Todd's late race disaster
Todd Kelly's race at the Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint ended with just three laps to go, but it was his emotionalin-car outburst that left fans wondering what had happened.
Cameras cut to the in-car vision of Kelly - who was running in 21st but has enjoyed an upturn in form this season, sitting 11th in the Championship heading into the event - who was visibly upset and angry after his Nissan Altima let go.
"Initially I thought it was a header pipe because it got really loud, we've had that before," Kelly said.
"So I was on the radio to the guys trying to find out whether there was any information on the telemetry for oil pressure.
"They thought it was safe to press on and that it was in the exhaust system but it clearly wasn't because it let go properly."
The 200km Sunday races are worth double points, with 150 on the line. Kelly's DNF has now dropped him to 13th in the Championship.
"It was a shame to be so close to the finish and have something like that happen," he said.
"You work so hard for every single Championship point out on the track and you can lose 150 points just like that which is a bit rough.
"We have to work out how to set the cars up better and earn the points back again.
"The car itself was alright - probably not as good as yesterday on the softs but it was absolutely terrible on the hards so we just had to survive.
"It was almost like we had lost a damper or something because we were all over the place. It wouldn't turn and was bouncing around quite a lot."
One positive about Kelly's Championship position is there is just three points separating him from teammate Michael Caruso and Will Davison, who are tied on 886 points. However 17th placed Tim Slade is just 28 points behind.
"It's so close out there we don't need much to jump us up in the points standings. Hopefully when we get a few new bits and pieces on the cars we can make that jump. It can't happen soon enough."
Kelly will fly to Kuala Lumpur this week ahead of the V8 Supercars showcase at the new street circuit - however he will drive brother Rick's Jack Daniel's Racing Altima.
