# Team 18

Team 18 (formerly known as Charlie Schwerkolt Racing) is an Australian motor racing team currently competing in the Supercars Championship, running two Chevrolet Camaro ZL1s. The team's current drivers are Anton De Pasquale and David Reynolds.

## History
### Background

The team is owned by Gold Coast businessman Charlie Schwerkolt, who previously had a shareholding in Dick Johnson Racing. The relationship between Schwerkolt and Dick Johnson broke down at the end of 2010, the year James Courtney won the championship for the team. As part of the split Schwerkolt retained ownership of one of the two Racing Entitlement Contracts (RECs).
Schwerkolt had attempted to conclude a deal to run a fourth car out of Ford Performance Racing with Courtney driving, but after Courtney signed to drive with the Holden Racing Team, the deal collapsed. The REC was instead leased to Dick Johnson Racing for James Moffat's entry for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

### Satellite team

With the rules governing the use of Racing Entitlement Contracts dictating that Schwerkolt could only lease his to one party for two years, he either had to sell it, lease it to another party, or use it himself. Schwerkolt decided on the latter and came to an agreement with Ford Performance Racing to operate a fully supported customer car as a satellite of the main FPR team in much the same manner as Rod Nash Racing. Alex Davison drove the Jeld-Wen supported car in 2013, taking one podium at the Phillip Island event and finishing the season in 13th. In 2014, Jack Perkins replaced Davison but could only manage 23rd in the championship.
For 2015, Lee Holdsworth became the team's driver. The team had originally intended to remain in their existing relationship with Ford Performance Racing (now known as Tickford Racing), but they were replaced by Super Black Racing as the Ford team's second customer partnership. Instead, the team became a satellite team to the Holden Racing Team, and ran a Holden VF Commodore. Holdsworth finished 14th in the championship.

### Independent team

In 2016, Team 18 began operating as an independent entity using a Triple Eight Race Engineering-built Commodore. Jeff Grech, the former Holden Racing Team team manager from 1993 to 2006, became team manager with backing from Preston Hire. It was a difficult season for the outfit, with Holdsworth suffering a major accident at the Darwin event, leaving him with a fractured pelvis and out of action for three rounds. He was replaced with Kurt Kostecki for Townsville and Ipswich (having borrowed the teenagers' Development Series chassis) and Karl Reindler for Sydney Motorsport Park. The team did not fare well in Holdsworth's return for the Enduro Cup either, retiring from the Bathurst 1000 after two laps with a broken rocker, as well as one of the Gold Coast 600 races after Reindler crashed exiting turn three. The team finished 15th in the teams' championship, beating only Britek Motorsport and the 'Supergirls' wildcard.
Holdsworth remained at the team for 2017, starting with two midfield finishes at the Adelaide 500 before being involved in a high-speed crash with Nick Percat at the non-championship round at the Australian Grand Prix, after Percat lost braking entering turn one. The team avoided the multi-car pile-up in Tasmania, however, were caught out in the changeable conditions on the Sunday, finishing 17th. The team continued to run midfield throughout the season, Holdsworth ending the season 16th in the standings with a best result of 4th on the Saturday at the Newcastle 500. Holdsworth did not finish in the top ten again until one year later in Newcastle, enduring a difficult 2018 campaign that was hampered by reliability issues, ending up in 21st in the championship.
Ahead of the 2019 Supercars Championship, the team acquired the services of 2015 series champion Mark Winterbottom, in what became a switch of seats with Holdsworth going to Tickford Racing. As part of Winterbottom's arrival, the team also re-branded with backing from Stanley Black & Decker's Irwin Industrial Tools, hired new staff including team manager Steve Henderson and engineer Phil Keed and upgraded their customer relationship with Triple Eight Race Engineering. The changes brought an immediate upturn in results with two top-ten finishes at the Adelaide 500 before Winterbottom took the team's first pole position at the Tasmania SuperSprint. In 2020 the team will expand to two cars with a second REC purchased from Kelly Racing, again with backing from Stanley Black & Decker, this time from their DeWalt brand with Scott Pye recruited from Walkinshaw Andretti United.

