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Originally Posted by re_fuse
Mate all good red blooded Aussie men tomorrow will crack their first beer at 9 am
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It has quite a following over the ditch as well...it has been live on TV for as long as I can remember...probably because so many Kiwis do well in it
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Originally Posted by re_fuse
So many accidents
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The best so far is Paul Radisich yesterday...his throttle jammed at full tit straight past the safety into the barrier...bloody amazing...then there was the one in practice where the Team Kiwi car came around the bend over the top of the hill and slammed into a car that had crashed.
There is always some bastard who thinks that Ford can win it!!
Racing doesn't have to be a dead-end job.
Racing doesn't have to be a dead-end job - Motorsport - Sport - smh.com.au
ON FRIDAY night, Paul Radisich was explaining to journalists that V8 Supercar drivers accepted the risks associated with their profession but did not see why "we should have to die" as part of the show.
The New Zealander, a vastly experienced race driver who turned 46 just three days ago, was talking about the exhilaration and thrills afforded by driving at one of the most challenging circuits in world motor sport - Bathurst.
But he was also pointing out the dangers inherent at such a fast and flowing track, where concrete barriers line the narrow section across the top of the mountain before the cars swoop for the 300 km/h flog down Conrod Straight.
It was impossible yesterday morning not to think immediately of Radisich's words as his No.15 HSV Dealer Team Commodore slammed into a concrete wall at McPhillamy Park on the famous Mount Panorama track.
The pictures above show him receiving medical attention after the crash, and his pain.
Radisich, a Bathurst runner-up, was helpless as the Commodore, its throttle appearing to have jammed, hit the wall. He broke his right ankle and dislocated his left.
In 2006, he had a major crash at around 200 km/h in The Chase.
He broke his sternum and an ankle, and missed the rest of the year.
Rick Kelly will now switch to the HSV Dealer Team's second car, number 16, and team up with Paul Dumbrell instead of David Reynolds, Dumbrell's original partner. "The only thing we care about is that he is going to be all right," said Kelly.
It was the second major accident in as many days after Chris Pithers slammed into a stranded Paul Weel in Friday practice.
Radisich and Weel were lucky.
Two years ago, Gold Coast-based Kiwi Mark Porter, 31, lost his life at Mount Panorama competing in a support race. And in February, Ashley Cooper, 27, died during the season-opening event in Adelaide.
. I haven't been to or even watched any races.
