{"id":847347,"date":"2026-08-07T23:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847347\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:58:19","slug":"supercars-news-electrical-gremlin-hampered-team-18-wildcard-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/847347\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Electrical gremlin hampered Team 18 wildcard test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_8_7_SCA_DJ-02.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"Electrical gremlin hampered Team 18 wildcard test\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCraig Lowndes and Bayley Hall at The Bend. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n<p>The #15 Chevrolet Camaro was at the South Australian circuit ticking off Bayley Hall\u2019s allocated test ahead of his outing in the Sprint Cup finale at Ipswich this month.<\/p>\n<p>Super2 racer Hall only completed an estimated 20 uninterrupted flying laps throughout the day as the team traced an electrical issue.<\/p>\n<p>Enduro Cup co-driver Craig Lowndes was on hand to complete his permitted 10 laps, but did not drive the car due to the interrupted schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Team boss Adrian Burgess said the Camaro ran cleanly for the last hour of the day following the installation of a fresh wiring harness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was having a full power loss, so the dash would go down and the steering wheel would lose functions, and then you\u2019d lose power,\u201d Burgess told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was doing odd things. The wipers would turn on and all this sort of rubbish. You wouldn\u2019t be able to get through a race weekend like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe changed absolutely everything else and then we had to throw the \u2018Hail Mary\u2019 at it and put another chassis harness in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The additional wiring harness was at the circuit with Dick Johnson Racing, which carries a spare for use by the category.<\/p>\n<p>Team 18\u2019s wildcard chassis was raced by Mark Winterbottom throughout 2023\/24.<\/p>\n<p>It was used for wind tunnel duties in the recent off-season and ran faultlessly during an <a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-chevrolet-camaro-aerodynamic-test-photos-parity-team-18-anton-de-pasquale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">aerodynamic evaluation at Queensland Raceway in May.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1040429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_8_7_SCA_DJ-22.jpg\" alt=\"Bayley Hall \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Hall heads to the garage. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time the car ran was at the aero test and we didn\u2019t have a problem whatsoever with it, so it\u2019s a bit of an unknown,\u201d Burgess added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure we\u2019ll uncover that answer when we take [the wiring harness] out of the chassis next week and inspect it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the moment, we just threw another harness over the top of the current one just to get the thing running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that was a bit unfortunate, but better to have that happen here than at the next race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interruptions meant the team was unable to complete any pit stop practice, while Hall missed out on a planned list of setup changes.<\/p>\n<p>Burgess noted the Queensland Raceway event will allow the team to settle in before the program ramps up for the Enduro Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe probably go to QR a little bit undercooked as a group of people, and Bayley with his experience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when we put a set of greens on him, he was only a tenth away from some of the more established runners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be fair to him, he\u2019s still done a very good job for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team 18 has taken over the Supercheap Auto wildcard program from Triple Eight as part of the fallout of the latter team\u2019s switch to Ford.<\/p>\n<p>The wildcard will have a second test outing as part of the full-field day at Queensland Raceway following the Ipswich Super440.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-team-18-wildcard-craig-lowndes-bailey-hall-team-manager-dennis-huijser\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team 18 recruits ex-BRT crew chief for wildcard<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Lowndes and Bayley Hall at The Bend. 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