{"id":336754,"date":"2023-10-06T09:01:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336754"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:01:21","slug":"team-boss-reveals-true-toll-of-stars-brutal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=336754","title":{"rendered":"Team boss reveals true toll of star's brutal crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite a monster crash in Friday qualifying, Tickford team principal Tim Edwards has no doubt Declan Fraser \u2014 and indeed his car \u2014 will be ready to go when Bathurst 1000<\/a> practice resumes on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Fraser appeared to be slightly wide at the turn-in point at Sulman Park, and understeered straight into the concrete wall on driver's left.<\/p>\n

The impact lifted the Mustang almost completely off the ground.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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Edwards said the damage to the car wasn't nearly as bad as the team was expecting.<\/p>\n

In commentary, Mark Skaife quipped the car might have been a throwaway, but Edwards said the fact the car slapped the wall perfectly square meant all the forces went though the wheels and suspension instead of the chassis.<\/p>\n

\"Declan<\/p>\n

"Normally you see a car going in, five degrees, 10 degrees, 50 degrees, whatever, the fact he went in completely square, it's hit both wheels simultaneously," Edwards told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

"The suspension is destroyed, but it appears at the moment \u2013 but they're still looking \u2013 that we escaped with no chassis damage.<\/p>\n

"So it'll be a late night but not an all night."<\/p>\n

Fraser was taken to the medical centre for mandatory checks, but was released a short time later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Tickford<\/p>\n

Edwards said the impact unsurprisingly knocked the wind out of the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n

"He's a bit sore \u2013 when he hit the wall he was winded. I don't know how many (G forces) he's pulled, but it'll be a bit because when he came on the radio, straight away you could tell he could hardly talk."<\/p>\n

Edwards estimated the damage bill would be about $70,000.<\/p>\n

Fraser is effectively driving for his future at the back-end of the season.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Tickford will downscale from four cars to two in 2024. Cam Waters has already been confirmed to return, with the \ufeffother expected to go to Thomas Randle.<\/p>\n

\"Kostecki<\/p>\n

Driving with Tyler Everingham, Fraser will start the race from\ufeff the back of the grid.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the Tickford stable, Cam Waters finished the session fourth, Randle in 11th, and James Courtney 16th.<\/p>\n

Randle missed out on a spot in tomorrow's shootout by less than a tenth of a second, knocked out in the dying moments by Shane van Gisbergen's improvement to seventh.<\/p>\n

In a cruel twist of irony, van Gisbergen gained time sitting in teammate James Courtney's slipstream.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

"Disappointing for Thomas because of all the shootouts you want to get into, it's Bathurst," Edwards said.<\/p>\n

"You've got five minutes of the Australian public's attention while you do your lap.<\/p>\n

"So to be 11th, that's the first guy who didn't quite make it in. He'll be gutted and so he should be."<\/p>\n

There will be two practice sessions and ahead of the top-10 shootout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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