Drivers call for axing of 'garbage bin' farce

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Supercars champion James Courtney and Bathurst 1000 victor Nick Percat person led calls for on-track tyre bundles to beryllium abandoned aft an costly pile-up astatine the Gold Coast 500.

The brace were victims of a gnarly clang connected thigh 4 of contention 32, which took 7 cars retired of the contention and progressive much than fractional of the field.

James Golding was the instigator of the clang erstwhile helium got escaped done the Beach Chicane and clattered into 1 of the tyre bundles astatine the last information of the flip-flop.

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Percat was among those to assistance erstwhile teammate Macauley Jones, whose car burst into flames aft the wreck, extinguishing the flaming Holden Commodore.

The 2011 Bathurst 1000 victor was the tersest successful his appraisal of the usage of tyre bundles, which service arsenic a deterrent for assertive usage of the kerbs.

"I think, successful this time and age, we're a spot implicit tyre bundles," said Percat.

"Obviously [Golding has] mislaid the car a bit, but helium shouldn't wage the terms similar that due to the fact that we usage aged rubbish tyres that are ratchet strapped to the track.

"Disappointing that successful this time and property we usage a utilized tyre from a garbage bin and we constitute disconnected six cars."

Courtney echoed that sentiment.

His car was heavy damaged but was repaired and returned to the contention precocious successful the piece.

"It's conscionable truthful disappointing," said the 2010 champion.

"It's wherefore we, arsenic drivers, lobby truthful hard to get escaped of tyre bundles. I deliberation that's beauteous overmuch what caused it all.

"I'm not definite what happened retired successful front, but determination were conscionable cars blocking the track. I tried to stop. I wasn't excessively atrocious with the archetypal first interaction but past I conscionable got cleaned up from the rear.

"It's hugely disappointing. These guys person had an unbelievable workload implicit the past fewer rounds. Then, to person this hap is hugely disappointing."

Courtney wasn't the lone Tickford Racing car to bull harm successful the incident.

Teammate Thomas Randle was archetypal connected the scene. The rogue tyre bundle collected his beforehand bumper and speared him into the extracurricular wall.

Damage done to his car would linger and yet enactment him retired of the contention aboriginal on.

It was yet different sizeable clang measure for Tickford Racing, who lone conscionable rebuilt the Courtney and Randle cars aft incidents successful the opening laps of the Bathurst 1000.

For squad main Tim Edwards, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

"I don't adjacent cognize however to comment," helium said.

"Two cars, that's a immense magnitude of harm connected the [Courtney] car. Unbelievable. Just getting caught up successful idiosyncratic else's accident. Hugely disappointing for the team."

The Supercars title volition reason astatine the Adelaide 500 connected December 1-4.

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