David Reynolds coy on Supercars future
2017 Bathurst winner on a one-year option with Team 18
Reynolds currently 15th in points
2017 Bathurst winner David Reynolds has offered no indication as to his future with Team 18 beyond the 2026 Repco Supercars Championship, saying he is taking it "race-by-race."
The Team 18 veteran is currently on a one-year option at the Chevrolet homologation team, having had an initial two-year deal extended on the eve of last year's Great Race.
Reynolds' seat could well be the most high-profile seat available on the 2027 driver market, in what is expected to be a low-profile driver market compared to the wholesale changes seen last off-season.
Asked at a media call on Wednesday, the 41-year-old gave little away as to what his future holds. Team 18 Team Principal Adrian Burgess told media in Perth that there would be 'no timeline' on locking down a 2027 driver line-up, as Anton De Pasquale readies himself for an assault on the Repco Supercars Finals Series.
"I don't know, you guys usually tell me before I get told, so my phone's on," quipped Reynolds to media at Bathurst.
"I've got no... I'm just taking every race race-by-race, and we'll see what happens."
Reynolds' future has been the centre of speculation for several months, with Team 18 and Chevrolet believed to have made a play for Matt Payne to end his Penrite Racing contract a year early, and join GM for 2027.
Those rumours were quashed when the current championship leader and reigning Bathurst winner committed to Penrite Racing for the remainder of his contract back in June.
Should Payne still be making the switch to GM in 2028, renewing Reynolds on another one-year deal would be logical, though it's not thought of as a certainty.
Reynolds, who is currently 15th in the championship, isn't letting himself get caught up in the speculation: "I'm always relaxed about everything, and then I've always stressed about everything."
Reynolds will team up with James Courtney for the Repco Bathurst 1000, the pair having been wiped out of the AirTouch 500 at The Bend just five corners into a 500km race, which Reynolds declared has left him with 'fire in his belly'.
"Tailem Bend didn't go our way, by corner five we were five laps down technically. After the first lap, it took five laps to get us back out there, we were never going to get that back," added Reynolds.
"We got four laps back, but not the entirety. The way the rules are now, it's a bit easier to get your laps back if you are way out of the race early with the lucky dog system, which is awesome now, I truly love it.
"It gets to you after a while, after a few weeks you've been thinking about it for a long time, but then you always go, 'I've got another race to think about.'
"It does breathe a bit of fire into your belly and make you come to Bathurst stronger."
On-track action at Bathurst begins on Thursday.
