{"id":391939,"date":"2026-04-22T10:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391939\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:32:34","slug":"supercars-news-team-18-fuel-issue-led-to-basically-impossible-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391939\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Team 18 fuel issue led to \u2018basically impossible\u2019 race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reynolds struggled from the outset of the event, qualifying 18th for his 500th Supercars start on Friday and promptly being taken out in a three-car incident off the start.<\/p>\n

He then qualified 21st and 23rd for the Saturday races, complaining of some \u201cfunny stuff going on\u201d in the front-end of the Snowy River Camaro.<\/p>\n

Those races yielded finishes of just 21st (following a 15-second penalty for an early collision) and 19th.<\/p>\n

Reynolds again qualified 21st on Sunday morning but entered the race optimistic after an \u201ceducated guess\u201d on setup.<\/p>\n


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\u201cAll weekend I\u2019ve had no grip front or rear, but in qualifying the front was alive, it was energised,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could half use it, it was just making way too much grip and the rear couldn\u2019t hang on.\u201d<\/p>\n

A strong start to the 200km race was nullified when Reynolds had to take evasive action for an opening lap tangle, before his mission became even tougher.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the pit stop we didn\u2019t put enough fuel in, and that made the race basically impossible. I just had to save way too much fuel through both stints,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Safety Car came with five laps to go, we put some tyres on and took a swing at it and made up a couple of spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ended up 13th, which is a lot better than starting 21st.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anton De Pasquale leads Ryan Wood at Ruapuna Raceway. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

The fuel drama is understood to have stemmed from a slow fill rate that impacted both Team 18 entries.<\/p>\n

Teammate Anton De Pasquale started Sunday\u2019s race on the front-row but was shuffled back early due to a Turn 2 dive-bomb from Ryan Wood.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I] got an average start and then got unloaded on the restart,\u201d De Pasquale reflected, having at the time called Wood\u2019s effort \u201cone of the dumbest manoeuvres I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some fuel dramas and just dabbled around for the rest of the race.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Pasquale finished the race 11th, having banked a fifth and two sixths from the earlier heats at an event in which the Camaros sported aerodynamic revisions.<\/a><\/p>\n

The GM spearhead sits seventh in the standings after four rounds while Reynolds is 16th and Team 18 sixth amongst the teams\u2019.<\/p>\n


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