## Supercars Championship drivers

The following is a list of drivers who have driven for the team in the Supercars Championship, in order of their first appearance. Drivers who only drove for the team on a part-time basis are listed in italics.
* Alex Davison (2013)
* John McIntyre (2013)
* Jack Perkins (2014)
* Cam Waters (2014)
* Lee Holdsworth (2015–18)
* Sébastien Bourdais (2015)
* Kurt Kostecki (2016)
* Karl Reindler (2016–17)
* Jason Bright (2018)
* Mark Winterbottom (2019–2024)
* Steven Richards (2019)
* Scott Pye (2020–2023)
* James Golding (2020–2021)
* Dean Fiore (2020)
* Michael Caruso (2021–present)
* Tyler Everingham (2022)
* Warren Luff (2023)
* David Reynolds (2024 - present)
* Anton De Pasquale (2025)

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | No. | Car | Drivers | Position | Laps |
| 2013 | 18 | Ford Falcon FG | Alex Davison John McIntyre | 13th | 161 |
| 2014 | 18 | Ford Falcon FG | Jack Perkins Cam Waters | 12th | 161 |
| 2015 | 18 | Holden Commodore VF | Lee Holdsworth Sébastien Bourdais | 9th | 161 |
| 2016 | 18 | Holden Commodore VF | Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler | DNF | 2 |
| 2017 | 18 | Holden Commodore VF | Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler | DNF | 76 |
| 2018 | 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | Lee Holdsworth Jason Bright | 21st | 157 |
| 2019 | 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards | 6th | 161 |
| 2020 | 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | Mark Winterbottom James Golding | 8th | 161 |
| 2020 | 20 | Holden Commodore ZB | Scott Pye Dean Fiore | 6th | 161 |
| 2021 | 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | 16th | 161 |
| 2021 | 20 | Holden Commodore ZB | Scott Pye James Golding | DNF | 3 |
| 2022 | 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | 15th | 161 |
| 2022 | 20 | Holden Commodore ZB | Scott Pye Tyler Everingham | 16th | 161 |
| 2023 | 18 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | DNF | 160 |
| 2023 | 20 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | Scott Pye Warren Luff | 17th | 160 |
| 2024 | 18 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | Mark Winterbottom Michael Caruso | 18th | 161 |
| 2024 | 20 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE | David Reynolds Warren Luff | 24th | 159 |

