Kelly ruled out of weekend
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 10 October 2024
The Dunlop Series Bathurst campaign for Mason Kelly has unfortunately come to an early end after his practice crash.
Kelly had a hard hit under the tree at Reid Park in practice 2, which tore the left rear wheel out of his Mustang.
Whilst the second generation racer exited the car on his own, he did hurt his elbow and felt “winded” from the heavy hit.
With the first Super2 race at 15.20 AEST Friday afternoon, Kelly Racing has taken the decision to rule out Kelly for the remainder of the penultimate round.
“Such a shame to confirm that Mason will be out for the weekend,” a Kelly Racing post said.
“His damage sustained in the practice incident at Reid Park is too much for the team to repair at the circuit.
“Mason is ok. He banged his elbow in the impact and was winded, but no major injury.
“We are beyond disappointed and thank Fletcher Insulation for its support, plus Mason’s Mustang looked awesome.
“Our focus turns to Aaron and his #27 Mustang … hoping to keep him at the top of the timesheets!”
Kelly’s teammate Aaron Cameron sits third in the Dunlop Series standings.
But more encouragingly Cameron set the fastest time across the two practice Dunlop Series sessions thanks to his 2:06.5902.
2024 Bathurst 1000
Practice 1: 1: Matt Payne 2:07.2941 2: Cameron Waters +0.0366 3: Will Brown +0.0373
Practice 2: 1: J. Whincup 2:07.4788 2: C. Murray +0.0370 3: J. Ojeda +0.1860
Practice 3: Fri 10.05-11.05 (all drivers)
Practice 4: Fri 13.05-14.05 (all drivers)
Qualifying: Fri 16.15-16.55
Practice 5: Sat 10.05-11.05 (co drivers)
Practice 6: Sat 13.05-14.05 (all drivers)
Top 10 Shootout: Sat 17.05
Warm up: Sun 8.15-8.35
Bathurst 1000: Sun 11.30 (161 laps)
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