Carnage cuts Touring Car Masters sprint short

Not a single racing lap was possible in the second Touring Car Masters race in Tasmania after a horrible multi-car crash.
Jude Bargwanna’s VB Commodore, Andrew Fisher’s Torana and Scott Cameron’s Camaro were all taken out at Turn 3.
Meanwhile, the Toranas of Ryan Hansford and Danny Buzadzic were stuck in the gravel after separate incidents.
At the rolling start Steven Johnson got a good launch and cut across the field, leaving Joel Heinrich and Garwood to fight for second.
Thanks to a push from Garwood, Heinrich was able to surge ahead, but the racing would only last a handful of corners.
Right behind the top four were Bargwanna and Fisher, who were battling door to door.
But the pair made wheel to wheel contact going through Turn 3, which sent the pair onto a head on collision course with the wall.
Bargwanna went head on into the tyres and sustained significant front on damage on his VB Commodore and the youngster released his frustration by giving his Jesus Racing rival the bird.
Meanwhile, Fisher was unfortunate enough to find the concrete, which pinballed the Jesus Racing Torana back across the track and into the path of an innocent Scott Cameron.
As an unsighted Cameron came under the bridge he had nowhere to go, but straight into Fisher.
Now the front of the Duggan Family Hotels Camaro was destroyed, while Fisher was rattled after a second hefty hit in a heartbeat.
The opening lap drama was far from over however, with Danny Buzadzic’s Torana stuck in the gravel.
At the other end of the track Hansford and Garwood had kept on racing down the back straight for third.
But Hansford suffered a bizarre issue, which sent the Multispares Torana A9X spearing to the infield at the fastest point of the track.
Hansford eventually went all the way across the other side of the track on the exit of Turn 6 before ending up in the outfield having thankfully missed everyone.
With five stricken cars at all points of Symmons Plains, the race was immediately red flagged and eventually called with not a single racing lap completed.
With so much damage, it is likely a reduced field will take on the final Touring Car Masters race at 13.40 AEST.
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