Thick with the flu, Reynolds pushed the Red Bull Holden's to the last metre, finishing just 0.8 of a second behind race winner Shane Van Gisbergen, with Jamie Whincup squeezed in between.

Starting fourth on the grid, Reynolds' co-driver Luke Youlden put the horror of his practice crash at Bathurst two weeks ago behind him and drove a fast, mistake-free first stint to hand the car to Reynolds in third place and within striking distance of the all-conquering Red Bull cars.

Reynolds drove the wheels off his Erebus racer to close the gap to Whincup to within two seconds with 23 laps to go, but despite his best efforts, he couldn't pass the seven-time Supercar champion to give himself a run at the leader.

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Barely able to speak after the race as result of the flu, Reynolds was full of praise for his team.

"The car was amazing. Luke did a great job for us, the pit stops were good and yeah, just had a great car," Reynolds said.

"Jamie (Whincup) drove a great race, didn't make a mistake and in the end we couldn't get further up.

"But it's great to be back on the podium after a few lean runs of late."

It was the Albury export's first podium at the street circuit since 2015.

Reynolds had an ordinary day on Saturday, finishing 22nd after the front bumper came loose and the long pit stop to replace it cost him three laps.

However, combined with third on Sunday, he moves up one spot in the championship to fifth, only 83 points behind Fabian Coulthard in fourth with two race meetings left.

Brad Jones Racing had a better weekend after a tough Bathurst campaign, with Nick Percat finishing 10th on Sunday and Tim Slade getting some deserved points in eighth on Saturday.

"Saturday on the Goldy was a step forward for us," Slade said.

"The car still wasn't feeling great and a little stiff, not flowing smoothly through the chicanes.

"Ash (co-driver Ash Walsh) handed over the car in one piece and has been a consistent co-driver for me."

"As there wasn't as many safety cars during the race as we usually get, we were kind of just going around.

"I had quite a few on-track battles, which is always fun and managed to make my way up through the grid.

"Finishing in the top ten is a great step forward for us.

"A P8 is a great ending seeing as though we started in P19, so I'm pretty happy with that."

Sunday was another story as Walsh, starting from 11th, found the wall on the first lap and Slade was unable to recover to get back towards the top ten, eventually finishing two laps down in 17th.

Championship leader Scott McLaughlin was forced to withdraw from Sunday's race after a major crash in qualifying which saw his Ford Mustang written off.

McLaughlin had his buffer cut from 622 to 463 as Van Gisbergen, his nearest rival, collected a maximum haul of points.

It's another quick turnaround for teams to prepare for the last endurance race of the year, the Sandown 500, in two weeks' time.