Nissan's Grand Finale

1992 - Nissan's Grand Finale

This is the 144th lap. Jim Richards in the leading Nissan GT-R arrived at The Cutting with only rain sprinkling. As he turned left he was confronted with a wave of torrential rain and even the might of 4WD (on slicks though) couldn't prevent him from clouting the wall just before Reid Park when the car understeered straight on where the track turns right. The impact tore the left wheel and suspension apart and as Richards limped back toward the pits he was cheered by the anti Nissan crowd on the hill. Godzilla had been slayed! But as he turned out of Forrest Elbow he was confronted with three cars crashed on the right. He was powerless to stop the Nissan on slicks and his momentum carried him into the wreckage. The racetrack was deemed unsafe with images of wrecked cars all around the circuit and the race stopped. So with the results wound back to the last completed lap the Nissan had won!