Jim Richards (racing Driver) - 1992 Crash

1992 Crash

Richards is infamous for his speech after winning the 1992 Bathurst 1000 after crashing his Nissan GT-R in while in the lead. The crash happened during appalling conditions with heavy rain making parts of the circuit almost undriveable, race stewards decided to stop the race and waved the red flag. The Nissan was largely unpopular with Bathurst race fans who mostly wanted to see either a Ford or Holden win. After Richards' crash crowd favourite Dick Johnson, driving a Ford Sierra, assumed the lead, but the race results were declared at the end of the last completed lap, before Jim Richards' accident. The Nissan won the day and the crowd booed when Richards and his co-driver Mark Skaife went to collect their trophies. When prompted for a reaction, Richards' spoke in the microphone: "I'm just really stunned for words, I can't believe the reception. I thought Australian race fans had a lot more to go than this, this is bloody disgraceful. I'll keep racing but I tell you what this is going to remain with me for a long time. You're a pack of arseholes." He later apologised for the outburst, citing the fact that he had just heard the news that his good friend and countryman Denny Hulme had died from a heart attack which he suffered during the race.