Aussie touring car racer David Besnard escaped unhurt from a terrifying crash at last weekend's Bathurst 1000 when his Ford Falcon was engulfed in flames.
Besnard crashed into the wall at Griffiths Bend on the Mount Panorama circuit after brake problems on the 112th lap of the race and was trapped in the vehicle as it was engulfed in flames from a ruptured fuel tank.
Amazingly, the 34-year-old racer managed to free himself as soon as the marshals had managed to control the flames.
"As soon as I hit the brakes and realised there was nothing, I knew it was going to be big," Besnard told Australian paper The Courier Mail. "All of a sudden I was surrounded by flames, and I knew I just had to get out. Our race suits are meant to give us a minute or two, but you don't want to push it. The marshals did such a great job and it's because of them we can have races like this."