{"id":245653,"date":"2026-01-22T06:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/245653\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T06:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T06:19:13","slug":"supercars-news-embarrassing-injury-rules-scott-pye-out-of-sydney-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/245653\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: \u2018Embarrassing\u2019 injury rules Scott Pye out of Sydney test"},"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\tScott Pye. Image: Richard Gresham <\/p>\n

Pye will line up for the Enduro Cup as co-driver to Will Brown for a third straight year, this time sharing a Ford Mustang following the team\u2019s defection from GM.<\/p>\n

However, Pye will have to wait a few extra days for his first run in the Red Bull Ford due to a second bout of surgery that is scheduled for February 18.<\/p>\n

\u201cI broke the second smallest toe in my foot, it\u2019s actually like the most embarrassing thing,\u201d Pye said on his Apex Hunters United podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was playing nerf wars with my nephew, kicked the side board on the staircase and broke the toe.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It was] bad enough that I had to have surgery last week and I\u2019ve got another operation\u2026 which happens to be the Wednesday of that event, which is the test day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I\u2019m flying to Sydney and hopefully I\u2019m able to do the ride day on the Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full-field Sydney test, held on the Wednesday prior to the season-opening Sydney 500, is one of two test days permitted for Supercars teams during the year.<\/p>\n

An array of co-drivers turned laps during the Sydney test last year despite it being held almost seven months before the start of the Enduro Cup at The Bend.<\/p>\n

Triple Eight has recruited Nick Percat to replace Jamie Whincup as Broc Feeney\u2019s co-driver,<\/a> while Jack Perkins is set to join rookie Jackson Walls in the customer SCT entry.<\/p>\n

The team is expected to undertake shakedown runs with each of its three new Mustangs early next month ahead of the trip to Sydney.<\/p>\n


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