David Reynolds leads Kostecki
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Supercars: Reynolds takes epic win over Kostecki in Surfers

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David Reynolds has won his first Supercars race in five years, beating Brodie Kostecki to give Ford a double on the streets of Surfers Paradise.

There was a 0.18sec margin in the end as a late safety car got in between to huge fights in which they exchanged the lead before Kostecki missed at apex to lose the lead for one final time prior to the safety car, which was caused by a James Golding attempt to rejoin which trapped a hapless Scott Pye into the fence.

David Reynolds leads Kostecki
David Reynolds beats Kostecki at the line on the streets of Surfers Paradise

“I’m just over the moon, it’s been a long time coming for Penrite racing, they’re one of the herds working bunch of people I’ve ever worked with,” the outgoing Penrite Racing driver said.

“It’s everything totem and it was a huge performance by them..the last three years have been great.

“He (Kostecki) definitely was pushing me, I could feel it and I thought I was going to get crashed. We had a chat before the race and I told him I’m going for the win, and if I have to crash into you and you lose the championship, so be it. It was a hard fought race…it was awesome, I loved it.”

Less than 24 hours after winning by a near identical margin over Shane van Gisbergen, Cam Waters (No. 6 Monster Energy Ford Mustang) finished third in Race 26, as the Ford Mustangs swept this weekend’s two races.

David Reynolds wins the 2023 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Event 11 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Gold Coast, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29 Oct, 2023.
David Reynolds wins the 2023 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, Event 11 of the Repco Supercars Championship, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29 Oct, 2023.

Reynolds’ teammate and rookie Matt Payne (No. 19 Penrite Ford Mustang) finished fourth in today’s race, the best finish of his young career to date. He was followed home by van Gisbergen (No. 97 Red Bull Ampol Chevrolet Camaro) in fifth.

With Kostecki and van Gisbergen scoring identical points across the weekend, the West Australian’s championship lead returns to 131 points heading to the season finale in Adelaide next month.

Today’s race was book ended by two Safety Cars triggered by crashes. James Courtney, Macauley Jones, and Tim Slade all forced to retire from a Lap 1 tangle, while Scott Pye crashed out while trying to avoid a spinning James Golding while running eighth on Lap 78.

Surfers Paradise
Surfers Paradise

The 2023 Repco Supercars Championship now heads to the streets of Adelaide for the VAILO Adelaide 500, where this year’s championship is set to be decided between Kostecki and van Gisbergen over the November 23-26 weekend.

Gold Coast 500 Race 2 Results

POS NO. DRIVER TEAM BEHIND POINTS
1 26 Reynolds Penrite Racing +0.000 150
2 99 B. Kostecki Penrite Racing – Erebus +0.189 138
3 6 C. Waters Tickford Racing 1 +2.870 129
4 19 M. Payne Penrite Racing +3.468 120
5 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team +4.884 111
6 31 J. Golding PremiAir Subway Racing +5.714 102
7 55 T. Randle Tickford Racing 2 +6.492 96
8 88 B. Feeney Red Bull Holden Racing Team +7.931 90
9 18 Winterbottom Team 18 +9.237 84
10 14 B. Fullwood Brad Jones Racing +9.714 78
11 9 W. Brown Penrite Racing – Erebus +10.210 72
12 2 Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United +11.958 69
13 25 Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United +12.737 66
14 34 J. Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing +15.563 63
15 35 C. Hill Matt Stone Racing +16.131 60
16 17 Davison Shell V-Power Racing Team +17.435 57
17 8 Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing +27.126 54
18 3 T. Hazelwood CoolDrive Racing +39.764 51
19 4 J. Smith Brad Jones Racing (2) +1 Lap 48
20 56 D. Fraser Tickford Racing 2 +2 Laps 45
21 11 A. de Pasquale Shell V-Power Racing Team +4 Laps 42
NC 20 S. Pye Team 18 +8 Laps 0
NC 23 Slade PremiAir Subway Racing +85 Laps 0
NC 5 Courtney Tickford Racing 1 +85 Laps 0
NC 96 M. Jones Brad Jones Racing (2) +85 Laps 0