{"id":309951,"date":"2025-11-27T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/309951\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:28:14","slug":"supercars-news-nascar-driver-austin-cindric-escapes-adelaide-turn-8-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/309951\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: NASCAR driver Austin Cindric escapes Adelaide Turn 8 scare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAustin Cindric in action. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old American placed 23rd of the 25 cars in the 30-minute practice session, with a 1:20.7125s lap leaving him 1.1361s behind pacesetting teammate Cam Waters.<\/p>\n

It was an effort that earned praise from Waters and the TV commentators, given the scale of the challenge facing the Cup Series regular on the punishing street circuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not unhappy with that lap,\u201d Cindric told Speedcafe after completing the practice session and subsequent passenger ride outings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI left two and a half tenths at Turn 8, just trying to be a hero, so I did that early in the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waters paces first Adelaide practice, Mostert fastest finalist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cindric admitted the scary moment was due to braking \u201cabout 10 meters deeper than I should have\u201d into the infamous right-hand sweeper.<\/p>\n

The Daytona 500 winner is used to running close to concrete walls at high speed on ovals and had an interesting take on the car-crunching curve.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only find it intimidating because everyone doesn\u2019t shut up about it. But, past that, it\u2019s a sketchy corner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the thing that actually makes it so inviting is that you\u2019re pretty low in the RPM exiting, you kind of have the wrong gear for that corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it really invites you to get back to the gas, because you don\u2019t have the revs, but it can upset the balance of the car some.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing line sensitive through there, I can definitely be a little more disciplined with right-side placement getting closer to that kerb, because I\u2019m sure that\u2019ll get dirtier and dirtier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say, I need to remember I\u2019m in a right-hand drive, especially through a corner like that, where you really have to be disciplined on your line. So I can see I can easily go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Driving school tune-up for Adelaide NASCAR wildcard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cindric was upbeat about his progress during the session and knows there\u2019s still time to find ahead of qualifying on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say majority is Turn 1 and the [Turn 4-6] staircase,\u201d he said of the deficit to Waters.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy final sector is pretty decent, just a bunch of little stuff, but Turn 1, just creeping up to where it is and struggling a lot with the back of the car through the staircase.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Thomas] Randle had a lot of similar comments, which made me feel good about kind of the direction we need to take the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow NASCAR import Jesse Love ended both Thursday Super2 Series practice sessions at the foot of the order, improving in the second session to be 1.7644s from the pace.<\/p>\n


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