Shane van Gisbergen. Image: InSyde Media
Shane van Gisbergen won the Repco Bathurst 1000 with the same gear lever riser issue which developed into failures for the other Triple Eight Race Engineering cars.
The Red Bull Ampol Racing Camaros looked on for a one-two in the Great Race until Broc Feeney’s gear lever mount broke with 25 laps to go.
That was the third such failure for a Triple Eight entry during the day, with the Supercheap Auto wildcard having already broken two of them.
Van Gisbergen’s Race Engineer, Andrew Edwards, has now revealed that Car #97 escaped with a cracked riser.
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Speedcafe has heard suggestions that the riser failed on the last of 161 laps and while that much was not confirmed, Edwards did admit on the Inside Supercars podcast that they were “seconds from disaster,” which they escaped…
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