Injuries force Scott Taylor out of Gold Coast event

Popular Gold Coast-based racer Scott Taylor will miss the penultimate round of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia at his home event as he continues to recover from injuries sustained at Mount Panorama last weekend.

Taylor was involved in an incident at The Cutting where his V8 SuperUtes Ford Ranger endured side-on contact with the concrete wall.

He suffered two broken ribs, a collapsed lung and internal bleeding during the Saturday afternoon incident.

Taylor was released from Bathurst Hospital on Sunday and made it back to Mount Panorama to watch the final laps of The Great Race. He even drove his race transporter from Bathurst back to the Gold Coast, but has deemed himself unfit to compete on the demanding Surfers Paradise street circuit next weekend.

Taylor will now use the coming month to get his body right in order to round out his 2025 racing campaign in his #222 Porsche at the Adelaide Grand Final in late November.

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“I’m still a bit sore around the ribs, but it’s all OK,” said Taylor.

“The seat belts gave me a whiplash, and ribs copped the brunt of it.

“It must have been a big hit because it broke the headers off the engine, completely stripping the bolts out of the manifold.

“And really, I don’t remember any of it. One minute I’m going to The Cutting, the next I’m climbing out of the car. I must have had a little micro sleep.

“I wasn’t allowed to fly because of the collapsed lung, so I drove the truck home gently on Sunday.

“It would be silly to go back in a race car so quickly, especially in an environment like the Gold Coast with the concrete walls.

“I’ll definitely be at the track, though, and I’m just going to enjoy the meeting. Three of my trucks will be on display, and we’ll go and support Ash Seward and Matt Slavin in Carrera Cup, and we’ll be cheering on Tom Randle and Cameron Waters.

“We also have the Motorsport Ministries charity auction fundraising night that we always go to.

“We take a table of 10 of us – just a bunch of friends and we contribute to the auctions. It’s always for a good cause and a great part of the weekend.

“Our plan is to be at Adelaide for the final round. That’s always a great event and I should be right to get back in the Porsche there.”