V8 Ute Racing Series competitor Cam Wilson has been forced postpone a Guinness World Record charity event following injuries sustained at the recent Armor All Gold Coast 600.
Wilson was involved in a multi-car accident on the opening lap of the Surfers Paradise weekend’s third and final race; making heavy contact with the rear of Adam Morjoram’s Holden.
Suffering back and pelvis pain following the accident, Wilson says he’s been told that going ahead with his planned October 27 record attempt would be “borderline suicide”.
Wilson had planned to drive solo around his own Go Karting Brisbane course for 24 hours in order to raise awareness and funds for Huntington’s Disease.
“I have been advised to not even drive or passenger in any motor vehicle let alone drive a go-kart,” explained Wilson, who now plans on tackling the record next February.
“I awoke yesterday in severe pain all over and went as planned to receive another massage, within five minutes of this I was escorted immediately to my doctor who then arranged x-rays of my body.
“This in turn exposed damage to my T7, T8 and pelvis along with a raft of other issues I now have including my groin and left ‘hanger’.
“My entire body now feels like I have been run over by a truck, I have bruises now all down my spine, across my chest and in other areas I do not wish to discuss.”
Wilson added that he now regrets climbing out of his crash Ute so quickly.
“I first reported I was ok apart from the groin region and had also stated that I pulled 6G in the incident,” he continued.
“It has now been confirmed that at 6G the sensor that reads this broke. We will never know exactly how large the hit was, but it is safe to say it could be three times this amount.
“If I could change one thing from that crash it would be that I stayed in my car and didn’t attempt to get out, but I was just very happy to be alive as at the moment before impact I thought I was a goner.”
The final round of the V8 Ute Racing Series will take place alongside the Sydney 500 on December 6-8.
Defending series winner Ryal Harris leads the standings by 39 points over Rhys McNally heading to Sydney, with David Sieders and Nathan Pretty two points further adrift in equal third.
Sieders was penalised 35 points for his role in the Gold Coast crash, which began when the former V8 Supercar Development Series driver rejoined side-by-side with Wayne Wakefield after cutting through the beachside chicane.
See below for vision of the crash from onboard Wilson’s Ford
