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Watch your back! I can imagine when your spending your own money (or sometimes other people's money) on your racing, this kind of damage can blow your fuse. I lose a buck-fifty golf ball and I get mad (at myself) so can't imagine a couple thousand $$ or more.

That was tame compared to the rumble going on AUSTRALIAN SPEEDWAY.COM over that

Become a bashathon

Go and have a look for yourself

Imagine that 2 Aussies belting the crap out of each other

Only in America

As for Reed and Brazier .Thats entertaiment Folks

OK I figured out some of what they're saying down there. Maybe you can help me with the rest.

"flurry of cut lunches" ?

"bit of mongrel in him" ? (I think I know this one, but is it considered an insult?)

"boofhead shoving thing" ?

"Banned - PCR FAN 2 - PERMANENT" ?

Guys, I came off the bottom of turn 4 and was flat out driving up the front straight and the first time I seen Garry was at the point of impact. The cars got together and we flipped. I had absolutely no idea that there was a car attempting an outside pass.

What I learnt a long time ago is that when you race on places that are high-banked and/or the outside lane carries a lot of momentum, you need to be very careful as you come up to pass the guy off the corner as the car on the outside will always be carrying a lot of speed and you need to ensure you get far enough alongside him that he sees you so that you don't get squeezed into the wall. If the gap is closing and you don't think you will make it, you always have the choice of lifting and applying the brake, and trying again on the next lap. Clearly I did not see Garry alongside me until the point at which we got together, but if I had seen him I would have given him room. When we are out there racing we each have our own race to run, and you need to concentrate on what is happening in front of you and not worry about what is going on behind you.

The two of us started on the front row of a heat at Knoxville the week prior and he sat on the outside of me for the entire first lap. I didn't squeeze him into the wall because I could see that he was still alongside me. I try to race other cars the same way they race me, and I would never intentionally squeeze a fellow racer into the wall. I fund my racing myself and have a healthy respect for what the equipment costs and no-one ever wants to see stuff get torn up.

If Garry wanted to get out and crack me one on the back of the head while I wasn't looking and start a circus on the front stretch then unfortunately that's going to probably look worse for him than it does me. Frankly, I think the guy is under a tremendous amount of pressure from his Dad and expectation to perform and the frustration boiled over and I wore the brunt of it.

What happened was unfortunate and dissapointing for all concerned. I honestly know within myself that I never turned right to intentionally hit him, I just plain never seen him until we started crashing. And please understand this is not an apology as such because I am very clear in my head I did nothing wrong and have no reason to apologise.

The whole time I been here I been trying to be as careful as possible to not damage my car as it's a massive effort from us to try to do what we are doing and the last thing I need to do is wrap my car in a ball.

For what it's worth, I have no history or problem with Garry and I believe he is an exceptionally talented driver. Over the years he has sure done some bizarre things that only he can explain, which I guess has divided the fans. But like I said, he is an exceptionally talented driver. I'm not about to comment on his personality.

I know the feeling PCR FAN. LOL

Been in the same boat have we

The man attends 1 meeting a year .And has a site that has so much say in Australian speedway

Just a bit of insight for people

Back to this thread

Can someone embed the video in question

Guys, I came off the bottom of turn 4 and was flat out driving up the front straight and the first time I seen Garry was at the point of impact. The cars got together and we flipped. I had absolutely no idea that there was a car attempting an outside pass.

What I learnt a long time ago is that when you race on places that are high-banked and/or the outside lane carries a lot of momentum, you need to be very careful as you come up to pass the guy off the corner as the car on the outside will always be carrying a lot of speed and you need to ensure you get far enough alongside him that he sees you so that you don't get squeezed into the wall. If the gap is closing and you don't think you will make it, you always have the choice of lifting and applying the brake, and trying again on the next lap. Clearly I did not see Garry alongside me until the point at which we got together, but if I had seen him I would have given him room. When we are out there racing we each have our own race to run, and you need to concentrate on what is happening in front of you and not worry about what is going on behind you.

The two of us started on the front row of a heat at Knoxville the week prior and he sat on the outside of me for the entire first lap. I didn't squeeze him into the wall because I could see that he was still alongside me. I try to race other cars the same way they race me, and I would never intentionally squeeze a fellow racer into the wall. I fund my racing myself and have a healthy respect for what the equipment costs and no-one ever wants to see stuff get torn up.

If Garry wanted to get out and crack me one on the back of the head while I wasn't looking and start a circus on the front stretch then unfortunately that's going to probably look worse for him than it does me. Frankly, I think the guy is under a tremendous amount of pressure from his Dad and expectation to perform and the frustration boiled over and I wore the brunt of it.

What happened was unfortunate and dissapointing for all concerned. I honestly know within myself that I never turned right to intentionally hit him, I just plain never seen him until we started crashing. And please understand this is not an apology as such because I am very clear in my head I did nothing wrong and have no reason to apologise.

The whole time I been here I been trying to be as careful as possible to not damage my car as it's a massive effort from us to try to do what we are doing and the last thing I need to do is wrap my car in a ball.

For what it's worth, I have no history or problem with Garry and I believe he is an exceptionally talented driver. Over the years he has sure done some bizarre things that only he can explain, which I guess has divided the fans. But like I said, he is an exceptionally talented driver. I'm not about to comment on his personality.