Orrcon estimate damage to their car

storyline · 11 Oct 2005, 04:27 (Ref:1430369)

at over $100,000 according to a press release they just issued:

Quote:

Such was the impact on Bargwanna’s car that it was severely damaged and will require the front and rear chassis rails to be replaced.

It is the second time in as many years Larkham Motor Sport will endure a major rebuild following an incident between two drivers that could have been avoided. During the opening round of the Championship in 2004 Mark Winterbottom was one of several drivers to endure $100,000 damage when Paul Dumbrell and Cameron McConville collided at over 200kmh triggering a multi car pile up.

“It is the second time in a matter of years that we have had to endure the heartbreaking and tiring process of rebuilding a $300,000 race car because a driver has simply made the wrong decision,” said Larkham.

“Right now we have nine days to repair our car for the next round of the Championship, after an extremely long weekend at Bathurst the crew got back to the workshop last night to begin the process.

“In an estimate I believe the damage to our car will be around the $100,000 mark and very lucky not to be a write-off.”

DKGandBH · 11 Oct 2005, 04:32 (Ref:1430371)

"a driver has simply made the wrong decision" - Which Driver I wonder ?

DKGandBH

storyline · 11 Oct 2005, 04:46 (Ref:1430381)

Yes - I noticed that cleverly disguised statement!

prn 31 · 11 Oct 2005, 07:51 (Ref:1430447)

Ho hum!

It happens, and will probably occur at Surfers as well. There's no escape from concrete walls.

I suspect Ambrose's Falcon may be looking somewhat sadder, I think.

Razor · 11 Oct 2005, 08:24 (Ref:1430479)

And also say Paul Dumbrell and Cameron McConville making the pile up, I think they don't even watch the sport

Rowdy · 11 Oct 2005, 08:38 (Ref:1430490)

Greg. Read the release again.......... that little line about opening round in 2004

Razor · 11 Oct 2005, 08:53 (Ref:1430501)

Need to get my eyes checked, and always get my years mixed up with race incidents

**GTRMagic** · 11 Oct 2005, 10:33 (Ref:1430572)

Is the damaged car Frosty's from this season & last? It has already been molested in Adelaide, and grated in China... another wreck of this size would see plenty of damage done to what must now be a very old & tired shell

Pirtek_Falcon-1 · 11 Oct 2005, 11:11 (Ref:1430601)

I believe its Bargs' car, they changed the number for championship reason.

Conrod Kieron · 11 Oct 2005, 11:11 (Ref:1430603)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DKGandBH

"a driver has simply made the wrong decision" - Which Driver I wonder ?

DKGandBH

Does this help?

As I look at my massively damaged race car I can’t tell you how much I wish Murphy accepted that he had lost that corner and either yielded or gave some racing room and we could have avoided the carnage that our team now suffers the consequence of,” said Larkham

smokinJ · 11 Oct 2005, 12:18 (Ref:1430660)

now lets weigh up the allegances

what Colour does Larkham Motorsport race for
Who supplies their engines and technical suport
Who has a SBR contracted driver in their team

who's side is it his best intrest to support

fantom · 11 Oct 2005, 13:05 (Ref:1430696)

There maybe something about that press release on Sports Tonight at 11.15pm

Venom XR · 12 Oct 2005, 02:12 (Ref:1431415)

The statement wasn't cleverly disguised - if you read the whole thing...

Owner laments Murphy's choice

storyline · 12 Oct 2005, 02:40 (Ref:1431430)

That's just a re-write of Orrcon's press release.

KE30MAN · 12 Oct 2005, 04:23 (Ref:1431472)

Quote:

Originally Posted by smokinJ

now lets weigh up the allegances

what Colour does Larkham Motorsport race for
Who supplies their engines and technical suport
Who has a SBR contracted driver in their team

who's side is it his best intrest to support

All right exxcept the drive part J.

Frosty is in no way linked to SBR any more...BUt perhaps he will be again

retro · 12 Oct 2005, 04:49 (Ref:1431477)

Quote:

Ford team owner Mark Larkham laid the blame at Murphy's door for Orccon Racing's estimated $100,000 repair bill incurred as Jason Bargwanna was caught in the pile-up following the crash.

But the Holden driver laughingly dismissed Larkham's comments as biased.

"He would say that considering Stone Brothers supply him his engines and he's a Ford team, so what do you expect?" Murphy said.

linky

Rowdy · 12 Oct 2005, 05:08 (Ref:1431484)

Is it just me or has Murphy been very defensive the last few days. He seems to have spoken to everybody to try and convince the world he is innocent. I wonder if he has convinced himself yet?

Conrod Kieron · 12 Oct 2005, 05:31 (Ref:1431495)

Quote:

Originally Posted by KE30MAN

All right exxcept the drive part J.

Frosty is in no way linked to SBR any more...BUt perhaps he will be again

the engine/tech support is also strictly incorrect, LMS buys engines from the SBR/888 partnership so are mearly a customer.

Larko didn't have to add that bit about Spud neither, obviously he felt strongly about it.

emjaya · 12 Oct 2005, 14:09 (Ref:1431839)

Quote:

But the Holden driver laughingly dismissed Larkham's comments as biased.

Murph thinks a $100,000 repair bill is funny?

**GTRMagic** · 12 Oct 2005, 20:33 (Ref:1432167)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conrod Kieron

Larko didn't have to add that bit about Spud neither, obviously he felt strongly about it.

Larko lost a lot more than just the accident repair bill... the franchise income alone would hurt, so would the pressure on the franchise licence slot to be in the top 30 at season's end.... and indeed the position where the Orrcon boys will be placed in the pitlane next year.....

These things arent all dependent on Murf's crash, but they have been negatively impacted by it.....

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