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  1. 6th October 2006, 04:20 PM #1
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    Default Bad Prang at Bathurst

    two critical and flown by chopper to hospital.

    Sounds like a bad T Bone at the top of the mountain.
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  2. 6th October 2006, 04:29 PM #2
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    :eek::eek:

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  3. 6th October 2006, 04:35 PM #3
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    It was in the Fujitsu support race.
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    This is the report

    http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001021,00.html
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    Quoted from the link clubby posted
    "The main race for the weekend, the Bathurst 1000, has been placed on hold ":confused: :eek: :eek: :eek: Surely Not!!!!

    Must worse than I initially thought
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    I think that was a bit of poetic license, channel 10 have just been showing qualifying. It was delayed while they cleaned up the accident and tried to free the injured driver.
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    Must have been fairly serious. It took them a while to stabilise the two guys before flying them to Bathurst hospital. I saw the crash on TV but you don't get the real perspective of the speed these guys are travelling at. I really do hope they're both OK. They've both got young families.
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    From what I saw on the box, the Ford driver did a bloody good job of lessening his vehicles impact. Reactions like that at that speed is bloody amazing!
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    Yep, I thought the same when SA's Clarke turned the wheel in an instant and nearly hit him full side on rather than nose first.
    Shocker of a start to the event but it is afterall motor racing, a dangerous sport and not for the faint hearted.
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    I was impressed by the second drivers effort to reduce the impact. There just wasn't quiet enough room for him to pull it off.

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    Channel ten mentioned the drivers a while back, say 1pm on Saturday (for the pedants, that's a guess at the time ), and said both were still critical. Must've been one heck of a shunt.

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    Check the time of posting for how current this is but ...

    Channel ten, in news highlights, just announced that the drivers are still on life support

    I'm hoping I mis-heard it and it's only one driver but either way, it's not good

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    Just heard on TV that Grant has regained consciouness but Mark Porter (Yellow Ford) is still on life support. Here's hoping they both make a full recovery.
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    That's better news than mine. Thanks Keith.

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