Bundy Red Racing finishes 8th at Winton

Read the thrilling achievement by David Reynolds who came eighth in his #24 Bundaberg Red Racing VE Commodore at the second race at Winton.
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May 21, 2009 - PRLog -- David Reynolds cracked his first top ten in the second race at Winton on the 03rd of May 2009, bringing his #24 Bundaberg Red Racing VE Commodore home in eighth position in spectacular fashion.    

Opting not to use the soft tyre in the first race on the 02nd of May 2009, Reynolds was one of the few down pit lane who banked it for the 200km race. Adopting a late pit stop strategy he came in on lap 42 to bolt on his green set of soft tyres and take on enough fuel to get to the end of the race. The stop put him back out mid pack and from there he began his charge up the order.  

One by one Reynolds took on each rival in front and lapping around 2 seconds faster than the rest of the field – one of the benefits of the soft tyre - it wasn’t long before he was knocking on the door of his first top ten. He made an impressive move on Championship leader Jamie Whincup late in the race but ran out laps to move much further.    

With a goal of finishing in the top 15 this weekend Reynolds exceeded his own expectations and showed his driving capabilities. Having pitted later than planned – with no safety car appearing – Reynolds could have potentially finished even higher.    

On top of his best race result Reynolds achieved his best qualifying position, placing his #24 Bundy Red Racing VE Commodore in 15th spot on the grid for the start of the second race. Expectations has been high for a top ten start for Race 2, making his eventual eighth position even more impressive. His Bundaberg Red Commodore has shown plenty of speed over the weekend.    

Reynolds’ Walkinshaw Racing team-mate Paul Dumbrell also faired well in Race 2. Like Reynolds he banked his soft tyres for the race and chose to start the race with them on the car. From fifth, it wasn’t long before Dumbrell took command of the race, clearly faster than the rest of the field he was able to bridge a healthy gap. He pitted at the first and only safety car – around lap 20 – and for the rest of race kept himself focused. He drove home solidly to finish fourth, narrowly missing his first ever podium.  

All four Walkinshaw Racing VE Commodores (Garth Tander, Will Davison, Paul Dumbrell and David Reynolds) finished inside the top ten, an impressive effort!    

The next event of the Championship is at Symmons Plains in Tasmania at the end of May 2009.  

David Reynolds - #24 Bundaberg Red Racing VE Commodore (Qualifying: 15th, 1:24.0970; Race 2: 8th

“It was an awesome effort by the whole team, Tom (Walkinshaw) helped us set our strategy and it came alive at the end there. We were hoping for a safety car around lap 38 or 40 and we would have pitted then and put on our ‘soft’ tyres - if that had have happened I think we could have put ourselves in a good position to fight for a race win. We have so much more speed than everyone else out there and I was just picking them off every lap. A top ten result is unreal, my aim was a top 15 finish and I have exceeded those expectations by a lot so it was great. It was a good feeling to pass Jamie (Whincup), I didn’t expect to come up behind him so quickly and the soft tyre speed I had allowed me to make a solid move.

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