Team 18

He runs the DeWalt car.

So we're team 18.

We run car 18 and 20.

I'm in car 20, the Snow River Caravan car.

And they run out very, very, very last lap.

So

they're, theater of it though watching was just incredible but i'm actually interested to ask you so again apologies for for my naivety sometimes it's fine i have plenty of it so this is this thing i can't quite understand so you race for different teams but you're under one umbrella so your team 18 yes so how does it so and anton's essentially my teammate so he's still your teammate yeah although

we race in the same team We have just different sponsors at the end of the day.

Anyway, what are we talking about? By the way, our guest coming up in a moment, Anton Di Pasquale from the DeWalt Supercars team.

Team 18.

Team 18.

And we look forward to him, one of the best talents ever out of Victoria.

Born and bred in Werribee.

It could be worth a lot of money.

As you said, we've got Antoine Di Pasquale coming on the podcast.

He was nice enough and the whole Team 18 crew gave us a tour of their facility and workshop.

Got some clicks online, no doubt.

Team 18, next at bat for us.

I'd love to be able to find someone for a chat here, but it's looking a bit desolate down here at the moment at Team 18.

Cards are still in park firm, eh? But maybe the...

You know what? I reckon the team's probably out the back having dinner right now.

I still want to

go out there and win races for Snow River Racing and do the best for our team.

I don't think Team 18 has had a podium there or won a race, so we've got to tick that box.

I've got Brock Feeney, Brodie Kostecki, Chas Mostert, and Anton Di Pasquale.

I think Team 18's form at Sandown last year was very good, but I'm a little bit concerned about where Penrith Racing is at the minute.

They were very, very emphatic, though, after the Gold Coast, that they haven't lost any car speed, but...

I'm just not fully sold on them yet, but at the same time, they could come out of practice like Matt has done a lot of times this year and be very, very fast.

What do you think about that? It's definitely something that they could be thinking about on the Sunday at Sandown if they find themselves in a bit of a tricky situation.

We saw it with Team 18.

They had the opportunity to switch around David Reynolds and Anton Di Pasquale on the Saturday.

Oh, man.

You have to live by the sword and die by the

sword, right? I mean, you've got to make that call.

I think where Team 18, that example comes into it, is it was a non-decision.

They didn't make the call.

is.

And at Sandown last year, that's where Team 18's run began 12 months ago.

And don't forget, he's seventh.

Okay, he's seventh.

And then the other teams that signed off on it was DJR, Walkinshaw, Matty Stone, BJR.

Yeah, and Team 18 is in there as well.

But yeah, they were the four key stakeholders, I think, of that five that did the agreement.

But Team 18 is a funny one.

That's a unique one because I think Charlie Schwerkolt might have a lot of business tied up with supercars.

So even though, say, Team 18 is saying, well, we don't want the cash or whatever, Charlie's getting deals – making revenue off it.

He'd be doing revenue with the business and if he probably said, fuck you to supercars, supercars would go, okay, well, we'll cut your forklift deals.

Someone else is our supplier.

And I just can't walk away from this, but the bravery at Erebus and Premier.

I mean, a couple of weeks after watching Team 18 lose the Unlosable at Bathurst AVL, well done to those teams at Erebus and Premier to call their cars in to get a splash and dash.

Sure, they gave up track position and positions in general, really.

And sure, it benefited the only Chev left in the finals race, but that's just coincidence.

Credit.

Credit.

Number three, Dave Reynolds' second place on Saturday was enough to keep his job at Team 18 in 2027.

Credit.

And honestly, if Anton was eliminated, you've got to say it was probably the team's own fault from this morning because... of how poorly Anton qualified, but coincidence, irony, whatnot, he's in to Sandown, and they've got to take that.

But in the same breath, unfortunately for Team 18 and for Anton, they're now seventh, and so they're already on the way, they're looking in, on the way out of looking in.

So just to clarify, the numbers from Scott Sinclair, our supercars analyst, were that Cooper Murray was six litres short, so...

That meant that he was never going to make it.

So there's still lots to fight for for them over the last couple of rounds.

We're going to stop and have a very quick pause.

And on the other side of this, we will be diving into Team 18, which is one of the hottest teams in pit lane when it comes to pumping out news items over the month of October.

So a quick word and we'll be back in a moment.

But there are some people, like, really trying to criticise the team and having a go, like, their opinion fucking matters.

Team 18.

Yeah, having a go at Team 18.

It's like, mate, do you think they – Do you think this is from a lack of fucking planning? Absolutely not.

It's honestly irritating.

Yeah, fair enough, right? But it's the average Joe that has no clue about it.

Some fat ass

sitting on his fucking couch eating Cheetos, criticising fucking Team 18.