Pragmatic Reynolds reacts to Camaro parity adjustments

David Reynolds is remaining pragmatic on parity adjustments to the Chevrolet Camaro, insisting it's also up to General Motors teams to deliver results.

Investigations were undertaken after last weekend's ITM Taupō Super 440, with the Toyota Supra remaining unchanged following post-round analysis.

Confirmed on Thursday, however, minor changes have been made to the Camaro on the eve of this weekend's ITM Christchurch Super 440.

Reynolds' employer Team 18, which has stepped up as GM's homologation team, led the Camaro to its sole win of 2026 to date courtesy of Anton De Pasquale.

Ford has seven wins via Dick Johnson Racing (four wins) and homologation team Triple Eight Race Engineering (three), with Ryan Wood leading Toyota and Walkinshaw TWG Racing to victory last weekend.

Team 18 driver Reynolds, who will bring up 500 Supercars races on Friday, admitted there's more than meets the eye for drivers and teams when it comes to such changes.

Speaking to media on Thursday before the changes were announced, Reynolds said: “The parity change will help us. That will sort of put us in line with the other two cars.

“With every small change comes other changes, so we’ll have to change our set-up to sort of match it, so that’s going to take a little bit to get used to.

“That’s really down to the engineers and the drivers to practice with the car and figure out what the balance is, make changes to compensate for it.

"You might not get the full benefit straight away, you might, not sure."

Erebus Motorsport CEO Barry Ryan took an alternate view on Wednesday night, claiming on Motor Racing 360 that GM teams didn't deserve to have changes because the Camaro camp "haven't got any A-grade drivers."

For what it's worth, 62% of the Camaros on the grid now have a rookie driver, compared to only 36% of the Mustangs.

The big pre-season change was Triple Eight moving from GM to Ford. Triple Eight, which has three wins in Mustangs already in 2026, claimed 73% of GM's wins between 2010 and 2025.

Earlier this week, Triple Eight driver Will Brown also voiced his concern against changes to the Camaro, saying: “You can’t just give GM a leg-up because the teams or the drivers aren’t doing as good of a job right now."

When asked about Ryan’s comments, Reynolds replied: “I’ve honestly got no comment for that."

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