Hughes battles through more pain
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 17 September 2025
Erebus rookie Jarrod Hughes has not had the easiest time behind the wheel lately, with a new injury causing some pain at The Bend.
Hughes enjoyed his Supercars debut in the AirTouch 500 at The Bend alongside Jack Le Brocq and finished a respectable 12th.
His preparations for his enduro debut were hampered by a shoulder injury sustained from a Super2 crash at Ipswich last month.
Despite the heavy bruising, Hughes has hardly stopped driving since, participating in the Supercars enduro test, plus TA2 and GT4 Australia races since then.
This all arrived before his Supercars debut in the #9 Camaro, where, unfortunately, an ergonomics issue gave him a new source of discomfort behind the wheel.
“I had a slight problem with my right foot,” Hughes revealed to Auto Action post-race.
“Not sure if it was a boot problem or not.
“It was actually the hardest stint I have ever had to do and it was more painful than dislocating my shoulder and putting it back in!
“It was not a lot of fun. It hurt so much under brakes and changing gears.”
Despite the dramas in the footwell, Hughes said the shoulder that had been a concern since Ipswich is now fine.
“I feel like I have not given it time to heal,” he said with a smile due to his constantly busy workload, which includes more GT4 and TA2 action prior to Bathurst.
“It is a little bit tender, but you can expect that when you are going through a triple right-hander with so much load on it.
“It is actually okay, considering what happened, and it was not holding me back at all.
“The shoulder was fine for now, so it will be fine for Bathurst.”
On the race itself, Hughes was happy with his performance in a day where both Erebus rookie co-drivers proved they belonged.
Despite a tough opening lap where he covered the field in a screen of dust coming out of the final corner, he felt he put in a productive day and can look ahead to Bathurst with confidence.
“Off the start I was in the wrong place and wrong time,” he said.
“I got stuck behind a car that seemed to go on smoko for a little bit, and cars started flying past me after I got shafted at the last turn.
“But I was happy with the fightback and the pace was really good, so for the first one it was okay.’
“From the first session to the race I learnt so much. A big learning curve, but had a great bunch of people around me to learn from.
“It was good to put that into play during the race.”
Image: Peter Norton Epic Sports Photography
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