Reynolds “bit bad” with a crash in qualifying at Bathurst

2017 Bathurst winner David Reynolds was fifth during the opening laps of the 40-minute qualifying session at Mount Panorama when he lost control of the Team18 Chevrolet Camaro and crashed into the concrete wall with 23 minutes to go at The Esses .

As a result, he lost his best qualifying lap and was out of contention for Saturday’s Top 10 Shootout. By the end of the session he had dropped to 21st place.

Reynolds immediately informed his team that he was uninjured and later explained the cause of the crash to the Supercars broadcaster.

“I pushed really hard, the car kept getting better,” he said. “I probably shouldn’t have stayed up that second lap because the car started to pull away and everything got a little more skatey.

“I should have put the next set on and gone, but I probably pushed too hard for the conditions and got bit badly.”

Reynolds confirmed his condition, adding: “I’m doing well, more than fine. I’m actually just really angry that it happened. But we push our boundaries and every now and then that happens.

Reynolds’ crash comes 24 hours after his co-driver Warren Luff – who works as a stunt driver – pirouetted the car on the same part of the track while merely scratching the car.

David Reynolds, Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Photo by: Edge Photographics

“I’m obviously not as skilled as Luffy – he saved him yesterday and I crashed,” Reynolds joked.

Luff watched from the garage as his teammate completed the qualifying session and helped explain the incident: “He went a bit offline and when he took the curb at the top he got a bit of an awkward jump and, unfortunately, he was only a bit passenger.

‘Not ideal, but that’s Bathurst. The boys will get stuck tonight and I’m sure we’ll turn the car around and have a fast car on Sunday.”

Qualifying came to an end when Shell V-Power Racing driver Will Davison became the latest driver to be bitten by The Dipper, damaging all four corners of his Ford Mustang.