Reynolds revved up for Tassie challenge

AFTER conquering the streets of Melbourne at the weekend, Bathurst champion David Reynolds has turned his attention to doing the same at Symmons Plains.

The 2.41km circuit has never been kind to Reynolds, but he hopes his Erebus Motorsport supercar, which humbled the best drivers in Australia at Albert Park as part of the Melbourne Grand Prix event on Sunday, can get the job done in Tassie.

Reynolds and his Erebus teammate, supercars rookie Anton de Pasquale, inspected Symmons Plains yesterday ahead of next week’s third round of the championship.

“It’s a track that turns on really good racing because it is so simple in its nature but very hard to get perfect,” Reynolds said.

“Technically, there are seven corners but really there’s only three or four. It’s a tricky track. It’s really hard to qualify and really hard to gauge your pit stop and where you are going to come out in the field.”

Reynolds is second in the championship to Red Bull’s Shane Van Gisbergen after the first two rounds in Adelaide and Melbourne. He hopes to bag more points at Symmons in his chase for a maiden championship.

“It’s a good weekend in Tassie because there’s usually a bit of weather thrown in to mix things up,” Reynolds said.

“I hope it doesn’t rain, though, because we’ve got a bit to go on our wet set-up.

“Supercars are one of the best sporting events in Tassie that people can come to, to see some awesome action and it’s quite cheap to go as well.

“It’s really good viewing — if you stand at turn four you can basically see the whole track.”

The main straight suits Reynolds’ need for speed.

“Our top speed down the back straight is 280km/h. It’s ridiculous for such a small track — we’re going at a rate of knots,” he said.

The supercars hit the track for the first time next Friday followed by qualifying and racing on the Saturday and Sunday.