Australia’s V8 Supercars mixes the bump-and-grind style of racing that is usually prominent in NASCAR with the tight, high-speed road course racing of touring cars. As a result, there is a spectacular crash or two every season, with the first of this year’s happening just this past weekend during the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.
Team BOC’s Jason Bright was fighting for position following a restart on lap 14 of the race. After taking the inside line on a chicane, Bright was nudged by Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander. Bright’s car begins to lose traction at the rear, eventually sliding sideways until the car flips spectacularly, sending it flying into the wall.
After the crash, Bright freed himself from the carnage and said the words all racing fans want to hear: “I am fine.” Bright was unharmed, if not a little shaken up after the wreck, which was the first time he had ever rolled a car.
“It wasn’t nice to be upside down but the hit really wasn’t that hard. It was a lot more gentle then what I expected considering I haven’t rolled a car before. The landing was pretty hard, on it roofs. And the worst part was probably being upside down trying to get out with a very different view of the world,” Bright told Australia’s Courier Mail. Check out the video of the wreck just below.
Team BOC also tweeted out this photo of the car post-wreck. Here’s to them getting the car race-ready in time for the next installment of the 2014 V8 Supercars season, the Rolex Australian Grand Prix on March 13.
This is what’s left…#goteamboc #V8SC pic.twitter.com/jtBRjYgjYo
— Team BOC (@teamboc) March 2, 2014
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According to Speedcafe, they are in fact building Brighty a new car for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. That car is too far gone. Saw the crash live, and it was pretty spectacular. Team BOC owner Brad Jones was also known for rolling a couple of cars, although they were both Ford Falcons.
You call hat a crash. In Daytona they call that a fender bender. LOL!
Glad he was not hurt. It did look very nasty.
I liked the crash at the Bud Shoot out at Daytona. where a Toyota got in the air did a roll and landed back on the wheels and he drove it over the line. Boyer has had several flips. One was in the old Jack Daniels Chevy on the rood sliding on fire across the line at the end of the 500.
The most classic was Dale Earnhardt on 97 where he flipped on the back streach rolled a couple times and after finding the car would start came back taped up the car and finished the last couple laps in the race. The roof was smashed and the rear was torn but he made the finish.
This is certainly not a major crash by V8SC terms but certainly a big one by any means. One of the last major rolls would have been Fabian Coulthard at Bathurst a few years ago. The last major crash was probably James Courtney when he get T boned at Phillip Island last season. Holdens won all 3 races too. Race 1 was won by #1 Jamie Whincup, Red Bull Racing Australia, Race 2 by team mate #888 Craig Lowndes and Race 3 by #22 James Courtney, Holden Racing Team.
The star of the event was the new pair of Volvo S60 Polestar’s run by Gary Rodgers Motorsport. A front row start and finish 2nd in race 2 saw the Volvo jokes short lived. Looking forward to Albert Park (Grand Prix), even if it isn’t a championship event, just a promotional event.
Thanx Matt but you forgot that the mighty VOLVO was DNF in the Clipsal 500 Adelaide Race 3. James Courtney took it out with a fantastic drive and a very fast VF Commodore.
Volvo were still airing their TV ads after the race where the last shot of the Volvo was it sitting on the side waiting for a tow. Signs of things to come I would think. Go Holden !!
True dave but in the end, Scotty’s famous line was the star of the show. “Pluck it in first, give it some jandal and f*** yeah!”
Update on the BOC car: A completely new build has been completed and is ready for the Grand Prix at Albert Park.