When Orrcon Racing's Mark Winterbottom was involved in𓄧 a multi-car accident at the opening round of the V8 Supercar Championship the Larkham Motor Sport team immediately knew they had a big job on their hands to repair the Orrcon Racing Falcon in time for this weekend's round at Eastern Creek...

Winterbottom, who was born and bred in the Sydney suburb of Doonside escaped injury in the crash wไhere his car hit the concrete wall at h𝓡igh speed.

Following a closer inspection of the car upon arrival back to the team's Gold Coast workshop last Tuesday it was discovered that the car ꧒had suffered severe front-end damage including damage to the front chassis rails.

Deter🎃mined to beat the race against time the team at LMS had stripped the BA Fa🧔lcon almost back to a bare shell within a day and began to straighten the car.

"It was simply a case of all hands on deck and get stuck into the job at hand," said team owner Mark Larkham. "We have a dedicated bunch of guys here who have fostered a "can do" culture at LMS that has allowed us on many occasions to deliver an outcome beyond what some may think achievable. The productivity of the team at t🍨imes like this is highly commendable".

"Rather than just look at the negatives, the team actually looked for opportunities in the rebuild and as a result we will arrive at Eastern Creek with an even better car than 𒈔we took to Adelaide".

The total cost of repairs is expected to reach $70,000 with the complete front end of the car having to be rebuilt including the part replacement of both front chassis rails, inner wheel tubs, inner fender wings, front fenders, bonnet, headlights, front cross mem🔴ber, steering rack, power steering pump, suspension components, radiator support panels, engine air ducting, radiator and radiator ducting, airbox base, heat exchanger, four doors, both rear quarter panels, boot, tailights, front bumper bar and mounts, rear bumper bar, two wheels plus many other smaller components.

Teamwork at LMS is an everyday occurrence and the efficiency of the team has been highlighted over the past two weeks with the rep🐈lacement of a diff housing in the opening race of the championship in a matter of 20 minutes and no🌺w the major repair of the Orrcon Racing Falcon in a matter of 10 days.

It is anticipated that the repairs to the Orrcon Racing Falcon wi༺ll be completed by Wednesday evening just hours before the team transporter will head to Eastern Creek in Sydney for this weekend's round of the Championship.

"At this stage it looks like the car ꦦwill be finished just in time for our planned departure f💖or Sydney," said Larkham.

"Since last Tuesday there has been up to eight guys working on the car with an estimated 600 man hours taken to complete the rജepairs so far. It has been a huge effort"