Reynolds Falcon ready for action

The Bottle-O Racing team has done it again, repairing the Falcon shared by David Reynolds and Dean Canto for today's final enduro at the Castrol EDGE Gold Coast 600.

Last year's Sunday winners were devastated yesterday when Reynolds went hard into the concrete at turn 12, smashing the front of his Falcon, which had them in doubt for today.

However, the crew has worked tirelessly, finishing at 1am this morning -the second event in a row, after Bathurst -and the #55 will be on the grid today and pushing for the same result earned in 2013.

The repairs were extensive, with damage to the upper and lower front right end and work done on the chassis. All front panels, inner and outer guards and most of the right side were repaired with, new ducts, uprights, suspension, dampers just some of what was replaced.

Reynolds was philosophical post-race yesterday, after another hard hit put him out of a race when he was running solidly in the top 10.

"It looks pretty cactus," he said after the race yesterday. "For a slow-ish left hander, when you hit the fence on the right there's no safety barriers there, just concrete. Something broke in the front so the angle I went in was quite aggressive.

"Through the back chicane I hit some tyres on the right hand side, but I made it through turn 11, wasn't that bad, but something gave up the next corner after.

"It's life, isn't it. It's pretty depressing - but we're still doing what we love. From such bad luck something good has to come of it one day."

Reynolds drew on last year's run at the Gold Coast event as inspiration for today, when he finished eighth on the Saturday but pushed through for a much-improved run the following race.

"We just didn't have a great Saturday and then we had a great Sunday, so you can always turn around. It can be done."

The Holden Racing Team's #22 Commodore also suffered damage in yesterday's race, after co-driver Greg Murphy was involved in an incident off the start-line, but the car was never in doubt to run today.

The Castrol EDGE Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars action kicks off today at 11.25am local time with a 20-minute qualifying session.