High Flying Parsons

1996 - High Flying Parsons

During Thursday's qualifying session, at the exact moment that Glenn Seton was telling a journalist that the new brake system was working like a champion, David Parsons had the pedal go to the floor at Caltex Chase at 270km/h. He looked ahead, saw Garry Willmington's green Falcon at the corner ahead, tilted the wheel to the left and held on for the ride.
The car bounded across the grass, launched itself over the tarmac (missing Willmington by millimetres) and touched down on all four wheels just before the bunker. Periously close to the wall, the car hauled itself to a stop though, just before that happened, Parsons was on the radio to the pits to say that he and the car were both OK.