High speed crash ends Taylor’s run at sodden Surfers

During a weekend that included some of the worst weather conditions possible, Scott Taylor experienced the highs and lows of street racing at Surfers Paradise.

Competing in both Carrera Cup and Aussie Racing Cars, Taylor collected some credible results while also being part of some wall crunching chaos.

While no consolation, Taylor’s incidents were not the biggest of the weekend’s racing – held on a street course regarded as one of the toughest in the world.

For his Carrera Cup campaign, Taylor qualified 22nd and moved up to 17th in Saturday’s first race.

That race was held in atrociously wet conditions, and the second race’s weather did not improve.

In fact, it was worse, and Taylor was involved in an incident that ended his weekend.

The #222 Porsche aquaplained at high speed on the front straight, collecting the concrete wall. The impact sustained was enough for him to withdraw the entry from the final race.

In the Aussie Racing Cars, Taylor’s weekend started well, with the veteran qualifying second in class and 22nd outright during an extremely fast, dry session.

The opening race on Friday was relatively trouble-free for Taylor, but that came undone on Saturday when he hit the wall in what appeared to be an innocuous incident.

Taylor did not compete in another Aussie Racing Car race for the rest of the weekend,

Taylor will round out his 2026 racing campaign on the streets of Adelaide for the final round of Carrera Cup on November 26-29.

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Scott Taylor
Driver, Carrera Cup and Aussie Racing Cars

“Unfortunately, it was not the sunny Gold Coast, and there’s been a fair bit of damage to the cars in both our categories,” said Taylor.

“In Porsche, the Sunday morning race was very wet. I was aquaplaning on the main straight and the car just lost control. I hit the fence at 200kmh, and unfortunately it ripped the suspension out of it.

“That, unfortunately, ended my weekend. So the car will go back to Melbourne, it will get repaired and then bring on Adelaide. We’ll see what happens.

“It did give me a chance to watch more of the Supercars race that I typically would have, and it’s just a testament to how good these guys are when they race those cars.

“I watched the Supercar race from front to back and without a safety car … that is world class.

“It doesn’t get any better than that. So it’s not for the faint hearted whenever we race in a street circuit, and it wasn’t for the faint hearted and I got caught out. So anyway, we’ll be back.”