yer i herd it just before i went to bed last nite poor fella, thoughts go out to his family and his one yr old kid
Media Statement realesed by Family of Mark Porter:
With untold sadness the family of Mark Porter advises that Mark has passed away. The family wishes to convey their heartfelt appreciation for the efforts of the medical crews who have been involved all the way through – at the track, at the Bathurst Base Hospital and at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and all of those who transported Mark between those facilities. They gave Mark every chance at life, for which we thank them.
The family also expresses their appreciation of the efforts of the officials of V8 Supercars Australia, all of whom have done their utmost to support all those involved in this tragedy.
The family conveys their best wishes to David Clark and those close to him and wishes him a complete recovery.
The Porter family also passes on their sincerest thanks to all of those who have conveyed to us their best wishes and prayers since Friday afternoon.
The family asks that the media respect the privacy of our family at this very emotionally stressful time.
The Porter Family
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
1 888 Team Betta Electrical C.Lowndes/J.Whincup Ford Falcon BA
2 15 Toll HSV Dealer Team R.Kelly/T.Kelly Holden Commodore VZ
3 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport J.Courtney/G.Seton Ford Falcon BA
4 1 Caltex Racing R.Ingall/L.Youlden Ford Falcon BA
5 7 Jack Daniel's Racing P.Dumbrell/S.Richards Holden Commodore VZ
6 67 Team Sirromet Wines S.Ellery/P.Morris Holden Commodore VZ
7 55 Autobarn Racing T.Longhurst/S.Owen Holden Commodore VZ
8 50 Supercheap Auto Racing N.Pretty/P.Weel Holden Commodore VZ
9 18 APVC Racing A.Davison/G.Denyer Ford Falcon BA
10 10 WPS Racing C.Baird/J.Bargwanna Ford Falcon BA
11 14 Team BOC J.Bowe/B.Jones Ford Falcon BA
13 33 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team G.Ritter/C.McLean Holden Commodore VZ
14 8 WPS Racing D.Besnard/M.Wilson Ford Falcon BA
15 23 Tasman Motorsport O.Kelly/M.Noske Holden Commodore VZ
16 26 Fujitsu Racing J.Fernandez/T.Ricciardello Ford Falcon BA
17 34 Repco Valvoline Cummins Team D.Canto/L.Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 3 Tasman Motorsport A.Jones/J.Richards Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 51 Supercheap Auto Racing C.McConville/G.Murphy Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 25 Fujitsu Racing W.Luff/A.Macrow Ford Falcon BA
DNF 16 Toll HSV Dealer Team T.D'Alberto/A.Tratt Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 20 Glenfords AEG Racing M.Marshall/J.Webb Ford Falcon BA
DNF 021 Team Kiwi Racing F.Coulthard/P.Radisich Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 12 Team BOC D.Brede/M.Caruso Ford Falcon BA
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing M.Halliday/D.Brabham Ford Falcon BA
DNF 6 Ford Performance Racing J.Bright/M.Winterbottom Ford Falcon BA
DNF 17 FirstRock Home Loans W.Davison/S.Johnson Ford Falcon BA
DNF 22 Holden Racing Team R.Briscoe/Jim Richards Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 39 Team Sirromet Wines A.Gurr/K.Scott Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 11 Jack Daniel's Racing J.Perkins/S.Price Holden Commodore VZ
DNF 2 Holden Racing Team M.Skaife/G.Tander Holden Commodore VZ
i might mention something as a personal thought, Being been to bathurst on 4 times or be it 10 years ago for the race i must suggest that governing body of V8 Supercars must do something with the size of the grid. when i first went to bathurst in 1993 the grid would have around 40+ cars, this was good as there were always cars goin past you at the top and u wouldnt bee sitting waiting for 1.30 to wait for 31 cars to go past for 30 sec then wait another 1.30 for the same thing, i know being a big circuit there is a problem like this but this year was ridiculas, i had a mate down there this year and he said the exact same thing about the lack of cars. This would have been real bad at the end of the race where only 17 cars were circulating, almost half the field was gone, my solution to this is top bring back the privaters or the Fujitsu V8s as there called now into the official race to boost the numbers up so more cars are on the track entertaining the spectators, i know people would complain because of traffic but thats racing isnt it gettin around the slow cars without any problems.
thanks ur thoughts
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