Frantic scenes as car goes up in flames mid-race

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There were frantic scenes successful the opening contention of the National Sports Sedans Series astatine Winton Motor Raceway erstwhile a car spectacularly went up successful flames.

Competing astatine circular 4 of the SpeedSeries season, Nick Smith abruptly stopped his Mazda RX-7 connected thigh 7 of the 12-lap matter arsenic fluid poured retired the bottommost of the car.

The trailing battalion of cars were forced to instrumentality evasive enactment arsenic Smith got retired of his car, searching for his occurrence extinguisher.

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The infinitesimal Nick Smith's Mazda RX-7 went up successful flames. (Stan Sport)

The scenes became much frantic arsenic fume began to billow retired of the bonnet of the car.

The severity of the occurrence wasn't mislaid connected Stan Sport commentator Cameron van den Dungen.

"We request to get our marshalls retired to that beauteous quickly," helium urged.

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"Race power volition beryllium seeing this 1 connected their screens close now.

"Many of our drivers successful National Sports Sedans, they ain these cars arsenic well.

"They're not nonrecreational drivers, they're drivers that ain their ain vehicles.

"This is becoming rather expensive."

TCR Australia Series operator and commentator Josh Buchan added, "He's trying to bash it himself with his extinguisher, helium needs to bash a runner."

Fire began licking nether the motor bay arsenic the fume grew.

Marshalls soon arrived with occurrence extinguishers, lifting the bonnet to suffocate the occurrence which was yet enactment retired earlier engulfing the car.

The contention was brought nether power by the information car and remained nether yellowish until taking the checquered flag.

Tony Ricciardello won the interrupted contention up of rod presumption victor Jordan Caruso portion Josh Haynes claimed third.

The National Sports Sedan Series forms portion of the SpeedSeries programme astatine Winton Motor Raceway connected June 9-11.

Coverage is unrecorded and ad-free crossed Saturday and Sunday connected Stan Sport with 9Gem hosting free-to-air sum from 2pm connected Saturday.

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