### Car results
#### Car No. 18 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Position | Pts |
| 2015 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 9 | ADE R2 10 | ADE R3 Ret | SYM R4 22 | SYM R5 11 | SYM R6 16 | BAR R7 14 | BAR R8 14 | BAR R9 17 | WIN R10 18 | WIN R11 Ret | WIN R12 15 | HID R13 13 | HID R14 18 | HID R15 18 | TOW R16 13 | TOW R17 7 | QLD R18 15 | QLD R19 21 | QLD R20 18 | SMP R21 14 | SMP R22 7 | SMP R23 13 | SAN QR 7 | SAN R24 7 | BAT R25 9 | SUR R26 Ret | SUR R27 14 | PUK R28 13 | PUK R29 16 | PUK R30 8 | PHI R31 16 | PHI R32 18 | PHI R33 Ret | SYD R34 18 | SYD R35 10 | SYD R36 7 | 14th | 1699 |
| 2016 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 23 | ADE R2 21 | ADE R3 18 | SYM R4 12 | SYM R5 9 | PHI R6 15 | PHI R7 19 | BAR R8 15 | BAR R9 12 | WIN R10 10 | WIN R11 Ret | HID R12 8 | HID R13 Ret | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN QR 15 | SAN R20 12 | BAT R21 Ret | SUR R22 Ret | SUR R23 7 | PUK R24 15 | PUK R25 19 | PUK R26 14 | PUK R27 15 | SYD R28 16 | SYD R29 15 | | | | | | | | 24th | 1114 |
| 2016 | Kurt Kostecki | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | PHI R6 | PHI R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 25 | TOW R15 Ret | QLD R16 23 | QLD R17 21 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SYD R28 | SYD R29 | | | | | | | | | 55th | 108 |
| 2016 | Karl Reindler | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | PHI R6 | PHI R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 22 | SMP R19 23 | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SYD R28 | SYD R29 | | | | | | | | | 45th | 309 |
| 2017 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 13 | ADE R2 18 | SYM R3 12 | SYM R4 17 | PHI R5 22 | PHI R6 5 | BAR R7 15 | BAR R8 20 | WIN R9 11 | WIN R10 10 | HID R11 10 | HID R12 12 | TOW R13 11 | TOW R14 15 | QLD R15 12 | QLD R16 20 | SMP R17 15 | SMP R18 15 | SAN QR 12 | SAN R19 8 | BAT R20 Ret | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 8 | PUK R23 10 | PUK R24 Ret | NEW R25 4 | NEW R26 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 1647 |
| 2018 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 12 | ADE R2 24 | MEL R3 19 | MEL R4 15 | MEL R5 19 | MEL R6 23 | SYM R7 11 | SYM R8 23 | PHI R9 22 | PHI R10 25 | BAR R11 23 | BAR R12 18 | WIN R13 23 | WIN R14 21 | HID R15 21 | HID R16 Ret | TOW R17 18 | TOW R18 15 | QLD R19 24 | QLD R20 21 | SMP R21 12 | BEN R22 20 | BEN R23 Ret | SAN QR 21 | SAN R24 23 | BAT R25 21 | SUR R26 15 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 15 | PUK R29 14 | NEW R30 12 | NEW R31 9 | | | | | | 21st | 1443 |
| 2019 | Mark Winterbottom | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 9 | ADE R2 6 | MEL R3 12 | MEL R4 11 | MEL R5 13 | MEL R6 6 | SYM R7 4 | SYM R8 6 | PHI R9 21 | PHI R10 17 | BAR R11 18 | BAR R12 15 | WIN R13 9 | WIN R14 22 | HID R15 17 | HID R16 12 | TOW R17 9 | TOW R18 Ret | QLD R19 15 | QLD R20 10 | BEN R21 4 | BEN R22 23 | PUK R23 22 | PUK R24 8 | BAT R25 6 | SUR R26 12 | SUR R27 19 | SAN QR 15 | SAN R28 12 | NEW R29 10 | NEW R30 14 | | | | | | | 13th | 2092 |
| 2020 | Mark Winterbottom | Holden | 18 | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 11 | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 9 | SMP1 R8 8 | SMP1 R9 5 | SMP2 R10 10 | SMP2 R11 14 | SMP2 R12 6 | HID1 R13 4 | HID1 R14 11 | HID1 R15 7 | HID2 R16 11 | HID2 R17 9 | HID2 R18 4 | TOW1 R19 12 | TOW1 R20 17 | TOW1 R21 10 | TOW2 R22 14 | TOW2 R23 9 | TOW2 R24 13 | BEN1 R25 17 | BEN1 R26 15 | BEN1 R27 Ret | BEN2 R28 8 | BEN2 R29 12 | BEN2 R30 16 | BAT R31 8 | | | | | | | 10th | 1566 |
| 2021 | Mark Winterbottom | Holden | 18 | BAT R1 4 | BAT R2 5 | SAN R3 4 | SAN R4 11 | SAN R5 10 | SYM R6 7 | SYM R7 7 | SYM R8 11 | BEN R9 25 | BEN R10 9 | BEN R11 18 | HID R12 22 | HID R13 5 | HID R14 7 | TOW1 R15 10 | TOW1 R16 16 | TOW2 R17 20 | TOW2 R18 10 | TOW2 R19 8 | SYD1 R20 12 | SYD1 R21 17 | SYD1 R22 10 | SYD2 R23 18 | SYD2 R24 10 | SYD2 R25 15 | SYD3 R26 13 | SYD3 R27 6 | SYD3 R28 19 | SYD4 R29 12 | SYD4 R30 C | BAT R31 16 | | | | | | | 10th | 1725 |
| 2022 | Mark Winterbottom | Holden | 18 | SMP R1 16 | SMP R2 12 | SYM R3 18 | SYM R4 6 | SYM R5 7 | MEL R6 7 | MEL R7 12 | MEL R8 17 | MEL R9 9 | BAR R10 14 | BAR R11 16 | BAR R12 20 | WIN R13 21 | WIN R14 9 | WIN R15 9 | HID R16 5 | HID R17 7 | HID R18 9 | TOW R19 25 | TOW R20 10 | BEN R21 16 | BEN R22 9 | BEN R23 15 | SAN R24 8 | SAN R25 12 | SAN R26 5 | PUK R27 11 | PUK R28 22 | PUK R29 12 | BAT R30 15 | SUR R31 9 | SUR R32 6 | ADE R33 6 | ADE R34 11 | | | | 9th | 1909 |
| 2023 | Mark Winterbottom | Chevrolet | 18 | NEW R1 6 | NEW R2 10 | MEL R3 21 | MEL R4 9 | MEL R5 Ret | MEL R6 19 | BAR R7 18 | BAR R8 18 | BAR R9 19 | SYM R10 12 | SYM R11 13 | SYM R12 8 | HID R13 1 | HID R14 18 | HID R15 7 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SMP R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN QR | SAN R24 | BAT R25 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | ADE R28 | ADE R29 | | | | | | | | 11th* | 720* |

