Apply for the Bathurst 12 Hour was lower brief on Friday afternoon after a mammoth crash for an Aussie motorsport veteran.
Driving a MARC II V8, Keith Kassulke appeared to undergo a failure of some type on the entry to The Chase – the quickest nook in Australian motorsport.
Kassulke went straight on on the left-hander, earlier than being launched into the air by the within kerb.
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The automobile then flew by way of the air and made heavy contact with the surface tyre wall, coming to relaxation the wrong way up.
With no tv broadcast on Friday, the accident was captured on the Mount Panorama circuit’s CCTV system. The monitor is a public street exterior race weekends.
An announcement issued by race organisers confirmed Kassulke was taken to the circuit’s medical centre.
“Keith was acutely aware all through, speaking with the restoration groups and suffered no main accidents,” it learn.
“Additional info will observe when obtainable.
“The session was pink flagged and was not restarted because of the injury induced to the tyre wall following the impression.
“At this stage the reason for the accident has not been decided.”
The automobile shouldn’t be anticipated to run once more this weekend.
Earlier within the day, MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi was quickest in Apply 2 on his first go to to the 6.2km circuit.
Rossi took his BMW M4 across the mountain in 2:05.44 to be much less then a tenth faster than Brad Schumacher’s Audi R8.
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