_4373.jpg\" alt=\"Team 18 reveals new number for Reynolds\u2019 milestone race\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Reynolds in the #20 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro. Image: Mark Horsburgh<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a belated celebration for Reynolds, who was set to achieve the feat at the ITM Taupo Super440 until the third race of the weekend was cancelled due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s race at the Christchurch Super440 will instead be where he raises the bat.<\/p>\n<p>The team will also sport celebratory t-shirts, which unfortunately have Taupo instead of Christchurch on them due to the unexpected schedule change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c500 races is a massive achievement, and it says a lot about the kind of driver and person Dave is,\u201d said Team 18 boss Charlie Schwerkolt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo compete at this level for that long, stay competitive and still love what he does and that\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince coming into Team 18, he\u2019s brought a huge amount of experience and energy to the group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4cq9M8W\" style=\"color:#f06d25;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here <\/a>to see what it takes to build the Gold Coast street circuit <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s played a big part in where we\u2019re heading as a team, and that Bathurst podium last year was a great example of what he can do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut more than that, he\u2019s just a genuine character. What you see is what you get with Dave, and that\u2019s why fans love him. He brings personality to the sport, and you need that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really proud to have him with us for this milestone, and hopefully we can help him celebrate it the right way out on track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1027803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5558.jpg\" alt=\"#500 on David Reynolds' Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>#500 on David Reynolds\u2019 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds has been part of the Team 18 fold since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Snowy River Caravans CEO Andrew Crank acknowledged Reynolds\u2019 landmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid\u2019s 500th race is an incredible achievement in arguably the most competitive motorsport category in the world,\u201d said Crank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a testament to David\u2019s performance, perseverance, and passion for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to support him and Team 18 as they continue to embody the same values we hold at Snowy River Caravans \u2013 resilience, performance, and the joy of the journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMilestones like this remind us why Australians and New Zealanders love racing and the spirit of adventure behind every lap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supercars action at the ITM Christchurch Super440 gets underway with Practice at 7:35am AEST.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/297417\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/297417.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Reynolds in the #20 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro. Image: Mark Horsburgh It\u2019s been a belated celebration for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,42656,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-611677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-david-reynolds","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}