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By Simon Smale
Topic:Motor Sports
Dave Casey faced a scary incident in his Mitsubishi Triton at Bathurst. (Supplied: Fox Sports)
Dave Casey was clipped by Luke Webber down the hill heading into Murray's corner.
Casey lost control and barrel rolled the ute twice before it came to rest the right way up on the home straight.
The team hopes to have the Ute ready to race for the afternoon event at Mount Panorama.
Bathurst 1000's Saturday session has started with a bang, as V8 SuperUtes driver Dave Casey rolled his Mitsubishi Triton twice at Mount Panorama.
Casey was tapped by Luke Webber down the hill on the way to Murray's corner with 10 minutes remaining in the 25-minute long race two.
He slid on the grass, crashing through a sign next to the pit entry, before being bounced into the air on the sand trap.
The V8 SuperUte race was at about half race distance. (Supplied: Fox Sports)
That sent the ute sideways into the sand where it dug in and flipped twice before landing on the home straight.
Incredibly, Casey was able to drive the car off the racing line despite the considerable damage to the rear axle, but was unable to drive it into the pits.
"I got a tap from behind and that pushed me over onto the grass," the 34-year-old former off-road racer from Rockhampton told Speedcafe.
"I had the brakes locked on, but it then dug into the sand and went over.
Dave Casey went airborne through the sand trap. (Supplied: Fox Sports)
"My main concern was not staying on the track when it rolled back and possibly hit someone. I just wanted to get it out of the way."
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Casey, who was able to walk away from the incident, still hopes to race in the next two races of the weekend.
Race three is at 1:25pm (AEDT) and race four is at 6:55am on Sunday.
Casey had finished in 13th place on Friday's race one, just behind Webber in 12th.
Webber finished 19th, the last of the classified runners, in race two, after his shunt, not that Casey was sated.
"It cost [Webber] 30 seconds and its cost me 30 grand," he said.
Although there was no sign of the rain that is expected on race day on Saturday, that didn't stop a number of drivers in the Supercars from beaching their cards during the first practice session of the day.
Lochie Dalton was first to send his car Mustang into the sand at the exit of turn one, overcooking the entry.
Then, veteran driver Jamie Whincup locked up his front right into the same corner and spun, ending up being marooned in the sand.
It has already been an eventful weekend in Bathurst, James Golding slamming his Chevrolet into the wall at Griffins (turn 2), not long after Anton De Pasquale and Macauley Jones both gave it a swipe on Friday.
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