Kiwi driver endures 42G impact from high-speed crash at Bathurst

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ABC News (AU) · collected 2026-10-09 · by Michael Doyle

Quick Summary

During the third practice of the Bathurst 1000 event on Friday morning, Ryan Wood and Tony D'Alberto were involved in a crash that subjected one driver to a 42G impact. Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton's team continued their strong performance by leading practice times for the second consecutive day with their Chevrolet number 99 car from Erebus Motorsport. The article focuses on these incidents and upcoming qualifying sessions set to start at 4:10pm AEDT, where top ten qualifiers will compete in a shootout on Saturday.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

During the third practice for the Bathurst 1000 race on Friday morning, Kiwi driver Ryan Wood and his teammate Tony D'Alberto crashed heavily into a barrier at Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia. The crash subjected Wood to an astonishing 42G impact. Meanwhile, Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton's Chevrolet number 99 car for Erebus Motorsport continued their strong form by topping the time sheets during this session, just as they did on Thursday. Qualifying is scheduled to start at 4:10pm AEDT with the top 10 teams advancing directly to a shootout round on Saturday morning while others will set grid positions from 11th onwards later that day.

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Who wrote this

Michael Doyle
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Topics

Bathurst 1000 Chevrolet Erebus Motorsport

Subjects

Ryan Wood PERSON · 2× Tony D'Alberto PERSON · 2× Chevrolet ORG · 1× Cooper Murray PERSON · 1× Erebus Motorsport ORG · 1× Lochie Dalton PERSON · 1×

Narrative

The team of Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton, driving the Chevrolet number 99 for Erebus Motorsport, topped the time sheets during third practice, just like they did during Thursday's second practice session.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-09
🔮 Qualifying on Friday, with the top 10 advancing to Saturday's shootout and setting the grid from 11th onwards, will begin at 4:10pm AEDT.
2026-10-09 · ABC News (AU)
Kiwi driver endures 42G impact from high-speed crash at Bathurst · assertive framing

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

Ryan Wood and Tony D'Alberto crash during Friday practice at Mount Panorama In short: Ryan Wood and Tony D'Alberto suffered crashes during the third practice of the Bathurst 1000 weekend on Friday morning. asserted
Wood → suffer → morning
The team of Cooper Murray and Lochie Dalton, driving the Chevrolet number 99 for Erebus Motorsport, topped the time sheets during third practice, just like they did during Thursday's second practice session. asserted
they → drive → session
Qualifying on Friday, with the top 10 advancing to Saturday's shootout and setting the grid from 11th onwards, will begin at 4:10pm AEDT. asserted
10 → advance → AEDT
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