Suspension issue hampered Reynolds

David Reynolds held on for a sixth-place finish on Sunday in Townsville despite suffering a suspension issue mid-race.

Following complaints from the driver during the 70-lap contest, a post-race inspection by the Erebus crew revealed a problem with the Holden's left-rear corner.

Starting fourth, Reynolds moved up to second off the start and, after the first round of stops, sat fourth when the issue occurred.

“We had a failure in the left-rear suspension partway through the middle stint,” Erebus CEO Barry Ryan told Supercars.com.

“Dave felt it change all of a sudden from one lap to the next and he’s pretty accurate with that stuff.

“We knew it wasn’t a tyre, because it was the same in the third stint as well.

“It wasn’t until after the race that we found there was a suspension issue.

“We’re happy to find that we weren’t slow, we actually had a problem.”

McLaughlin, like we did in Darwin," he said.

“It’s just another type of track. We’ve been stront here in the past but obviously our set-up style doesn’t suit it like it used to.

“We know what it is, but we just couldn’t react to it at the circuit. We need to go back, have a look at a few things and come back stronger.”

Reynolds’ team-mate Anton De Pasquale had a tough weekend, finishing 19th on Saturday before a mistake in ARMOR ALL Qualifying on Sunday left him to start rear-of-grid.

The rookie tangled with Michael Caruso late in the race on the way to 17th, before being hit by a 35-point post-race penalty.