The Repco Bathurst 1000 has had an early Safety Car intervention after an opening lap crash involving Jamie Whincup.
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While the race started in relatively dry conditions, there was still standing water on the exit of Turn 1.
It has now come to light those puddles are from a burst water main further up Mountain Straight.
As the field headed up the straight, Whincup lost traction in the water, tagging Jack Perkins in the #9 Erebus Motorsport ZB Commodore.
Perkins came off the bumper of Car #8 (Brad Jones Racing), making contact with Car #100 (Dick Johnson Racing), before going back towards Whincup.
It caused chaos behind, as a number of cars were caught up in the incident.
Zak Best (#55 Mustang) smacked the concrete wall on drivers’ left trying to avoid the spinning Car #9, putting the Best/Thomas Randle Mustang out of the race.
Further back, the Team 18 cars made front-to-rear contact, while the #4 BJR ZB Commodore also incurred bonnet damage.
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