What is the first thing you do when you get to the garage on race day? First thing we do is head to the scales and do all our scrutineering checks on the car to make sure everything is within the rules and legal before track running commences.

Each wheel is over 20kg so when you have to put that on as quickly as possible, as well as hold the rattle gun, it’s important to be nice and warmed up, that’s for sure. Are there any pre-race routines or warm ups that the mechanics do before the race? Definitely for pit stops, we always try to warm up and stretch.

But in total, we are allowed 11 people who contribute to the performance of the car at the track, which includes engineers and everyone else from tyre guys to the team manager. How many people are there in the Walkinshaw Andretti United mechanic team? Each car has two dedicated mechanics that work on the car full-time, a Number 1 and a Number 2 mechanic. How long have you been a Supercars mechanic? I started in Supercars in 2015, and before that I was back home in New Zealand working on historic Formula 5000 and single-seater race cars. 1 mechanic for Car 25 of Walkinshaw Andretti United. To know more about what goes on in preparing a Supercar for the races, we spoke to Karl Bankier, the no. Not only are the drivers preparing for another race behind the wheel, the WAU technicians are putting in the work as well to ensure that the Supercar is in top shape. This marks the sixth event of the Supercars Championship season – and Walkinshaw Andretti United, our sponsored team of the season, are all systems go as they prepare for another set of high-speed races. The Supercars Championship races on to Hidden Valley Raceway this weekend for the Darwin Triple Crown.

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