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<\/a><\/p>\nEnduro Cup co-driver Todd Hazelwood drove the #17 Ford Mustang to and from the circuit, as well as undertaking autograph signing session duties in Kostecki\u2019s place.<\/p>\n
A DJR spokesperson told Speedcafe Kostecki is battling a virus but will be fit to take to the track on Friday.<\/p>\n
Hazelwood is at the event to race in the Trans Am Cup Series and will again partner with Kostecki at The Bend and Bathurst later this year.<\/p>\n
The Hidden Valley event is one of the most tortuous of the season for drivers due to the heat, triggering new cooling rules to be introduced ahead of the event.<\/p>\n
Darwin\u2019s heat also makes Track to Town a tough one for the cars, which travel to and from the circuit at low speed under police escort.<\/p>\n
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David Reynolds\u2019 Team 18 Camaro. Image: Richard Gresham<\/p>\n
David Reynolds\u2019 Team 18 Camaro was taken back to the circuit on a flatbed truck after its engine overheated on the way to town.<\/p>\n
Chaz Mostert meanwhile arrived in the city as the last of the 24 cars, having pulled to the side of the road partway through the journey.<\/p>\n
The team said Mostert was tending to an issue with the gear shifter in his #1 Toyota Supra.<\/p>\n
Supercars will take to the track on Friday for a single practice session, qualifying and the opening race of the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd Hazelwood with Rylan Gray at the Track to Town signing session. Image: Richard Gresham Enduro Cup co-driver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,2497,806,805,803,804,12357,85,97722],"class_list":["post-744200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brodie-kostecki","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot1","tag-sports","tag-todd-hazelwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744200","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=744200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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