Golding unhurt in monster Supercars crash
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Amateur Supercars driver James Golding has left a fast mischance on the essential lap of the Sandow500
The Volvo co-driver persevered through a tire cut as he hurried towards turn five on the scandalous back straightforwardly at the Melbourne circuit, careering into the tire divider.
The monster crash understood a prosperity auto before powers issued the at first cautioning and suspension in the 500-kilometer praiseworthy's long history.
The straight generally speaking has a 260kmh strategy, with the 20-year-old progression game plan driver hitting the deterrent at 149kmh in the wake of being not capable turn out of harm's way.
Golding could leave his Volvo and move into the helpful auto to cheers from the Sandown swarm.
"I'm really lucky to at present be here," he said in the wake of returning to the gathering parking space.
"That was an enormous one. The best one I've ever had."It was genuinely sudden. It happens so quick you couldn't do anything."
Golding is seen as a Supercars rising star, having won a progression course of action race earlier on Sunday.
In any case, his first standard course of action drive was vital for the wrong reasons.
The mishap had its causes in a little shunt with Holden Racing gathering's Jack Perkins in the leadup to turn one from the system.
The Volvo's front right wheel collided with the Holden's exhaust channel, which also required repairs once the race was stopped.
Golding analyzed the impact over gathering radio with gathering boss Garry Rogers yet Golding said the auto felt fine and controlled on.
Rogers said the purging tire would be analyzed.
"We'll get the affirmation," he said.
"What we do has a segment of risk. We'll get on with it, fix it and get to the accompanying race."
The turn is not any more fascinating to gigantic mishaps.
In 2005, Simon Wills flipped his Commodore a couple times wavering in the wake of slamming in the same spot.
Will Davison and Michael Caruso's tangle in 2010 sent them both to the divider, while Lee Holdsworth yelled into the same block at around 200kmh in 2014.
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