{"id":337195,"date":"2023-10-08T05:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T05:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=337195"},"modified":"2023-10-08T07:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T07:00:39","slug":"top-ford-drivers-agonising-confession-after-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=337195","title":{"rendered":"Top Ford driver&#039;s agonising confession after crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Moffat conceded his hopes of winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/bathurst-1000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bathurst 1000<\/a> were over even before his race-ending crash on lap 86 of 161.<\/p>\n<p>The Tickford Racing driver clipped the inside wall at The Dipper before ricocheting into the outside barrier at high speed.<\/p>\n<p>Suspension on all four corners of the car were replaced, but the No.6 Ford Mustang did not return to the race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOLLOW LIVE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/bathurst-1000-live-race-24-results-2023-winners-supercars-championship-prize-money-highlights-news\/d77e8b27-595f-429d-b5e5-ba3017b929ad\" target=\"\" title=\"2023 Bathurst\ufeff 1000 highlights\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>2023 Bathurst\ufeff 1000 highlights<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/bathurst-1000-2023-dick-johnson-50-years-anniversary-steven-johnson-comments-jett-johnson-exclusive\/4e40590d-6a40-4e33-9b53-85d298d8d537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;It&#x27;s fabulous&#x27;: Third-generation star making waves<\/strong><\/a><strong>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/f1-news-2023-qatar-grand-prix-sprint-race-results-oscar-piastri-wins-max-verstappen-clinches-title\/05b780ec-8774-4133-8288-af25e260993e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>&#x27;Absolute superstar&#x27; Piastri claims maiden F1 race win<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameron Waters and co-driver Moffat had been the among the favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/ford\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Blue Oval\">Blue Oval<\/a> runners.<\/p>\n<p>The pair finished second in 2021 and 2022 prior to the introduction of the new-for-2023 regulations, dubbed Gen3.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"3b58bf1f-e2f6-4777-9906-25ed8d9af3fb\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3b58bf1f-e2f6-4777-9906-25ed8d9af3fb\" alt=\"James Moffat crashed at the Dipper.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, it&#x27;s those regulations that have been a sore point for Ford fans who have scored just two race wins this year \u2013 both in extenuating circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I just clipped the inside wall there at The Dipper there,&quot; said Moffat.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Then that just fired me into the outside wall. Hugely disappointed, but I know I&#x27;m not the first person to do that and I won&#x27;t be the last.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Just disappointed in myself. I pride myself on not making errors like that. Sorry for all the team, all the guys, can see them, they&#x27;re back at work now trying to put it back together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We were definitely fighting with one, maybe both hands, tied behind our back today mate. It was tough out there, but that&#x27;s no excuse for what I did.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"35445f38-de15-493a-9522-07c6f9de7c17\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/35445f38-de15-493a-9522-07c6f9de7c17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The No.6 Ford Mustang driven by Cameron Waters and James Moffat.\" data-width=\"5415\" data-height=\"3046\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Waters and Moffat began the race from the second row of the grid in third.<\/p>\n<p>After bombing out of the race, Tickford Racing were left with three entries in James Courtney\/Zak Best, Thomas Randle\/Garry Jacobson, and Declan Fraser\/Tyler Everingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>James Moffat conceded his hopes of winning the Bathurst 1000 were over even before his race-ending crash on lap 86 of 161. 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