#### Car No. 20 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Position | Pts |
| 2020 | Scott Pye | Holden | 20 | ADE R1 15 | ADE R2 Ret | MEL R3 C | MEL R4 C | MEL R5 C | MEL R6 C | SMP1 R7 17 | SMP1 R8 11 | SMP1 R9 12 | SMP2 R10 12 | SMP2 R11 21 | SMP2 R12 5 | HID1 R13 3 | HID1 R14 16 | HID1 R15 22 | HID2 R16 13 | HID2 R17 3 | HID2 R18 3 | TOW1 R19 9 | TOW1 R20 9 | TOW1 R21 6 | TOW2 R22 9 | TOW2 R23 6 | TOW2 R24 5 | BEN1 R25 7 | BEN1 R26 13 | BEN1 R27 6 | BEN2 R28 12 | BEN2 R29 19 | BEN2 R30 12 | BAT R31 6 | | | | 9th | 1586 |
| 2021 | Scott Pye | Holden | 20 | BAT R1 19 | BAT R2 8 | SAN R3 12 | SAN R4 8 | SAN R5 22 | SYM R6 8 | SYM R7 9 | SYM R8 14 | BEN R9 13 | BEN R10 10 | BEN R11 9 | HID R12 21 | HID R13 13 | HID R14 16 | TOW R15 23 | TOW R16 21 | TOW2 R17 7 | TOW2 R18 6 | TOW2 R19 18 | SYD1 R20 19 | SYD1 R21 15 | SYD1 R22 20 | SYD2 R23 9 | SYD2 R24 5 | SYD2 R25 18 | SYD3 R26 6 | SYD3 R27 12 | SYD3 R28 6 | SYD4 R29 6 | SYD4 R30 C | BAT R31 Ret | | | | 15th | 1489 |
| 2022 | Scott Pye | Holden | 20 | SMP R1 Ret | SMP R2 15 | SYM R3 7 | SYM R4 7 | SYM R5 13 | MEL R6 11 | MEL R7 4 | MEL R8 25 | MEL R9 11 | BAR R10 19 | BAR R11 Ret | BAR R12 DNS | WIN R13 6 | WIN R14 27 | WIN R15 14 | HID R16 6 | HID R17 Ret | HID R18 DNS | TOW R19 5 | TOW R20 Ret | BEN R21 12 | BEN R22 20 | BEN R23 13 | SAN R24 7 | SAN R25 5 | SAN R26 7 | PUK R27 10 | PUK R28 5 | PUK R29 7 | BAT R30 16 | SUR R31 17 | SUR R32 22 | ADE R33 Ret | ADE R34 14 | 16th | 1512 |