Owen and Reindler's cars after Sunday's fiery crash
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1:27 PM Mon 2 May, 2011
Source: BigPond Sport
As Karl Reindler continues to recover in hospital from yesterday's fiery crash, the Brad Jones Racing team has already started work to get a Fair Dinkum Sheds Commodore on the grid at Winton Raceway.
“We have another body shell back in the workshop, which we’ll build up into a car for Winton,” team co-owner Kim Jones told BigPond Sport.
“The guys back in the workshop started work on it first thing this morning.
“It’s two or three days until the Perth car gets home, but there’s very little on that car that we’ll actually use.”
With Winton just three weekends away Kim Jones said the team will wait to see whether Karl recovers from his burns before recruiting another driver to fill in.
“There will definitely be a Fair Dinkum Sheds car at Winton,” said Jones.
“Whether Karl is able to drive it or not, I don’t know yet. I would like to think he is, but the hands take a hell of a hiding changing gears and even hands in good condition end up with blisters.
“Burns can be quite difficult to heal, so we’ll have a look when Karl gets out of hospital and see what action we take from there.”
Fox Sports reports that Reindler will be seen by renowned Australian burns specialist Dr Fiona Wood as his recovery begins.
Paul Morris Motorsports face a similar situation to get the #49 VIP Petfoods Commodore ready for Steve Owen.
The car will arrive back at the team’s Gold Coast workshop on Wednesday, and they will immediately assess the extent of the structural damage.
The team has a spare car at the workshop but they may elect to borrow a chassis, just as they did for the Albert Park 400 when Owen drove Andrew Thompson’s Fujitsu VE Commodore.
The next championship event is at Winton Raceway from May 20 -22.
