David Reynolds

The likely podium result came unstuck when a delaminated front left tyre put him in the sand trap at turn 6, and he eventually finished in 22nd place.

Reynolds paired with Dean Canto for the year's endurance races, and started from the front row start at the Sandown 500, eventually finishing in 6th place.

David Reynolds (born 3 July 1985) is an Australian professional racing driver.

He currently drives in the Repco Supercars Championship for Team 18, racing the No. 20 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

Reynolds stepped into a national series campaign in the 2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship, finishing outside the top ten at series end.

For 2004 Reynolds joined the Sonic Motor Racing Services for what would be four years and bring two national championships.

First came victory in the 2004 Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Moving away from open wheelers, Reynolds became part of Team Sonic expansion into Carrera Cup Australia.

Finishing fifth in his first season, Reynolds stepped into third as the series transitioned from the Porsche 996 to the Porsche 997 in the 2006 season.

After a season-long battle with Alex Davison and Craig Baird, Reynolds claimed the 2007 title.

Reynolds' 2007 form in Carrera Cup made him a natural fit for an endurance race co-driver role and he was signed to drive with the HSV Dealer Team until Paul Radisich became available after he left Team Kiwi Racing.

He moved into a co-driver role with Cameron McConville at Paul Weel Racing but the team failed to finish the Sandown 500, and failed to start the Bathurst as the engine failed on the warm-up lap.

With Team Sonic not yet ready to step into the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, Reynolds joined 2007 Fujitsu Series Champions Tony D'Alberto Racing, finishing his first season in the category fourth in the standings.

Unfortunately, Reynolds' results from the 2008 V8 Supercars endurance events resembled those from the year prior.

Paired with Paul Dumbrell, they failed to finish the Phillip Island 500.

This preceded a Bathurst 1000 on the sidelines after Reynolds gave up his seat in Dumbrell's car for Rick Kelly, after Kelly's car was unable to be repaired for the race from Radisich's career-ending crash in practice.

In 2009, Reynolds drove for Walkinshaw Racing in the #24 Bundaberg Red Racing Holden VE Commodore, partnering Paul Dumbrell in the Autobarn Commodore as part of a new four-car squad.

He displayed promise throughout the season, but was generally struck with bad luck.

A standout performance for the year occurred at Barbagallo Raceway, where Reynolds ran in the top three cars for most of the race.

In the final standings, Reynolds placed in 22nd for the year, without a contract for the 2010 season.

For 2010, Reynolds was retained by Walkinshaw Racing for the endurance events, joining Will Davison in the #22 Toll HRT Holden VE Commodore at Phillip Island and Bathurst.

The pairing had a strong showing at the Bathurst 1000, with the car being in the top five cars for most of the day.

However, while running in third with only a handful of laps remaining, Davison had a race-ending crash at the top of the mountain.

For the Gold Coast 600, Reynolds joined Fabian Coulthard in the #24 Bundaberg Red Racing Holden, in order for the four-car Walkinshaw team to abide by the international co-driver regulations at the time.

For the 2011 season, Reynolds joined Kelly Racing to drive the #16 Stratco Holden VE Commodore, with Greg Murphy as his teammate.

From midway through the 2011 season, tensions began showing between the team and Reynolds and his engineer James Small.

This came to a head when at Phillip Island, remarks over team radio from Small aimed towards Rick Kelly caused Small to be let go from the team.

Reynolds stated that he was unsure if he would race at Bathurst that year, much less the rest of the season.

Reynolds would go on to finish the season with Kelly Racing, but was released from his contract after only one year of his two-year deal at the team to pursue other opportunities.

After widely reported rumours of the move, for the 2012 season Reynolds switched teams and manufacturers to join Rod Nash Racing to drive the #55 Bottle-O Ford FG Falcon prepared by Ford Performance Racing.

He was rejoined by James Small, his engineer from the previous season.

Reynolds' 2012 season was a notable step up from years past, with consistent top ten qualifying positions and race results recorded throughout the year.

Despite consistently performing at his new team, accidents, mechanical failures, and bad luck marred the season, with multiple promising race results being compromised.

Reynolds scored his first pole position at Townsville after numerous front-row starts, eventually finishing 6th.

For the 2012 Bathurst 1000, the 50th running of the event, the Rod Nash Racing car paid homage to the 1967 Bathurst winning car of Fred Gibson and Harry Firth, with a livery closely resembling the winning car, a 1967 Ford Falcon GT.

The team also changed the car number to 52 for the race.

He won the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with co-driver Luke Youlden.

In 2021, he formed cartopia.com.au with fellow Supercars driver Will Brown.

Despite racing in the oldest car in the field at the time, he achieved a credible 19th placing in the championship.

The season was highlighted by a couple top 5 finishes as well as multiple shootout appearances, including at Bathurst.