Team 18 wrapped up a dramatic weekend at the Tasmania Super440 with a strong sixth-place finish for David Reynolds in Race 13, marking his best result of the 2025 Repco Supercars Championship season so far.

Reynolds started 12th on the grid in the TRADIE Energy Chevrolet and executed his two-stop strategy to perfection. After pitting on Lap 24 for tyres and fuel, a well-timed safety car just three laps later allowed the team to pit again and complete his second compulsory stop. As the field cycled through their stops, Reynolds emerged in third and held off some of the later stoppers before ultimately crossing the line in sixth.

De Pasquale showed strong pace earlier in the day in the DEWALT Camaro, progressing through qualifying and clocking the fourth fastest time to progress to the Top 10 Shootout. A shift-cut issue during his shootout lap cost him time, relegating him to tenth on the starting grid.

Unfortunately his race came undone at Turn 1 when he was hit by Cooper Murray, who received a 15-second penalty for the incident. The contact caused exhaust damage, sidelining the car in the garage for several laps. Despite the setback, De Pasquale returned to the track and was classified 23rd at the finish.

Reynolds praised the team’s improved car balance and strategy execution, and said it was a promising step forward after a tough start to the season.

De Pasquale, while frustrated by circumstances outside his control, was buoyed by the car’s pace and is optimistic heading into the next round.

Team 18 now turn their attention to Perth’s Carco Raceway, set to host Round 5 of the Supercars Championship on 6-8 June.

RESULTS & QUOTES

Anton De Pasquale, driver #18 DEWALT Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Qualifying (Race 13): 4th

Shootout: 10th

Race 13: 23rd

“This weekend was a bit of a disaster for us. We had a lot of little different things go wrong and races didn’t go to plan.

“We qualified a lot better today, made the shootout which was really cool for everyone, and then the sane little issue happened in the shootout.

“I started tenth and from there got absolutely t-boned at Turn 1. It closed all the exhaust up so we had no horsepower and that sort of derailed our whole day.

“A lot of it was out of our hands but still not ideal for the points loss, but we’ll move on and go to Perth, have some fast cars and get some good results.

David Reynolds, driver #20 TRADIE Energy Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Qualifying (Race 13): 12th

Race 13: 6th

“Much better weekend from our TRADIE Energy Chevy car. What a race for us today. I’m pretty happy in its overall performance. We rolled out in practice relatively strong. We had a good base to start from last year and we’ve changed a lot of parts in the car, so obviously we’re starting to bear a bit of fruit and we’re starting to understand it and work on our balance a lot more.

“Qualifying is still not there yet, but in the race we’re still not there yet, but it was a much better start. It’s a much better weekend than we had the first three rounds. Really looking forward to the next couple of rounds and we can work on the balance of our car and make it better and start to really understand what’s going on.”

“I’ve had a great weekend, had a good race. The last race was all strategy. We probably should have finished 15th, but we ended up sixth. We made around nine spots from an awesome strategy and can’t wait to keep it going.”